FSC får modstand mod hidtil uset gensplejsningsprojekt … Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) blev sat i den varme stol, da en række medlemmer satte spørgsmålstegn ved deres rationale for at kaste sig ud i en ny genteknologisk læringsproces på FSC’s …
FSC-medlemmer opfordrer til en forbedring af Chain of Custody … Fornyet kritik af Chain of Custody, da Kingfisher og World Forest ID støtter forslaget om at forbedre sporbarhedssystemet for …
HARMONITOR: Større klarhed om bæredygtighedscertificeringsordninger i Europa … I det nuværende landskab, hvor bæredygtighed er et kritisk globalt anliggende, er EU's HARMONITOR-projekt et vigtigt skridt i retning af at forbedre bæredygtigheden af …
LegalSource overgår til Preferred by Nature-Certificering … Som en del af vores forpligtelse til løbende forbedringer flytter Preferred by Nature vores LegalSource™-certificering til Preferred by …
Globale bæredygtighedsorganisationer danner alliance for at dele risikoinformation … En gruppe organisationer, herunder Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) , Preferred by Nature, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) , og Sustainable Biomass …
Bæredygtigt skovbrug på Gran Canaria: En model for tørre regioner … Gran Canaria, en juvel i De Kanariske Øer, trives med frodigt grønt på trods af sit tørre klima. Hemmeligheden ligger ikke i traditionel nedbør, men i et fascinerende fænomen - horisontal …
Preferred by Nature: Succes med kulstofprojekter med lokal ekspertise … Det frivillige kulstofmarked boomer, men med det følger et voksende behov for at sikre, at disse kulstofprojekter er ægte og giver reelle miljøfordele. Det er her, validerings- og …
UK Timber Trade Federation requires panels to be species tested … The UK Timber Trade Federation decided in March 2017 to make it mandatory for all their members to get wooden panels from outside the EU independently tested to verify what species they are …
Risk profiles: New free tools for legal timber sourcing … NEPCon has published the first four in a series of free, user-friendly Forestry Risk Profiles. Each covering one country, the profiles include information helping companies to assess and address …
New tools to source palm oil, soy and beef responsibly … On 24 August NEPCon [1] will launch the NEPCon Sourcing Hub, the biggest and most detailed collection of national commodity risk assessments that has ever been published [2]. The risk assessments …
Latvian company earns first European certificate for responsible biomass … NEPCon has issued a Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) certificate to wood pellet producer SBE Latvia. The company is the first in Europe and only the second in the world to …
ASI announced: NEPCon suspension decision deleted from the record … Accreditation Services International (ASI) has published the following information on their …
Successful test of new concept to FSC certify family forests … Small forest operations in Estonia now have easier access to become FSC certified: Pilot testing by the project “Smallholder Certification in Estonia” has proven the viability of a new model …
FSC Trademark training course in Spanish, French and Mandarin versions … Certificate holders can now explore the FSC trademark training course in Spanish, French and Mandarin versions, in addition to English version. It is absolutely …
World Tourism Day special: Exploring the impacts of responsible tourism … “Tourism and Jobs: A better future for all”, is the theme of this year’s World Tourism Day; and at NEPCon, we would like to commemorate it by highlighting the various impacts of …
Musim Mas and NEPCon take a leap forward in POIG verification … The Musim Mas Group (Musim Mas) has marked a milestone in their efforts as a responsible palm oil producer by becoming the first Southeast Asian company to be verified against the Palm Oil …
Near record deforestation rates in the Amazon due to the agricultural sector … “Unchecked development” in the Amazon has pushed deforestation rates to near-record levels throughout the world’s largest tropical forest, says a new report titled “ Nearing …
Palm oil verification scheme that pushes for sustainability innovations in the industry … There are a number of schemes for palm oil plantation traders and processors, as well as retailers and manufacturers to demonstrate their sustainability efforts and …
Auditing standards remain in place despite COVID-19 challenges … Never before has auditing been faced with such overwhelming challenges, but remote auditing, risk management and client goodwill are making it all …
New partnership to accelerate the uptake of ethical supply chain commitments … NEPCon, Preferred by Nature and the Accountability Framework initiative have agreed to work closely together to mainstream the Accountability Framework’s principles and …