Search Results: 'WWF'

Greenpeace signals new direction on certification
18 April, 2018
When Greenpeace International became one of the founding members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) back in 1993 it was a landmark moment.

Bold Brexit pledge benefits trade
21 March, 2018
James Latham Group environmental manager Ewa Bazydlo welcomes the government’s pledge to stay at the EU table on timber legality regulation and assurance post Brexit

Ahead of the curve
20 July, 2017
The WWF has always been an arch campaigner for legal and sustainable timber.

Finding Answers to Certification Challenges
20 June, 2017
To continue to increase the volume of verified sustainable timber on the market, the industry cannot settle for the certification status quo, says James Latham plc chairman Peter Latham

Appliance of wood identity science
20 February, 2017
Powerful new tools are helping timber traders demonstrate timber legality and sustainability, writes Oliver Cupit of non-profit sustainability organisation NEPCon

Flegt licensing a legality assurance step change
28 December, 2016
Leading independent timber and panel products distributor James Latham is preparing for its first shipment of FLEGT-licensed timber from Indonesia early in 2017. Lathams Ltd chairman and managing director Chris Sutton sees it as a major development and licensed products as a natural complement to its proactive environmental policy

FSC UK fired by the global green goal
25 November, 2015
In its first 20 years, FSC UK has played a key role in taking environmental certification from an optional extra to a must have for much of the country’s timber sector. Fired by support from the industry and being part of a global body united in the aim of maintaining the world’s forest, executive director Rosie Teasdale says it will build on this achievement in its next two decades

Business input needed in fight for forest future
20 May, 2015
Following WWF’s launch of its Forests Campaign earlier this year, with supporters including James Latham, Kingfisher and the Saint-Gobain group, its Global Forest and Trade Network Programme UK manager Julia Young says a new report highlights the urgency of driving forward sustainable forest management and conservation

The Myth of The Disappearing Forest
20 February, 2015
AHEC European Director David Venables takes issue with statements in the WWF’s latest forest campaign, and urges NGOs to work constructively with the industry

Getting industry back on track
24 September, 2014
Timber Trade Federation head of sustainability Anand Punja calls for consistency of enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation

Project certification encourages timber procurement policies
25 January, 2014
Project certification can drive demand for sustainable timber, says Penny Bienz, the Soil Association’s Woodmark certification manager

New Year must bring new resolve
28 December, 2013
We must shake off our complacency and overcome obstacles to put global forests on a different, sustainable trajectory, says Julia Young, WWF Global Forest & Trade Network UK manager

Biomass opposition grows
18 February, 2012
Industry and enviromental NGOs are uniting against the government's pursuit of biomass, says Karl Morris, managing director of Norbord Europe

The times they are a-changing
17 September, 2011