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Edition N°34
Augost 2009


25/08/09
UPM AND SGS SIGN GLOBAL LANDMARK AGREEMENT
UPM and SGS have finalised a global landmark agreement in which the origin of all UPM pulp and paper products will be ensured with a single, global system. For UPM’s customers, the new multi-site certification means a major step towards a simple, standardised way to guarantee the origin of UPM products. In addition, it sets a solid base to further increase the share PEFC certified fibre in UPM’s products as further forest areas become certified.
Source: Graphic Repro


24/08/09
UPM ACHIEVES FSC AND PEFC CERTIFICATION FOR GLOBAL OPERATIONS
Finnish paper and forest products specialist UPM has achieved FSC and PEFC chain of custody certification across its global operations with the help of auditor SGS. Previously, 34 out of UPM’s 63 operations had chain of custody certification from either PEFC or FSC. Out of these mills, 18 had PEFC certification and 16 had FSC certification from a range of different auditors from around the world.
Source: Packaging News


24/08/09
THE BATTLE AGAINST GREENWASHING
The SFI program welcomes government and consumer programs that expose misleading labels and claims, because we believe there has to be mechanisms to help consumers differentiate solid programs with third-party certification audits from whimsical claims lacking integrity and substance.
Source: Good for Forests


19/08/09
APP-CHINA HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS FOR 2009
In its 2009 first quarter report, the company said it would “continue to ensure that only legally sourced fibres are used as raw materials for its pulp mills” through a plantation-management system and PEFC chain-of-custody at its production sites in China, 10 of which are already PEFC-accredited.
Source: Print Week


19/08/09
DIVERSIFIED GLOBAL GRAPHICS GROUP’S (DG3) NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF SFI AND PEFC CERTIFICATIONS
DG3 North America, Inc., a global leader in graphic and digital communications solutions, announced today it has achieved certification with SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) and PEFC (Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) and has renewed its FSC certification.
Source: Globe NewsWire


14/08/09
WORLDS MOST SUSTAINABLE FOREST
In Finland more than 95% of the forests have a sustainable certificate: take care, cut down and reforested respecting biodiversity. Ecological tradition and vision business equally. Well managed.
Source: El País


12/08/09
TECCO’S PEFC CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL PAPER
SMARTSTUFF GRAPHICS, the North American distributor of TECCO and EFI PAPER, announces the availability of the world’s first PEFC Certified Environmental Contract-proofing paper, EFI CertProof Paper 6225XF.
Source: Whattheythink.com


07/08/09
CHANGES IN THE PAPER MARKET: CUSTOMER ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS IS DRASTICALLY INCREASING
Tecco, paper pioneer and premium partner for photo, fine art and proofing media, and their software partner EFI, a global market leader for inkjet-based proofing systems, are the first to introduce a proofing paper that is PEFC certified.
Source: Fair-News.de


04/08/09
12 NEW CHAINS OF CUSTODY FOR PEFC ITALIA
We highlight the great progress that had Chain of Custody in Europe especially in Italy, which is why we make available 12 new certified companies
- ARTI GRAFICHE JOHNSON S.p.A. info.agj@arvato.it www.agj.it
- BUSSOLARO ILARIO & C. S.N.C. bussolarolegnami@gmail.com
- COMUNICA S.p.A. info@comunica-pd.com, www.comunica-pd.com
- CONTER FORNITURE S.A.S. info@conterforniture.it, www.conterforniture.com
- DALLE AVE MASSIMO E CARLO S.N.C.
- HOLZ PICHLER S.p.A. info@holz-pichler.com, www.holz-pichler.com
- LANAREPRO S.r.l., info@lanarepro.com, www.lanarepro.com
- LUPPI SERRAMENTI S.r.l., info@luppiserramenti.it, www.luppiserramenti.it
- MY PRINT S.N.C., marco@my-print.it
- SAMBUGARO ILARIO DI SAMBUGARO GIORGIO & C. S.N.C.
- SISTEM COSTRUZIONI S.r.l., info@sistem.it, www.sistem.it
- WOODCO SOC. COOP., info@woodco.it, www.woodco.it
Source: PEFC Italy


04/08/09
HAVE FORESTS BEEN SUSTAINABLY MANAGED?
The movement for sustainable procurement of wood and paper-based products is driven to a large extent by the concern for how forests are affected by wood production.
Source: WRI


31/07/09
MADHIS PLYWOOD COMPANY RECEIVES PEFC CERTIFICATE AND JOINS THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
The Castilian-Manchego company Madhis Plywood Ltd. has obtained the Certificate of the PEFC chain of custody, ie that its activity uses raw materials from sustainably managed forests, thus joining the sustainable forest management.
Source: Forestal Web


31/07/09
UPRINTING.COM OFFERS SUMMER DISCOUNTS ON PREMIUM BUSINESS CARD PRINTING
UPrinting.com, is heating things up with 15% off all business card printing orders. Business Cards can be produced in standard sizes, stylish 2x2” square sizes and any custom sizes up to 4x4”. All business cards are printed on FSC/PEFC certified eco-friendly recycled paper.
Source: IT Business


30/07/09
OVER 70% OF UK RESIDENTS RECYCLE ARGOS CATALOGUES
Argos corporate responsibility manager Laurence Singer told MRW that an internal Argos survey showed that 78 per cent of the population recycled their Argos catalogue. Argos catalogues were 100 per cent recyclable and used a mixture of PEFC, FSC and recycled content paper.
Source: MRW


30/07/09
PEFC CELEBRATES ARGOS ENDORSEMENT
The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) schemes is celebrating a significant achievement with the news that all 18 million copies of the latest Argos shopping catalogue now carry the PEFC logo.
Source: What they think?


27/07/09
VERSO INTRODUCES NEW LINE OF LIGHTWEIGHT UNCOATED PRINTING PAPERS: VERSOBOOK™, VERSOTEXT™ AND VERSOBLEND™
Verso Paper Corp. is pleased to announce the launch of a new line of lightweight uncoated web printing papers: Versobook™, Versotext™ and Versoblend™. This new product line is designed for use in both coldset and heatset printing applications and is available in a wide range of brightness levels. The Bucksport mill is certified to the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) chain of custody standard with certificate number PwC-PEFC-319
Source: pr-inside.com



OTHER INTEREST NEWS

16/09/09

CHILE CREATES RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER
Source: CORFO
16/09/09

MINAGRI PROJECTS RECOVER 600.000 HECTARES OF NATIVE FORESTS IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS
Source: Guía Forestal

AFSL STAKEHOLDER FORUM WRAP-UP
Source: Forestry Standard
SNCL PUBLISHES ITS PROPOSED DENDROENERGETIC POLICY FOR CHILE
Source: Lignum




KNOWING THE PEFC FAMILY
PEFC Sweden


Carole Onouviet
PEFC GABON
Incorporation year 2009

The creation and institutionalization of an associate structure called “PAFC Gabon” was in October 2004.

The PAFC Gabon Forest Certification Scheme was endorsed by the PEFC Council as meeting the PEFC Council requirements on 24 April 2009. The endorsement is valid for three years.

The main objective is to create a national scheme for forest certification and for chain of custody certification including procedures and recommendations which will promote sustainable forest management, bringing to wood industry professionals (operators, industrialists, traders…), citizens and consumers, the necessary guarantees related to sustainable forest management and the origin of products.

The objective of the PAFC Gabon Association is to promote the national scheme at the international level, and to make it become an internationally recognized scheme of certification for sustainable forest management of Gabonese forests.

The GFCS uses the PEFC International Chain of Custody standard (Annex 4 of the PEFC Technical Document) for the purposes of chain of custody certification.

For the moment they have no certified surface, but they hope to begin soon the certification processes.

EVOLUTION AND TRENDS

Carole says: “We are happy and relieved to have at last our PEFC endorsement after five years of :struggling, reunions, learning, auditing, long trips, and teaching again and again the good points a forest certification made in a country by the people of this country is as far as good as one made abroad. We are proud of our process, of our scheme, of our no sleep nights to work on this, with no payment. Now, we can say that we have made it even if we do have the feeling that we had and still have to do more than other countries. We can now begin to talk about it freely and to prepare our first actions as a well known contributor to forest certification. And the first one in Central Africa; we hope to stay a leader in Congo Basin and to give other countries the opportunity to start the process”.

PEFC AND THE BIG TRADEMARKS IN Gabon

There isn’t any local big trademark using the logo

Previous Editions

2009
News N°38: December
News N°37: November
News N°36: October
News N°35: September
News N°34: Augost
News N°33: July
News N°32: June
News N°31: May
News N°30: April
News N°29: March
News N°28: February
News N°27: January

2008
News N°26: December
News N°25: November
News N°24: October
News N°23: September
News N°22: August