As featured by PEFC International The wait is over! We are excited to announce the 2021 PEFC Photographer of the Year, chosen from 5000 photos entered into the ‘Experience Forests, Experience PEFC’ photo contest. The Award went to Vitalii Popkov for his image ‘The Man and the Forest’, taken in Zamagora Verkhovyna, Ukraine. The photo shows a man taking wood…
As featured in Master Builder New South Wales magazine MODULAR building company Fabprefab has decked out its NSW central coast warehouse with XLam’s Responsible Wood-certified Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) product to form the structural material of the floor, walls, and roof – all while using it to provide a mezzanine level for the building. Fabprefab’s building product choice reflects the…
As featured by PEFC International This November, our photo in the spotlight is ‘Between Thaw and the Patagonian Forest’, taken by Guisel Soto Campos in Chile. The photo was one of the twelve finalists in our 2020 PEFC Photo Contest. Guisel sent us a video, in which she tells us more about her photo and explains how the forest enchants and…
As featrured by PEFC International The COP26 meeting in Glasgow represents a significant milestone in defining our common actions to tackle the climate crisis. Nature-based solutions – the sustainable management and use of nature to tackle socio-environmental challenges – have a critical role to play in limiting global warming to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels. PEFC works to protect, responsibly…
As featured by PEFC International Have a look at two finalists of the Best Use of Certified Timer Prize, supported by PEFC: a gymnastics centre that can be converted into an exhibition hall, and a research facility that chose timber for its robustness against corrosive sea air and cyclones. Ariake Gymnastics Centre – Nikken Sekkei The Ariake Gymnastics Centre in…
PEFC International CEO Ben Gunneberg delivers keynote address at hybrid Annual General Meeting (AGM). DELIVERING the keynote address at the Responsible Wood AGM on Tuesday, PEFC International CEO Ben Gunneberg provided members with an update about PEFC’s global initiatives. Amongst key initiatives include the development of regionalised PEFC hubs as well as a greater focus in advocacy in areas of…
Responsible Wood is on the look out for a results-driven Sustainablity Manager to join its team… The Company Responsible Wood is an accredited Standards Development Organisation (SDO) accredited by Standards Australia to develop Australian Standards for sustainable forest management and oversees the operation of the Responsible Wood Certification Scheme (RWCS). The Scheme is made up of two Australian Standards, the…
PEFC International CEO Ben Gunneberg will be presenting at the 18th Australian Forestry Standard Limited – Trading as Responsible Wood Annual General Meeting. Responsible Wood CEO, Simon Dorries explains: “Responsible Wood is delighted to welcome PEFC CEO Ben Gunneberg who has agreed to address the AGM attendees and provide an update on new PEFC initiatives.” In addition, Responsible Wood will…
As featured by PEFC International SporX is a 40-metre-tall wooden office building, that will soon tower in the centre of Drammen, Norway. The building will have ten floors built in glulam and solid wood, coming from PEFC-certified Norwegian forests. SporX has high environmental and social sustainability ambitions and will create a green environment and good meeting places for tenants and the…
As featured by PEFC International Look around your house or apartment. How much of what you see is made from wood? From the chair you sit in, to the bed you sleep on, to the antique wardrobe passed down from your grandmother – all of this furniture started its life as a tree in a forest. Many things have happened to…