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PEFC Newsletter 52/2012 (January 2011)
The January Newsletter features case stories of certified companies and forest owners, new PEFC publications, national updates, and information about new PEFC members, including APP Timber, which joined PEFC as…
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PEFC Newsletter 51/2011 (September 2011)
Features case stories of certified companies and forest owners, new PEFC publications, national updates, and information about new PEFC members, including China, which joined PEFC as a national member, and…
PEFC Newsletter 50/2011 (May 2011)
Summarizes news and information from PEFC and national PEFC members published since the January 2011 newsletter, including new PEFC publications, endorsements, and companies' procurement policies.
PEFC Newsletter 49/2011 (January 2011)
Summarizes news and information from PEFC and national PEFC members published since the General Assembly 2010, including the Small Grants Programme for the 'PEFC Collaboration Fund', and new Case Stories.…
PEFC General Assembly 2010 Newsletter (December 2010)
This special issue of the PEFC Newsletter, reporting on the 14th PEFC General Assembly, held in Rio de Janeiro, in November, focuses on the "Expectations and understanding of best practice…
PEFC Newsletter 47/2010 (September 2010)
Summarizes news and information from PEFC and national PEFC members published over the summer month, including PEFC stakeholder engagement activities the (re-)endorsement of national certification schemes at global level by…
PEFC Newsletter 46/2010 (June 2010)
Summarizes news and information from PEFC and national PEFC members published in the first half of 2010, including a comprehensive overview of PEFC's ongoing Standards Revision process and global public…
PEFC Newsletter 45/2010 (January 2010)
Summarizes news by and information from PEFC and national PEFC members published in the second half of 2009, including an interview with FRA about PEFC in North America, PEFC at…
PEFC General Assembly 2009 Newsletter (December 2009)
In this special issue of the PEFC Newsletter, reporting on the 13th PEFC General Assembly, held in Paris, at the end of November, PEFC Chairman, Bill Street reflects on the…
PEFC Newsletter 44/2009 (August 2009)
In this issue, PEFC turns 10, Sarah Price - the Head of Projects and Development is welcomed to PEFC International's offices in Geneva, the first 2009 Stakeholder Dialogue is discussed,…
PEFC Newsletter 43/2009 (May 2009)
Demand for certified forest products is increasing despite the global credit crunch. We are pleased therefore to announce the endorsement of national forest certification systems in Malaysia and Gabon to…
PEFC Newsletter 42/2008 (October 2008)
Governance Review guides PEFC's future. After extensive public stakeholder consultation, PEFC announced the publication of its governance review earlier this summer. In doing so, it followed up on its first…
PEFC Newsletter 41/2008 (March 2008)
PEFC acts on new Strategy. With the new strategy adopted by the PEFC at its General Assembly recently, the process of implementation has now started. PEFC expects to have transferred…
PEFC Newsletter 40/2007 (December 2007)
Joint statement by Social NGOs. PEFC, the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), the European Network of Forest Entrepreneurs (ENFE) and the Union of European Foresters (UEF) announced that together…
PEFC Newsletter 39/2007 General Assembly (October 2007)
The PEFC Council members unanimously agreed PEFC's new strategic plan for the coming five years at its 11th General Assembly in Munich, Germany earlier this month. The new strategy, which…
PEFC Newsletter 38/2007 (July 2007)
PEFC Strategic Review. Since January 2007 PEFC has been undertaking a comprehensive strategic review and revision of it roles and governance to ensure its future growth, relevance and value to…
PEFC Newsletter 37/2007 (May 2007)
PEFC timber and paper in Dutch markets. A recent study on sustainable timber in the Dutch market revealed that a significant market share of paper and timber products comes from…
PEFC Newsletter 36/2007 (March 2007)
German Government specifies PEFC. The decision of the German Government to buy timber products from legal and sustainable sources only including PEFC, has been greeted by the German forest and…
PEFC Newsletter 35/2007 (January 2007)
UK Government confirms PEFC as source of legal and sustainable timber. The UK Government recently confirmed that PEFC provides assurance that its certified timber and paper products originate from legal…
PEFC Newsletter 34/2006 General Assembly (November 2006)
Forest Certification Systems meet. for PEFC Annual General Assembly Guest speakers, invited guests, representatives of international organisations as well as PEFC Council Extraordinary Members and national delegates of the 31…
PEFC Newsletter 33/2006 (October 2006)
European Toy Producers Treat PEFC and FSC equally. The Federation of the European Play Industry FEBI has confirmed its commitment to certification of Sustainable Forest Management. In a recent open…
PEFC Newsletter 32/2006 (August 2006)
Forest Industry Leaders endorse PEFC and other credible certification systems. 60 CEOs sign historic Statement on Sustainability. The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA), which represents world's forest…
PEFC Newsletter 31/2006 (May 2006)
Japanese Public Procurement Policy chooses PEFC. The Japanese government has included PEFC certified products as legal and sustainable in its new Public Timber Procurement Policy. As a result, PEFC certified…
PEFC Newsletter 30/2006 (March 2006)
EU Parliament regards PEFC and FSC as equally suitable. The European Parliament considers PEFC and FSC certification systems to be equally suitable to give consumers assurances concerning sustainable forest management.…
PEFC Newsletter 29/2006 (January 2006)
PEFC certification improves the standard of forest management. This is the finding of an independent study, examining the performance of forest certification in Finland, Sweden and Norway. "Certification has improved…
PEFC Newsletter 28/2005 General Assembly (November 2005)
This year has been the busiest for PEFC yet with 13 assessments and re-assessments of schemes endorsed 5years ago. The fruits of this work have resulted in more than 7%…
PEFC Newsletter 27/2005 (October 2005)
Assessments for PEFC endorsement in full swing. The high standards of PEFC forest certification systems are ensured through a public, transparent and comprehensive revision and assessment process. Four systems are…
PEFC Newsletter 26/2005 (July 2005)
PEFC creates option for recycled material. The PEFC Council has decided to make available an additional option for the users of PEFC certification, who wish to communicate the content of…
PEFC Newsletter 25/2005 (April 2005)
122 million PEFC certified. With more than 122 million hectares, (300 million acres) of certified forests, PEFC endorsed certification systems have now set a new world record in successfully implementing…
PEFC Newsletter 24/2005 (February 2005)
PEFC certified countries among Top Ten. PEFC member countries with a high percentage of certified forests, like Finland, Norway, Sweden and Austria rank among the top ten of the 2005…
PEFC Newsletter 23/2004 (December 2004)
Gabon becomes first African member. PAFC Gabon is the first national forest certification system in Africa to become a member of the international PEFC Council. The PEFC members this week…
PEFC Newsletter 22/2004 General Assembly (November 2004)
It is five years since PEFC was founded in June 1999 and this year's General Assembly was a good time to reflect on the tremendous contributions PEFC and its member…
PEFC Newsletter 21/2004 (September 2004)
PEFC Open Letter to the World Bank and WWF. The PEFC Council has sent an Open Letter to the World Bank/WWF Alliance on an internally developed Questionnaire for Assessing the…
PEFC Newsletter 20/2004 (May 2004)
First ENGO Symposium. 15 ENGOs (Environmental non-governmental organizations) from 13 countries around the world participating in or interested in learning more about the PEFC approach met in France inMay for…
PEFC Newsletter 19/2004 (March 2004)
International Accreditation Forum. The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) has recently been accepted as an association member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). Through its membership…
PEFC Newsletter 18/2004 (February 2004)
PEFC tops 52 million hectares. The number of hectares of forests certified under the PEFC mutual recognition umbrella has surpassed the 52 million hectare mark and continues to increase, while…
PEFC Newsletter 17/2003 General Assembly (November 2003)
The 7th General Assembly has been an important one in the ongoing development of the PEFC Council. Not only have we changed our name to reflect the global nature of…
PEFC Newsletter 16/2003 (October 2003)
Much has happened since the last newsletter. First of all we have appointed a new communications expert, Ms Maha Tissot, whom many of you will have already spoken to, and…
PEFC Newsletter 15/2004 (May 2003)
International Conference on Criteria and Indicators (CiCi). Delegates attending the CiCi conference The report of the International Conference on Criteria and Indicators held in Guatemala in February (see issue 14)…
PEFC Newsletter 14/2003 (February 2003)
Globalisation. Following consultation with the members on the challenges of further globalisation of the PEFC framework, the Board of Directors has decided to establish a Globalisation Working Group. This Group…
PEFC Newsletter 13/2002 (December 2002)
General Assembly Synopsis. The sixth PEFC Council General Assembly was held in Luxembourg, on 22 November with delegates from 18 of the member countries; potential new members from 8 countries;…
PEFC Newsletter 12/2002 (September 2002)
PEFC Side Event at World Summit. Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General of the PEFC Council attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg earlier this month. A PEFC position paper…
PEFC Newsletter 11/2002 (May 2002)
PEFC Forging Ahead! It is now nearly three years since the PEFC Council was formally launched in Paris and two and a half since the international office opened in Luxembourg,…
PEFC Newsletter 10/2002 (March 2002)
Two More Schemes Endorsed. We are delighted that recently, in two separate postal ballots of members of the PEFC Council, it was unanimously agreed to endorse the following two schemes:…
PEFC Newsletter 09a/2002 News Special (February 2002)
PEFC Interactive Database on Forest Certification Launched on Web. We are very pleased to announce today that the PEFC Council has today launched a new website giving customers the opportunity…
PEFC Newsletter 09/2001 (December 2001)
First Two years. This newsletter is produced at the end of the second year that PEFC first established its permanent office here in Luxembourg. Within that time, the independent certification…
PEFC Newsletter 08/2001 (October 2001)
Swiss scheme endorsed by the PEFC Council. Following a recommendation from the Board of Directors and a postal ballot of the PEFC membership, the PEFC Council has now endorsed the…
PEFC Newsletter 07/2001 (July 2001)
Schemes currently undergoing assessment process Belgian Forest Certification Scheme French Forest Certification Scheme Latvian Forest Certification Scheme Portuguese Forest Certification Scheme Spanish Certification System for SFM Swiss Q Label Holz…
PEFC Newsletter 06/2001 (April 2001)
Consultants appointed to assess Latvian Forest Certification Scheme. Following submission of the Latvian Forest Certification Scheme for assessment against the requirements of the PEFC Council, at the General Assembly in…
PEFC Newsletter 05/2001 (January 2001)
PEFC Council 4th General Assembly. Sixty-two participants representing twenty-one countries attended the recent 4th General Assembly held in Luxembourg on 26th January 2001. This comprised delegates representing the fourteen member…
PEFC Newsletter 04/2000 (December 2000)
PEFC Exceeds 30 Million Hectares Target! As of today, 32.37 Million hectares are certified by schemes, which have been endorsed by the PEFC Council. "This exceeds the 30 million hectare…
PEFC Newsletter 03/2000 (October 2000)
New Schemes Endorsed. Welcome to the third PEFCC newsletter. The last four months have been very busy for the PEFCC in its promotion of sustainable forest management. As those of…
PEFC Newsletter 02/2000 (June 2000)
Nordic Forest Certification Schemes endorsed. We are delighted to announce that the Finnish Forest Certification Scheme; the Living Forests Standards and Norwegian Forest Certification Scheme, and the Swedish PEFC Forest…
PEFC Newsletter 01/2000 (March 2000)
New Secretariat Offices. The new PEFCC Secretariat in Luxembourg is now open and functioning. The office staff are most grateful to you all for your patience over the initial stages…
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Companies (CoC): 8,886(March 2012)
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