Search Results: 'Programme for the Endorsement of Forest'

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

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

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

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.

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.

EU in harmony
26 January, 2013
The European industry is acting in concert to ensure EUTR compliance. Mike Jeffree reports

Governments and green woods
29 September, 2012
Governments are increasingly taking a leading role in controlling the international trade in wood products but, according to wood industry consultant Michael Buckley, they need to do much more than that

A Woodmart for the world
17 September, 2012
Malaysia’s Global Woodmart promises to be bigger, better and more international in 2012. Mike Jeffree reports

Ensuring certified supply
15 October, 2011
Timber suppliers, including those in the retail sector, will need to work closely with industry experts, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure the continuity of supply of certified wood, says Julia Griffin, sustainability manager – products at B&Q UK

Value and verification
30 April, 2011
Malaysia, one of Europe’s key tropical suppliers, continues to make progress in added value production and environmental certification. Sheam Satkuru-Granzella, director of the Malaysian Timber Council’s London office reports

Price and demand trends could lead to Baltics shortages
16 April, 2011
Sterling’s weakness against the euro has pushed up the cost of imports from Baltic sawmills and most north European producers. Faced with increasing sawlog and transport costs, shippers expect prices to increase on a monthly basis for the foreseeable future

Eco equality
05 March, 2011
CPET reapproval of PEFC and FSC serves to further underline that they are equally plausible environmental certification schemes and the industry needs to get behind both, writes PEFC International head of communications Thorsten Arndt

Sustainable sourcing: a merchant’s viewpoint
05 March, 2011
The EU Illegal Timber Regulation is a welcome move but it will only work globally if non-EU countries value sustainably-sourced timber. Tony Miles, managing director of International Timber, examines the changes needed to eradicate demand for illegal timber and ensure truly sustainable forest management

Certified sales defy recession
06 February, 2010
According to a TTF survey, sales of certified timber have been on the increase – despite the recession. Nick Moore of timbertrends reports

New national secretary for PEFC UK
26 November, 2009