16 March 2011
- System updates
Companies manufacturing FSC Mixed Sources products will now find it less burdensome to control their non-certified timber when sourcing from UK forests.
16 March 2011
- Feature
Rapid expansion of the FSC system combined with long-standing issues affecting the system’s credibility. That is a cocktail which stakeholders of the FSC system are increasingly unwilling to swallow. Greenpeace has reviewed FSC’s progress since its critical 2008 report "Holding the line…
03 March 2011
- System updates
To achieve maximum benefit from your certification, it is important for your FSC products to be visible in the marketplace.
25 February 2011
- Preferred by Nature news
Peter Sørensen has been appointed as NEPCon’s Chief Operational Officer (COO) for Western Europe.
16 February 2011
- Feature
What steps can European companies take to keep up to speed with the new EU timber legislation? And do they have enough time? At Chatham House last week, the European Commission shed some light on the next steps for implementing the EU Illegal timber law.
16 February 2011
- Preferred by Nature news
NEPCon is the first organization to report comprehensively on an FSC General Assembly, and is looking to continue this initiative at the upcoming event in June.
16 February 2011
- Market news
Three concessions held by the company SODEFOR in the DR Congo have successfully gone through Verification of Legal Origin (VLO) assessments carried out by the Rainforest Alliance. The concessions total to 621,225 ha of African rainforest.
08 February 2011
- Preferred by Nature news
Does FSC allow logging practices that lead to widespread deforestation and threaten unique natural values? This is the core message of a TV program entitled "Latvia's Pulp Fiction" produced by Al-Jazeera.
02 February 2011
- Market news
An investor brief published in January 2011 makes a strong case for investing in FSC-certified forests in Canada. It reveals that FSC is superior to competing systems in terms of mitigating risks and creating value for timberland investors.
25 January 2011
- Feature
- Market news
- System updates
We have seen companies using the FSC logo without having the necessary paperwork in place and hence without the traceability assurance that is a crucial part of the brand.