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
The Builders Merchants Federation has a range of initiatives to support branch managers. Managing director John Newcomb explains

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

Good, but can still do better
28 December, 2013
Our guest column this week from Julia Young of the WWF Global Forest Trade Network reminded me of an old school report, albeit less abrupt and minus the cruel but fair comment that my total lack of ball skills and co-ordination meant I was being dropped from cricket and football to focus on rugby (England cricket selectors perhaps take note).

Ready to benefit from the EUTR
26 January, 2013
As the ticking clock on the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) website makes clear, we’re in the final countdown to the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

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

GFTN makes achievements but challenges remain
11 June, 2011
in its 20 years, the WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network has made a positive difference to the UK's impact on the world's forests, says Julia Young

NGOs must adhere to standards they expect of others
13 November, 2010
Corporate responsibility applies to NGOs too, says John White, Timber Trade Federation chief executive

Logic of illegal logging rethink
02 October, 2010
The government's U-turn on illegal logging legislation is logical and pragmatic

EU leglisation needs global action
07 August, 2010
EU illegal logging legislation will help promote timber