How audits go virtual, auditors tell … Two months after we shifted to remote audits, our auditors reflect on the challenges they have encountered, and steps taken to address these and help develop robust remote audits for a post-pandemic new …
Coming soon: FSC certification for ecosystem services … A sustainably managed forest offers more than sustainable timber and non-timber forest products. It can also provide other ‘ecosystem services’, such as locking up carbon, protecting water supplies …
Sustainability Framework “a goldmine,” says Tetra Pak … The newly launched Sustainability Framework, described as ‘a Swiss Army Knife of due diligence’, is already earning brownie points. Tetra Pak and Procter & Gamble (P&G) were in for a trial – and both …
Madam Nisa and her fourteen hectares of land … Palm Oil is one of the World’s most popular ingredients. Used in many everyday products, from chocolate to cosmetics, global demand for this fast growing crop has increased explosively since the nineteen …
The Baltic paper sector is moving towards FSC … Certification of the paper and printing sector in the Baltic area is taking off: Baltic printing houses may now offer FSC certified publications, which are printed on paper delivered by local certified paper …
FSC permits more flexible trademark use … From now on, FSC certificate holders will have more graphic freedom when they wish to use the FSC logo or …
First forest management standard for Kyrgyz Republic … FSC and NEPCon released the Interim National Standard of Kyrgyz Republic. This standard is the first of its kind not only for Kyrgyzstan but also for the whole region covering Caucasus, Central Asia, …
NEPCon releases new carbon management standard … Today, we are launching our ambitious Carbon Footprint Management (CFM) Standard. The Standard makes carbon accounting accessible for small and medium sized companies whilst incentivising carbon …
FSC Transaction Verification – Catching charcoal cheaters… … Five Ukrainian organisations have lost their FSC TM Chain of Custody certificates after FSC started using volume control for charcoal supply chains earlier this year. This outcome follows an …
Is it legal? New tool available for the timber industry … Improved and updated legality verification standards released by the Rainforest …
Kyrgyz smallholders reap the fruits of NTFP certification … NEPCon has recently issued the first FSC TM certificate for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in Central Asia. For a group of 52 smallholders from Kyrgyzstan, this group certification marks the …
Preferred by Nature and RA-Cert union update … Following the public announcement in February, we are now finalising the contract negotiation for the acquisition of Rainforest Alliance’s certification unit (RA-Cert) by …
A practical guide to CITES for EU timber traders … If you are importing timber into the EU, you should be aware of the species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as well as permit …
Preferred by Nature is now an ISEAL Community Member … Joining as an ISEAL Community Member, Preferred by Nature is integrating our comprehensive sustainability efforts into a wide-reaching network fostered by ISEAL, the global membership organisation for …
Has the EUDR Guidance sacrificed Labour Rights? … The recently published European Commission (EC) Guidance on the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) raises questions about how Labour Rights are included within the definition of relevant …
FSC spotyka się z odmową w sprawie bezprecedensowego projektu inżynierii genetycznej … Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) znalazło się w trudnej sytuacji, gdy podczas Walnego Zgromadzenia FSC (GA), kilku członków zakwestionowało zasadność angażowania się w …
Morawski wytwórca wina rozpoczyna produkcję wina przyjaznego dla klimatu … Firma produkująca wino, Vinicola s.r.o., pracuje nad zmniejszeniem emisji dwutlenku węgla związanej z jej produkcją, czemu początek dało niszczycielskie wydarzenie związane ze …
NEPCon przyjmuje nowa nazwę handlową – Preferred by Nature … Po dwudziestu pięciu latach działalności w sektorze zrównoważonego rozwoju pod nazwą NEPCon, dziś ogłaszamy nową nazwę naszej organizacji – Preferred by …
Marie-Ève od miłośnika natury do właściciela lasu certyfikowanego FSC … Po tym, jak Marie-Ève i jej kuzyn Andrew Jirat-Wasiutynski odziedziczyli las w Czechach, wspólnie założyli firmę Lesy Novy Berstejn s.r.o. aby zarządzać swoim 1800-hektarowym lasem. …
Czeski bank deklaruje osiągnięcie neutralności emisyjnej CO2 do 2026 r. … Coraz więcej firm stawia sobie za cel ograniczenie emisji dwutlenku węgla powstającego podczas prowadzenia działalności. Komerční banka, będący jedną z wiodących instytucji …