Search Results: 'Programme for the Endorsement of Forest'

Travis Perkins joins TDUK
19 April, 2024
Travis Perkins is celebrating its 20th consecutive year of certification of timber chain of custody and has also recently joined Timber Development UK (TDUK).

Sustainable tropical forestry
19 December, 2023
The BMRC has been formed to underpin international market access and boost the investability of tropical timber producing countries with independently endorsed sustainable forestry systems. Mike Jeffree reports

Sales and sustainability
28 August, 2023
A new international coalition to harness market demand in support of national tropical sustainable forest systems is nearing the launch of its Roadmap, writes Mike Jeffree

AHEC unveils certification project
22 December, 2022
With certified sustainability and legality increasingly a default requirement in the global timber trade, a new approach to certification is evolving in the US. Mike Jeffree reports

Working to boost African tropical forest certification
03 December, 2020
It’s time for new impetus for certification of tropical forests, and PEFC – with a diverse coalition of stakeholders – is making great strides towards this goal, writes PEFC International chairman Peter Latham OBE

Working to boost African tropical forest certification
03 December, 2020
It’s time for new impetus for certification of tropical forests, and PEFC – with a diverse coalition of stakeholders – is making great strides towards this goal, writes PEFC International chairman Peter Latham OBE

NSF International and Soil Association agree SFI and FSC offer
03 October, 2019
NSF International subsidiary NSF Certification, LLC and Soil Association Certification Forestry, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Soil Association, have announced an agreement to offer certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) responsible forest management standards.

The green shoots of recovery
17 June, 2019
Gary Froggatt, timber and joinery category manager at Howarth Timber & Building Supplies looks at what’s to come and how it can be navigated

Forests in fashion
25 September, 2018
The demand for clothing is growing, and there is increasing pressure on the fashion industry to produce sustainable and recyclable items as an alternative to traditional textiles. A clear way forward, maintains the PEFC, is to increase the use of fibres from sustainably managed forests. Hannah Price, PEFC international communications officer reports

Forests in fashion
25 September, 2018
The demand for clothing is growing, and there is increasing pressure on the fashion industry to produce sustainable and recyclable items as an alternative to traditional textiles. A clear way forward, maintains the PEFC, is to increase the use of fibres from sustainably managed forests. Hannah Price, PEFC international communications officer reports

Timber makes its case
22 November, 2017
The UKCW juggernaut drove in to Birmingham NEC in early October to present a comprehensive range of building products and solutions before a UK professional construction sector audience, reports Stephen Powney

A tipping point for cedar shingles?
24 February, 2016
The use of Western red cedar shingles only accounts for about half of one per cent of the total number of installations in the UK’s pitched roofi ng market, according to John Brash & Co Ltd

PEFC chain circles the globe
25 January, 2016
The PEFC certification scheme is growing through combining a global and small scale local perspective, reports its UK executive director Alun Watkins.

Welley Floor Focus
20 March, 2015
In Penang, Malaysia is plywood and engineered flooring manufacturer Welley Timber IndustriesSdn Bhd which has market-focused objectives based on innovation, reports Michael Buckley

Despatches from the Malaysian forest
22 December, 2014
Turnstone Singapore’s Michael Buckley recently visited Malaysia and discovered a country that is keen to make the most of its timber resource but that also values its environment.

Egger launches forest certification scheme
24 November, 2014
Egger Forest Management has launched a forest certification scheme for landowners.

EUTR aids responsible timber sourcing
13 October, 2014
The first analysis of purchases by Timber Trade Federation members since the EU Timber Regulation found a significant improvement in the reduction of risk associated with buying timber, according to the TTF annual report on responsible sourcing.

Breaking certified ground
25 January, 2014
A CLT-based apartment block could be a timber certification game changer. Mike Jeffree reports

PEFC in tropical push
24 August, 2013
After a slow start, PEFC’s tropical forest certification is building momentum, writes head of projects and development Sarah Price.

Tropical timber purchases sustain forests
24 August, 2013
Our purchasing decisions will help to determine the future of tropical forests, says Bob Johnston, executive director of the Tropical Forest Foundation