‘Stationery giant Candida provided Responsible Wood with a guided tour of their state of the art Auckland operating plant‘ Covered by Jason Ross, Marketing and Communications Officer for Responsible Wood AUCKLAND, 05/09/2019 – Candida, far from a household name too many, but a remarkable company that touches households across the Tasman. Indeed, as one of Australasia’s largest envelope manufacturers, Candida’s…
‘Responsible Wood flies the flag for responsibly sourced timber at Australia’s peak glazing conference’ SYDNEY, 04/09/2019 – Responsible Wood, Australia’s largest forest certification scheme, was on hand to talk forest certification with the who’s who of the Australian window, glass and security screen industry. And for Jason Ross, Marketing and Communications Officer, Responsible Wood’s involvement with AUSFENEX19 is a natural…
‘New Zealand owned and operated, and proudly so, PEFC ‘Chain of Custody’ certified Crucial Colour is an Auckland printer that is serious about responsibly sourced paper’ Covered by Jason Ross, Marketing and Communications Officer for Responsible Wood AUCKLAND 03/09/2019 – Crucial Colour is a printer making a difference. For many printers ‘Chain of Custody’ can be a brave step into…
‘University of South Australia Mount Gambier Campus to host AGM in nod to Green Triangle’ Responsible Wood, Australia’s largest forest certification scheme, has announced that the University of South Australia’s Mount Gambier Campus will be hosting its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, the 22nd of October 2019. Speaking ahead of the announcement, Responsible Wood CEO, Simon Dorries, spoke of the…
Western Australia has joined Tasmania to become the second state government to adopt a state-wide Wood Encouragement Policy (WEP). A WEP requires responsibly sourced wood be considered, where feasible, as the primary construction material in all new-build and refurbishment projects. It does not in any way mandate the use of timber, but rather seeks to ensure that wood is at…
‘NZ businesses embrace PEFC as New Zealanders get serious about sustainability’ Covered by Jason Ross, Responsible Wood Marketing and Communications Officer New Zealand, often considered the land of milk and honey, but also the land of exotic plantations and high conservation value native forests. Indeed whilst New Zealand’s agricultural trade is legendary, New Zealand’s round wood industry is growing from…
Acknowledging and rewarding environmentally sustainable choices made in the construction industry is becoming increasingly important as the demand for greater sustainability grows among end consumers, government, developers and specifiers. The most effective way for timber growers and manufacturers to provide proof of the sustainability of any timber product is through certification by an independent, recognised accreditation body such as the…
‘Trans-Tasman forestry standard gains pace as New Zealanders embrace PEFC forest certification’ Speaking ahead of an extensive New Zealand outreach, Responsible Wood’s Simon Dorries and Jason Ross spoke glowingly of PEFC’s growing footprint in the forest products industry. ‘We have a busy itinerary, as it stands we are meeting with a variety of timber and paper based companies which…
PEFC provides a new pathway for agricultural landowners to achieve forest certification Long outside the scope of the PEFC ‘forest’ certification, low density trees on agricultural and settlement lands can be now assessed as part of the PEFC ‘Trees Outside Forests’ approach. For small scale forestry, the Trees Outside Forests initiative provides practical and affordable forest certification options for farmers…
‘Responsible Wood and PEFC certified timber featured at PTEC 2019 Conference’ Responsible Wood, the governing body for PEFC in Australia, was one of six key exhibitors at the 2019 Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019) hosted in Brisbane from July 10th to 12th 2019. With a collaborative mix of industry, academics and practitioners, the conference brought together professionals from across…