Short 30 second video on Certification

A few years back Forests and Wood Products Australia prepared a short 30 second TV Ad to promote Forest Certification in Australia. It was never used on their TV campaign. FWPA has kindly opened their archive vault, and updated it with our new logo –  enjoy the video.  We thought you might like to be aware of it. Click Here…

Update – Reforms to the illegal logging laws (February 2018)

The following is an extract from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Website In October 2017, the government announced several reforms to the Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012. These were intended to streamline and clarify the Regulation’s due diligence requirements. The key reform was the establishment of a new ‘deemed to comply’ arrangement for products certified under the Forest…

Responsible Wood wins gold in international brand contest

A GOLD medal award in an international branding competition has added to the Australia-wide success of the Responsible Wood campaign. The Responsible Wood logo won best brand and best design agency in the Oceania region in the 5thInternational Best Brands contest, which honours excellence in design around the world. Since Australian Forestry Standard changed its name to Responsible Wood in…

New Amendment to Australian Standard AS 4707- Chain of Custody for Forest Products

Responsible Wood  has released a new amendment to AS 4707- Chain of Custody for Forest Products. The amendment provides a change to the definition of “producer groups”. Producer groups are typically groupings of small to medium businesses that collaborate to operate a group chain of custody scheme.  Group certification allows sharing of costs between group members and provides a very…