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Extensive use of wood cellulose for car tyres opens up a whole new and significant business area for forest operations.
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Kimberly-Clark, well-known tissue maker and producer of global brands such as Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has released a revised fiber procurement policy that sets clear preference for FSC-certified fibers.
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The world's largest forest owner, Russia, is supporting responsible forestry as part of its environmental guidelines for the Winter Olympic Games 2014.
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The company SIG Combibloc has obtained FSC certificaction covering its four European production facilities, and may now start to offer FSC-certified packages to the marketplace.
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FSC has sent out a new draft advice note clarifying when tree nurseries are to be included in the scope of the FSC certificate held by an operation.
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FSC has extended the expiry date for two exemptions from the FSC chain of custody requirements by one year:
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What are the risks of buying wood from grossly unacceptable forest management in Australia? Thanks to FSC-Australia, there are now clear and unified answers to that question.
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Forestry operations and tree nurseries now have the choice to grow their seedlings in FSC certified substrate pots - a green alternative to the commonly used plastic pots.
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While many FSC rules have changed rapidly during the last years, the FSC principles and criteria (P&C) for forest management have remained almost unchanged for the last decade.
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One of the large National Parks in Europe, the Czech Krkonose National Park, has obtained FSC certification for its 35 000 hectares of forest.
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In future, investors may have easy access to information about companies' impact on the world's forests, and can rate the companies' future value accordingly.
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A recent study conducted by the Rainforest Alliance presents several remarkable conclusions: The deforestation rate in FSC certified parts of the Guatemalan Maya Biosphere Reserve is 20 times lower than in other parts, where harvesting is strictly prohibited. And wildfires affected…
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Two reports confirm that as FSC certification grows in the tropical zone, it is making a positive difference on the ground.
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Thermocell Denmark and its sister company Danish Wood Insulation (DWI) are launching FSC-certified wood fiber insulation on the Danish market.
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In the course of just three years, the recognition of the FSC label among the Brazilian public has grown from only 1% in 2006 to 20% in 2009.
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FSC has released a new draft version of its policy for avoiding greenwashing by companies - also known as the 'Policy for association with FSC'.
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The Italian brewery Gino Perisutti now offers two types of speciality beer brewed on PEFC-certified ingredients.
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The globally successful jewellery company Pandora is now introducing Wood Beads, beautiful FSC-certified wooden beads made from lesser known timber species.
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NEPCon’s top management now includes Søren Dürr Grue, Chief Operational Officer in charge of business development in EU countries.
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As the first biomass pellet industry in the US to obtain FSC chain of custody certification, the US-based company Curran Renewable Energy is pioneering biofuel production that is based on responsible forestry.