Responsible Wood Matt de Jongh has spent a week in Western Australia which included the role of guest speaker at the Leschenhault Timber Industry Dinner at Bunbury. Mr de Jongh spoke about the Responsible Wood Forest certification scheme, sustainable forest management and active and adaptive forest management, including the importance of Traditional Owners and their culture and knowledge in forest…
Responsible Wood releases updated Brand Manual to coincide with ‘Australian Made Week’ When you buy Australian, you support Australia – you create jobs and economic activity while enjoying products made to some of the highest standards in the world. Running from Monday 6th June to Sunday 12th June, Responsible Wood is encouraging consumers to actively seek Responsible Wood-certified products both during the week…
As featured by the Australian Forest Contractors Association. The concept brainstormed across the whiteboard had been attempted before. The difference this time around was everyone involved knew what was being proposed would need to be recognised by industry nationally to succeed. Securing funding and bringing together the right people was the focus for Stacey Gardiner, Nick Roberts and Nick Milham…
As hosted by Forestry Australia Responsible Wood Sustainability Manager Matt de Jongh will chair Koala Research in NSW Forests webinar featuring Dr Brad Law and Dr Leroy Gonsalves of the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Date: Wednesday 8 June Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm (AEST) RFP CPD points: 1.0 About Koala Research in NSW’s Forests: Brad will provide an overview about the recent koala research…
As featured by PEFC International 2021 was an exciting year for the PEFC Alliance, bringing innovations and new collaborations. The number of certified hectares of forest and certified companies continued to grow, and two new systems achieved PEFC endorsement – one of them the very first regional system to be endorsed. We continued to work together as a global team,…
Creating enjoyable environments for work and relaxation… THE creation of architecture involves many people and disciplines to produce a successful project. Architects themselves seem to imitate the role of the movie director, controlling and coaxing the core message, continuously assessing and subtly directing the process to achieve the final solution. No one is more aware of this than James Fitzpatrick, who…
Nominations are coming fast as deadline looms for the 2022 Responsible Wood National Photo Contest Entrants have until World Environment Day (June 5) to enter the competition. Responsible Wood Marketing and Communication Officer Jason Ross has been overwhelmed by the response as professional and amateur photographers across Australia submit their favourite photos from Responsible Wood certified forests. “So far more…
The Macquarie University Incubator is one of the latest additions to the Macquarie University campus in New South Wales, Australia, providing a vibrant and accessible space for students to research and develop ideas. Sustainability, flexibility, and a short construction time were key priorities in the development of the project. 105 m³ of PEFC-certified glulam, supplied by Binderholz, and 2,500 m² solid wood panels, were processed during…
People’s choices are now, more than ever, being guided by sustainability. We want more solar energy and less coal. We want electric vehicles. This shift in mindset is also occurring in the furniture world, with customers now wanting to know that the items they put in their homes are sustainably made. Companies are also taking this into consideration, searching for…
Most people know that we need trees to produce oxygen so we can live. That’s a pretty crucial reason to protect this valuable resource. But we also need a certain amount of timber in the modern world. Here’s where industry and the environment can come together and work more harmoniously than they have in the past. The answer is sustainable…