Search Results: 'Saint-Gobain'

Widening the scope
22 December, 2014
WWF-UK’s Forest Campaign aims to influence the business community, the public and the government on sustainability issues – and to encourage a tightening up of the EUTR. Sally Spencer reports.

International Timber joins BMF
08 December, 2014
International Timber is the latest timber company to join the Builders Merchants Federation.

Building Teams
19 November, 2014
Staff training is good for business and the industry, says John Newcomb, managing director of the Builders Merchants Federation

Building Teams
19 November, 2014
Staff training is good for business and the industry, says John Newcomb, managing director of the Builders Merchants Federation

Good Neighbours
14 October, 2014
Irish wood processors remain committed to trading with their closest neighbour, the UK. Sally Spencer reports.

Going for growth
14 October, 2014
The Builders Merchants Federation used its Members’ Day to outline its vision to expand, and strengthen, its reach. Keren Fallwell reports.

Lead importers put ipe on hold
18 August, 2014
Following Greenpeace allegations about illegality in the timber industry in Pará, Brazil, Brooks Bros and James Latham plc have taken ipé off sale. Both have also put an FSC-only rule on all imports from Brazil.

A call for centralised data
15 July, 2014
André de Boer, secretary-general of the European Timber Trade Federation, on the challenges of carrying out due diligence for the EUTR

EUTR back-up required
15 July, 2014
Timber traders want guidance from the EU, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Steer clear of Para, Greenpeace warns
14 July, 2014
Greenpeace has come close to urging importers in the UK and the rest of Europe not to buy timber from Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para due to the percentage harvested illegally.

Saint-Gobain pulls ipe and works with Greenpeace
14 July, 2014
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD), parent of Jewson and International Timber, has taken ipe off sale at the companies after Greenpeace raised doubts about its legality documentation and highlighted that its suppliers had been previously fined for “forest crimes”.

A call for centralised data
12 July, 2014
André de Boer, secretary-general of the European Timber Trade Federation, on the challenges of carrying out due diligence for the EUTR

Ecobuild: Pasquill focuses on market turnaround
22 March, 2014
Engineered timber product manufacturer Pasquill highlighted the benefits of its close partnership with other parts of the Saint-Gobain Group, new moves on sustainability and its response to help customers keep pace with the market upturn.

Refocused and reinvented
08 February, 2014
The Builders Merchants Federation has reinvented itself over the last 18 months and membership is growing as a result. Sally Spencer reports

EUTR – a work in progress
08 February, 2014
According to our vox pop of timber companies and others involved with the EU Timber Regulation, UK implementation has been effective and less arduous than anticipated. But the consensus is that more work is needed across the EU if it is to have the hoped for impact on illegal logging and trade.

Timber on show
08 February, 2014
Timber remains a vital element at Ecobuild. Keren Fallwell previews some of what will feature this year.

Peter Hindle to chair the BMF
31 January, 2014
Peter Hindle MBE will be the next chairman of the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), taking up the position on April 2.

All systems are go
25 January, 2014
Floor, wall and roof system manufacturers and their suppliers are seeing an upturn in the construction method. Sally Spencer reports.