10 January 2022
- Editorial
- Market news
EU’s proposal for a wide-reaching anti-deforestation regulation is rightly being hailed as a big step forward towards ensuring sustainability, but human rights and taxes - both essential to achieving full sustainability - have been left out.
03 January 2022
- Editorial
Yet another year has passed. Yet another year with challenges and exciting developments. 2021 was not an easy year. COVID has continued to turn our work and our lives upside down, but nevertheless, we have managed to do our work and deliver our mission.
24 December 2021
- News
- Market news
- Preferred by Nature news
Preferred by Nature has introduced a comprehensive timber legality toolkit to help forest owners, timber traders and processors in Vietnam to ensure compliance to the FLEGT-VPA requirements in the country. This is part of the V4MF project’s effort to improve timber legality in Vietnam.
17 December 2021
- Press releases
Preferred by Nature’s multi-tool for sustainability verification, the Sustainability Framework, is now aligned with the EU proposal for deforestation free products.
04 November 2021
- Market news
Despite the massive environmental and social impacts of rice farming, a sustainable version of the popular grain has never been available to consumers. Now it is.
03 November 2021
- Feature
- Market news
The global shipping and logistics company has an ambitious target to reach CO2 neutrality by 2050. We need to act now, says Ingrid Marie Vincent Andersen, Head of Decarbonisation Targets & Life Cycle Assessment, who recently teamed up with Preferred by Nature in search for sustainable…
02 November 2021
- Editorial
- Market news
- System updates
A significant increase in the FSC Annual Administration Fee (AAF) will be spent on bolstering system integrity, virtual meeting facilities and new systems for collecting impact data, says FSC Director General Kim Carstensen.
16 October 2021
- Market news
- Success stories
Buggi 52, an eight-storey wooden residential and commercial building located in Freiburg, has become the first FSC-certified (FSC-P001833) building in Germany. With this certification, the building owner - IG Klösterle - will be able to reaffirm their commitment to responsible management…
08 October 2021
- Preferred by Nature news
Preferred by Nature has published a new guide to provide an explanation why EU buyers might be asking questions about the legality of wood and wood-based products and give some tips on how to make the process easier for both the seller and the buyer.
05 October 2021
- Editorial
As the UN declares a ‘Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’, international pledges are largely failing to halt deforestation and increase restoration by putting new trees in the ground. With the newly launched Ecosystem Restoration Standard, Preferred by Nature aims to create greater…