The new logo can be used for marketing purposes once a company has completed the audit
Green stamp of approval
The Timber Trade Federation has relaunched its environmental due diligence tool, the Responsible Purchasing Policy, complete with a new logo. TTF chief executive John White explains why
After 15 years of effort, just 11% of the world's forests are certified as sustainable
Certified tropical hardwoods remain scarce
How risky is your timber?
The difficulties of achieving forest certification in certain regions and growing pressure on importers to eradicate illegal wood are making risk assessment of suppliers an increasingly important tool in timber procurement – and it may become a legal obligation in the EU. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports
Certification is developing slowly in the tropics, but it is not the only means of ensuring sustainable and legal supply. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports
CPET rates SFI-certified timber as “legal and sustainable”
Transforming the landscape
In the third of a series on the various sustainable timber certification schemes, Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence examines the Sustainable Forestry Initiative
In terms of area, PEFC is the largest certification scheme with 193 million ha certified in 21 countries KRISTA KIMMO
Certified success
In the first of a series of articles on timber environmental certification schemes, Rupert Oliver looks at the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
CIB collaborated with a wide range of organisations to help raise its environmental performance
Making concessions
Achieving Forest Stewardship Council certification is no small challenge for a tropical hardwood producer. Rupert Oliver explains the lengths that CIB went to in the Congo Republic
Producers of softwood lumber, OSB and MDF in the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Finland offer UK distributors FSC- or PEFC-certified product without a price premium
Sourcing certified forest products
Independently-certified wood products are increasingly in demand in the UK, notably for government construction projects, but sourcing them isn’t always straightforward. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports
