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Invitation to Responsible Procurement Seminar Tuesday 3rd June 2008 in Glasgow
You are welcome to attend this seminar and please see attached file for the invitation reply form
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Apr 2, 2008
PEFC UK News February 2008
The latest news from PEFC in the UK
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Feb 15, 2008
BRE EcoHomes Update
BRE EcoHomes Update
Although the new national standard for the sustainable design and construction of new homes The Code for Sustainable Homes, launched in April 2007 has now replaced BRE EcoHomes for new builds in England and Wales, BRE EcoHomes continues to be used. PEFC UK News readers might therefore be interested to learn that PEFC is now awarded the equivalent number of points in the Responsible Sourcing of Materials section as FSC, CSA and SFI – i.e. Tier One 3 points towards materials credits.
The change in the points give for PEFC was announced in a July 2007 PROCESS NOTE from BRE send out to all BREEAM assessors. Under Technical Information: Technical/scope clarifications for responsible sourcing the following change was announced:
PEFC Tier level
Further to the CPET (Centre Point of Excellence in Timber) review earlier this year PEFC timber now qualifies as Tier 1 in the BREEAM and EcoHomes schemes. This change will take effect from the date of this process note. This change will be noted in an addendum and placed on the extranet shortly. As a result there is currently no scheme that falls within Tier 2 and all other schemes remain in the same tier as before.
Feb 8, 2008
PEFC UK Hosts High Profile Westminster Dinner
On 4th February, PEFC UK sponsored a dinner in the Palace of Westminster at the House of Lords. The 120 guests at the dinner, hosted by former UK Forestry Minister and current Chairman of United Kingdom Accreditation Service,(UKAS) Lord Lindsay, were drawn from a wide range of stakeholders including; publishers, construction companies, retailers, trade associations, house builders and certifiers.
The keynote speaker was the Rt. Hon. John Gummer MP, former Secretary of State for the Environment, an experienced international negotiator respected in both the business and environmental communities. The NGO community have previously described him as “the best Environment Secretary we have ever had”.
Mr Gummer gave a well received and heart felt speech asserting that timber traders who supply uncertified products should be “ashamed of themselves” and called on global forest certification schemes to work together to increase the amount of certified forest rather than arguing about the differences between the respective schemes, likening such arguments to “differences between the Baptists and strict Baptists…. To anyone else it’s not important”.
Feb 5, 2008
Chain of Custody Guidance for Project Certification
PEFC UK has launched a Guidance Note for the assistance of both certifiers and users to enable the use PEFC Chain of Custody for specified projects.
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Dec 6, 2007
PEFC UK Newsletter for November 2007
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Nov 26, 2007
PEFC Celebrates 500th Chain of Custody Certificate in the UK
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Oct 1, 2007
Charmans report for 2007
Martin Gale the outgoing Chairman of PEFC UK Ltd presented the attached report to the Annual General Meeting held in London on the 3rd July 2007
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Jul 5, 2007
Peter Latham appointed as the new Chairman of PEFC UK Ltd
Peter Latham has been appointed by PEFC UK Ltd as the new Chairman following the Annual General Meeting on 3rd July.
Latham is Chairman of James Latham PLC, one of Britain’s oldest timber companies. He also chairs the Forests Forever Board; serves on the Governing Board of the Timber Trade Federation and is a member of the Council of the Commonwealth Forestry Association.
Latham succeeds Martin Gale CBE who resigned as Chairman following his recent decision to leave UPM Kymmene after sixteen years to start his own forestry and consulting business.
Commending the progress PEFC UK Ltd has enjoyed under Gale’s chairmanship, Latham commented:
“The company has experienced unprecedented growth in a number of areas over the past year, including rising membership and a huge increase in demand for PEFC chain of custody certification in the UK. This has been a very good year for PEFC UK and I am committed to building on these successes, while promoting the unique value that credibly certified wood delivers”.
In addition, Mike Clark has stepped down to devote more time to his duties as Chairman of PEFC International Council. John Bardsley, Managing Director of Stora Enso UK also joins the PEFC UK Board.
Jul 5, 2007
PEFC UK Certification Scheme revised (March 2007)
The revision of the PEFC UK Certification Scheme for Sustainable Forest Management (Revision 2006 and updated to March 2007 to take account of the new Annex documentation endorsed by PEFC Council in October 2006)) has now been submitted to PEFC Council for re-endorsement. PEFC Council have appointed Savcor Indufor OY of Finland to undertake an independent assessment of the Scheme. Comments and observations are welcome and should be sent to the National Secretary (William Walker), via the Contact Us page.
Its full documentation is available at the PEFC Council website www.pefc.org for public consultation and all interested individuals and stakeholder groups are invited to comment on the scheme by 20 March 2007.
“PEFC holds public consultations prior to any decision on whether or not to endorse a national forest certification scheme”, said Mr Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General of the PEFC Council. “This gives all interested and affected organisations as well as individuals the opportunity to voice their views and contribute to the process. The comments received become an important part of the independent assessor’s report, which will be made publicly available and forms the decision basis for or against endorsement of the standard by PEFC.”
The following link will direct you to the revision issue dated March 2007.
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Apr 5, 2007
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