What do a Stradivarius violin and a PEFC-certified table-tennis racket have in common? Both are made of resonating wood, which gives the player an incomparable feeling. The story of the racket begins in the PEFC-certified forest of Paneveggio in Trentino, Italy. Famous for wood with resonance,...

The Spanish fashion designer María Lafuente thinks, works and produces ethically and sustainably – and is the first designer to create clothing with PEFC-certified fabrics. Naming respect for life, rivers, seas, plants and animals as the main inspiration for her work, she developed a...

In the heart of Italy, two inspired designers have created a shoe made entirely from organic, forest-based materials! These custom-made shoes, crafted in the Alceste Shoes workshop in Perugia, were designed by Filippo Bocci and Leonardo Pierini. The upper shoe and laces are made from lyocell...

by Teresa Benet Balagueró, CEO of ILERSIS In 1975, 14 families from Lleida, in northeastern Spain, founded Associació Shalom, a non-profit social entity declared as being of public interest. Our mission is the social and labor integration of people with intellectual disability or...

By Mario Sanguino, Director of Impriate Impriarte is a family SME, located in Humanes de Madrid, Spain, and dedicated to the printing of packaging and adhesive labels, and the development and manufacture of point of sale (POS) materials. Our company is the main supplier of several important...

This groundbreaking specialist school for 150 pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) was designed by Avanti Architects and built by main contractor McLaren Construction and was delivered through Hackney Schools for the Future Limited (HSFL). The building consists of a...

William Perkin High School in Greenford, West London, is a four-storey complex containing 3,860m3 of timber. The new £20 million school uses a combination of PEFC-certified cross laminated timber (CLT) and glulam to form the structure and architectural features and was originally designed...

Essex Business School has a reputation for excellent teaching, ground-breaking research and exciting business collaborations. The building is the UK’s first zero-carbon business school and the use of timber significantly contributed to this exceptional achievement. The new school comprises...