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The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) is a truly big deal.
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In July, Tetra Pak will be launching aseptic cartons carrying the FSC label on the Chinese market.
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Yayasan Sabah Group has obtained the very first Verification of Legal Compliance (VLC) statement ever issued by the Rainforest Alliance to a Forest Management Enterprise.
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New Danish public procurement guidelines recommend the Rainforest Alliance's Verification of Legal Compliance (VLC) scheme as assurance for meeting the Danish government's requirements for legality of timber products.
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According to several media, the EU countries have agreed to ban trade in illegal timber products in the EU.
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In a joint statement, the UK’s Timber Trade Federation, Confederation of Forest Industries, Wood Panels Industries Federation and British Woodworking Federation call on the EU to adopt "a workable, but strong mechanism to tackle illegal logging".
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European consumers are getting more and more familiar with the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal.
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The Malaysian concessionaire Yayasan Sabah has obtained the very first Verification of Legal Compliance statement ever issued by the Rainforest Alliance to a Forest management enterprise.
- System updates
PEFC has launched a process that aims to develop a system for including social issues into the PEFC chain of custody system.
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As the EU debates a new regulation to halt trade in illegal timber products, a group of leading retailers with strong wood purchasing policies are stressing the importance of landing an effective solution.
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FSC has released a new draft of the FSC Principles and Criteria for public consultation and stakeholders are invited to provide comments until the 10th of May.
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Today, Tetra Pak and Carrefour France announced the launch of 100 million FSC-labeled liquid food cartons on the French market.
- Perspective
It's quite possible, judging by a new draft forestry benchmark proposed for the US LEED green building standard. Using certified wood credits you with only a single point out of the minimum 40 you need to become LEED certified. Even so, plans to lower the bar for forest certification…
- Feature
In the beginning of last year, Madagascar experienced a military coup resulting in political instability and lack of law enforcement.
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IKEA Industry Poland Wielbark is the first Polish company to achieve Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) certification. The certificate is a new milestone in the company’s effort to meet IKEA’s sustainability goals.
- System updates
A new version of the Swedish standard for forest management, replacing the 1998 version, has been approved by FSC.
- Standard updates
FSC has released a new advice note which allows non-certified publishers and catalogue producers to have their publications FSC-labeled, if they buy the paper and have it shipped to a certified printing house.
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Starting on Monday 8th of March and throughout the next 4 months, nearly all glulam products leaving the factories of the Danish company Lilleheden A/S will carry a bright green FSC label.
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One of the biggest European suppliers of hardwood flooring, the Boen Group, is now going the FSC way.
- Standard updates
On the 25th of February, FSC has amended its new trademark standard, FSC-STD-50-001 which came into force on the 1st of March.