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Edition N°24
October 2008

 30/10/2008
PEFC COUNCIL 12th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The 12th PEFC Council General Assembly will take place in Canberra, Australia on October 31th. At this meeting will attend all member of PEFC and will be treated as the main themes PEFC Report 2008, changes in documentation PEFC, changes of the membership of PEFC, PEFC Accounts, Elections, among others.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
28/10/2008
CERTFOR MFS’ CERTIFICATION TO FORESTAL ANCHILE LTDA. AND CERTFOR CDC’ CERTIFICATION TO MADERAS ANCHILE LTDA.
As a result of the audit process conducted by the Certification Body Bureau Veritas Certification Chile in September this year, Forestal Anchile Ltda. and Maderas Anchile Ltda. have obtained the certification of Sustainable Forest Management and Chain of Custody CERTFOR respectively. The licenses numbers are valid E-11 and E-10.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
25/10/2008
SGS SA CHILE SIGNS LICENSE FOR USE OF LOGO PEFC
The certifying body SGS Chile S.A. signed license with PEFC CERTFORCHILE. This will allow them to use the logo PEFC in either certificates issued, as well as promotional. Your License number is PEFC/24-44-300.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
20/10/2008
GLOBAL FOREST PAPER & PACKAGING INDUSTRY SURVEY
Already is available the study realized by PriceWaterhouse Coopers "Global Forest Paper & Packaging Industry Survey” conformed by the 100 companies leaders in sales of the forest industry, paper and packing. The study mentions subjects associated to the changes that have taken place in the industry in last times as new business opportunities, and establishes the importance of the forest certification in order to achieve a more sustainable future, being an advantage competitive and a standard for the industry.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
18/10/2008
FOREST CERTIFICATION IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD
Forest certification has become a common practice for many forest product companies and forest management organizations around the world. There are approximately 310 million ha of forest certified to a variety of standards worldwide; and this represents approximately 10% of the world’s forests. Canada has 40% of all certified forest land in the world, more than any other country.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
30/09/2008
THE WORKSHOP "DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN 2009-2013” THE CORPORATION CERTFORCHILE
The workshop "Strategic Development Plan 2009-2013” was made on september 30th in the Corporation CERTFORCHILE. This workshop was attended by the constituent partners and set the main guidelines to be followed by the Corporation during the next few years. The plan will be approved at the next General Assembly of Members.
Source: CERTFORCHILE
22/10/2008
BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABLE TIMBER
In recent times there have been some developments related to the sustainable production of wood, which is why the United Kingdom, United States. UU. and the European Union have been working to incorporate sustainable wood and control the illegal timber. The advantages of sustainable timber are: to be a rene-wable product, carbon neutral and potentially sustainable.
Source: The Timber Industry Magazine
21/10/2008
TALISMAN GREENS PAPER STOCKS WITH FSC AND PEFC BADGES
Talisman Print, Marketing and Design have wanted to reaffirm their environmental credibility with the certification of chain of custody PEFC and FSC. This type of certification has been very important because it allows them to differentiate themselves from their competitors.
Source: News Print Week
21/10/2008
PEFC: SPONSOR OF BRITISH WOOD PULP ASSOCIATION
PEFC will support the British Wood Pulp Association (BWPA), which we will be an important platform to make concerted additional information about the forest certification scheme.
Source: News Print Week
20/10/2008
PEFC SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON FORESTS’ VITAL ROLE IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE
The world’s forests have a vast potential to contribute to tackling climate change, but unified global action is required now to realize this opportunity, according to a consensus by a diverse group of global forest leaders.
Source: PEFC Council


OTHER INTEREST NEWS

20/10/2008 EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACCEPTS PEFC; STRESSES NEED FOR CONSISTENT GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICIES
Source: PEFC Council

18/11/2008 HISTORY OF FOREST CERTIFICATION
Source: Print 21

14/10/2008

APP MILLS GRANTED PEFC CERTIFICATION
Source: Print 21

14/10/2008 SFI® INC. LAUNCHES NEW ON-PRODUCT LABELS
Source: Forest News Watch, Weckly Report, 14 October 2008

14/10/2008 REPORT: SUSTAINABILITY BEGINS IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Source: Sustainable Life Media

14/10/2008 WELLS TIMBERLAND REIT EARNS SFI CERTIFICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FO-REST MANAGEMENT
Source: Forest News Watch, Weckly Report, 14 October 2008




KNOWING THE PEFC FAMILY
PEFC CANADA


National Secretary - PEFC Canada
Incorporation year 2005

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) was founded in 1919 under the name of the Canadian Standards Association of Engineering (CESA), was the first organization in Canada, created to meet the needs of standardization of industries, government, consumers and the international market. It was officially transformed into the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) in 1994. He is currently the highest of standards development organization in Ca-nada. The CSA was admitted to the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC), in 2005.

Major information about the Canada scheme in www.pefccanada.org

 

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News N°27: January

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News N°26: December
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