Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

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).

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
This increasing positivity has been apparent in the timber sector for a while and, although people remain wary of talking about green shoots, for fear the mere mention will make them shrivel, even these have recently begun to sprout in the occasional conversation.

An environmental strategy
02 December, 2013
Accurate, verifiable data helps to differentiate green credentials from greenwash, says David Venables, European director of the American Hardwood Export Council.

Growing the timber community
02 November, 2013
Timber is a solution for many building sectors, says David Hopkins, head of communications at the TTF and Wood for Good

Time to dance to the same tune
19 October, 2013
Using Caffè Nero's latest results alone as an indicator for the UK economy might be dismissed as froth. But the coffee shop's 11% profit hike, and declaration that it sees potential to boost British caffeine levels another notch with a 50% rise in outlets to 750, is just the latest positive piece in a jigsaw creating an increasingly encouraging picture of the country's economic prospects.

Grown in Britain is go!
19 October, 2013
We are now poised to reap the societal benefits of British wood products, says Ed Suttie, director of sustainable materials at the BRE

Grown in Britain – a sustainable plan
05 October, 2013
Buying British-grown timber provides huge benefits, says Steve Cook, principal sustainable development manager at Willmott Dixon

MOs’ appointment welcomed
07 September, 2013
The appointment of the first two MOs for the EUTR is good news but now the EC has to process other applications quickly, says ETTF secretary-general André de Boer

Wood Awards wows them
10 August, 2013
Prepare to be wowed! That was TTJ's tweet to flag up its first online story on the seriously impressive 2013 UK Wood Awards shortlist. The subsequent mass outbreak of retweets showed that readers most certainly were. In fact 'wowed' barely covered the effusive expressions of enthusiasm about the entries for what must now rank as the best known, and arguably the best, competition for use of timber in construction, interiors and furniture design.

A showcase for all the industry
13 July, 2013
Inevitably it's tempting for businesses to batten down the research and development hatches in tough times. When the going gets rough, sticking with the tried and tested often looks like the lower risk better part of valour. But entries for the TTJ Timber Innovation Award highlight that there are companies still pushing back R&D boundaries, highlighting confidence, not just in their own prospects and technical capabilities, but those of the wider timber industry and market.

Timber joins the mainstream
13 July, 2013
The Wood Awards show timber is changing the face of civic architecture, says David Hopkins of Wood for Good

Driving economic revival
29 June, 2013
Economic recovery seems to have started and the industry working together can ensure it’s sustained, says David Scott, chairman of Scotts of Thrapston

Moving up a gear
29 June, 2013
Timber Trade Federation president Stephen King asks the industry to help further the TTF’s positive work

Beware fallout, FSC warned
15 June, 2013
FSC's widely criticised action against Danzer could have wider implications for certification, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

The CPR explained
15 June, 2013
Stephen Cope, marketing executive at Meyer Timber and a member of the Wood Protection Association Flame Retardants Committee, outlines the CPR process

Planting the right kind of trees
01 June, 2013
The government's forestry policies need to recognise the importance of commercial conifer crops, says David Sulman, executive director of the UK Forest Products Association.

Constructing a comfort zone
04 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber

Bold moves to boost market
23 April, 2013
The American Hardwood Export Council dares to be different, says Mike Jeffree

View from the outside
06 April, 2013
Appointing an architect to head Wood for Good is a sign of the timber industry's new-found self-confidence, says the campaign's new chairman, Craig White

Turn on, tune in market and sell
06 April, 2013
There was a dim and distant past, when journalists used good old-fashioned typewriters. The stories we rattled out with RSI-raddled fingers wended their way downstairs to the in-house typesetters, who set out page plates in letters freshly formed from the molten lead bubbling on burners beside them.