24 September 2019
- Market news
- Press releases
Environmental organisations, government agencies and businesses have joined forces in the fight against the import of unsustainable soy.
23 September 2019
- Feature
- Preferred by Nature news
The issue of biomass consumption in Denmark has garnered wall-to-wall coverage on Danish media over the past few days. The coverage gives an impression that all biomass comes from wood that has been cut from forests where the primary purpose is to supply wood for biomass production.…
19 September 2019
- Feature
From the beginning of the year until August, countless forest fires were recorded in various parts of Germany. In this article, we’ll discuss the impact of some large forest fires recorded in the east German state of Brandenburg, triggered by unexploded munitions and ordnance (UXOs) in…
17 September 2019
- Preferred by Nature news
- Press releases
bookdifferent.com and NEPCon announce our partnership in working on the common goal of making the tourism industry more sustainable. Within this partnership, accommodation providers certified against NEPCon Sustainable Tourism Standard will be featured on bookdifferent.com as recommended…
12 September 2019
- Market news
NEPCon recently presented a commemorative plaque to Columbia Forest Product’s employee-owners in recognition of their long-term commitment to landowners and responsible forest management. Columbia Forest Products (Columbia) is North America’s largest manufacturer of hardwood plywood and …
26 August 2019
- Feature
- Success stories
It is an old Danish tradition to own a summerhouse and the Danes love it. For Kent Skovgaard, he took this aged-old tradition a notch above. Besides injecting a dose of Danish Hygge in his newly built summerhouse in Nordjylland, he used FSC (Forest Stewardship Council™) certified…
15 August 2019
- Preferred by Nature news
NEPCon is taking over the direct management of our Rainforest Alliance certification services in Guatemala and Honduras. This is in addition to the clients and audits we already manage across agriculture, forestry and tourism programmes in Central America through our locally registered…
19 July 2019
- Market news
Ellepot - a company in Denmark that created a unique propagation system to grow seedlings in FSC™ certified paper pots - is joining forces with Dutch nursery, Kwekerij Wouters to create a sustainable retail concept using FSC™-certified paper to rid the floriculture industry of plastic…
17 July 2019
- Perspective
Our NEPCon Travel Feed profile on Tripadvisor is now live and we are pleased to have our friends from the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) to write an article in line with our opening theme “impact tourism”.
16 July 2019
- System updates
The Rainforest Alliance is now conducting open consultations on the Rainforest Alliance for Farm and Chain of Custody standards until 31 August 2019 and invites all stakeholders to provide feedback by completing a survey.