Informed procurement choices can support sustainable forest management, help protect workers’ health and the rights of those who depend on forests for their livelihoods. Increasingly, those involved in public sector and corporate purchasing are setting ambitious targets which aim to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains.

The recently published World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development Sustainable Procurement Guide for Wood and Paper-based Products helps procurement professionals make informed choices and understand the challenges involved in the development and implementation of procurement policies for paper, packaging and solid wood products. It identifies 10 key aspects, including legal, environmental and social issues, that underpin sustainable sourcing and provides resources to help tackle these challenges.

Knowing your supply chain increases transparency and reduces risks. Sourcing from responsibly managed forests, such as those certified to PEFC’s Sustainable Forest Management standard, demonstrates your organisation’s support for well-managed forests and helps grow markets for certified forest products. WRI and WBCSD will be hosting a series of webinars about the Sustainable Procurement Guide – for more information about participation visit: bit.ly/1MvaJZI

For more on the Sustainable Procurement Guide visit: bit.ly/1J1QSyn

PEFC UK newsWWW.PEFC.CO.UK ISSUE 37 • JULY 2015

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

WRI WBCSD Sustainable Procurement Guide

How to Make Informed Choices On Wood and Paper-based Products

Your purchasing choices can support the sustainable management of the world’s forests, protect workers’ health and the human rights of people that depend on them.Growing numbers of private and public sector actors are setting ambitious and specific goals to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. But the question remains: How to implement and deliver on these commitments?Seeking out sustainably produced wood and paper based products is

key to reducing supply chain risks, enabling transparency and retaining consumer confidence in product offerings. It is also central to driving change on the ground, creating incentives to bring more of the world’s forests under sustainable management and thereby prevent deforestation and other poor practices.

Are you a Producer or Supplier involved in the purchase and/or use of woodfuel in the UK? If so you might be interested

in participating in a free of charge event. CPET (Central Point of Expertise on Timber) will be running a woodfuel guidance webinar on the 30th July 2015.

By the end of the session those participating in the webinar should:

• have a broad awareness of the Timber Standard• be aware of the services that CPET can provide

• know what Timber Standard requirements are and its scope

• be aware of how to comply with the Timber Standard.

For RHI the woodfuel land criteria must be complied with by the 6th July 2015 (for those registered on the BSL). It is the government’s intention that the sustainability criteria will come into force in the RO Order 2015 before the end of 2015 so it’s important that those involved understand how to meet the sustainability criteria, as they may be asked to provide evidence of compliance.

If you would like to know more, register for our FREE CPET training at cpet@efeca.com

CPET Woodfuel Seminar

In May, James Jones & Sons – Scotland’s largest independent sawmiller – and Scottish Woodlands - the UK’s leading independent Forest Management Company – partnered with PEFC UK to host a field trip to the Scottish borders. The visit aimed to demonstrate sustainable forest management in action to more than twenty stakeholders from a broad range of sectors including public sector, forestry, timber trading, construction, retail, paper and packaging. This was the third year that PEFC has run this popular event.

The forest visit was followed by a tour of the James Jones & Sons sawmill in Lockerbie to see the processes involved in transforming a log into a range of sawn timber products.

These visits are designed to showcase Sustainable Forest Management, illustrate what Chain of Custody certification involves and demonstrate the rigorous processes involved in bringing certified wood products to market.

PEFC UK will not be hosting a stakeholder meeting this summer. This is because last month PEFC UK was accorded the honour of hosting the annual PEFC Members’ Meeting in London. We were delighted to welcome members of the ever growing PEFC family from more than twenty countries. This popular meeting enables delegates from PEFC-endorsed schemes around the world to come together to share experiences, celebrate successes, receive crucial training and debate key issues and technical matters which affect the development of PEFC’s global standards.

The meeting also incorporated a press event, attended by journalists from a broad range of industry sectors. PEFC International Chairman, William Street, PEFC’s Secretary General Ben Gunneberg shared a platform with Ana Belén Noriega from PEFC Spain and PEFC UK’s Alun Watkins to debate a range of issues. These included

the central role certified forests play in food production and the continuing growth and role of PEFC as a global not-for-profit organisation particularly in China and the Asia-Pacific region.

The PEFC Stakeholder Meeting will be back in 2016.

PEFC Members’ Meeting

Packaging Innovations 2015

Annual Lockerbie Field Trip

PEFC press event: Ana Belén Noriega, Ben Gunneberg, William Street & Alun Watkins

If you are planning to visit this year’s Packaging Innovations show at London’s Olympia exhibition centre, please stop by Stand A14 and say hello to the PEFC team. This will be our second year at the show and we will be co-exhibiting with PEFC’s US member, SFI and PEFC certified company AB Packaging Group.

Photo: Peter Kelly

Earlier this month, PEFC UK held its 14th Annual General Meeting in London. In his farewell report, PEFC’s outgoing Chairman Hugh Miller, said that PEFC had made substantial progress and that there was much to

celebrate. He remarked that in less than two decades, PEFC has gone from an organisation of 11 national certification systems to 38 member countries and it is still growing. Today, two thirds of all certified forests globally are certified to PEFC and more than half of the world’s

traded sustainable forest products are sourced from forests certfied to PEFC-endorsed standards. Hugh was confident that the organisation was well placed to continue delivering on its mission to promote responsible forest management practices around the world.

The Board and staff of PEFC UK would like to wish Hugh a long, happy and relaxing retirement and thank him for his sage advice, knowledge of forestry and the time he has given so freely to help PEFC UK go from strength to strength.

Ross Bradshaw succeeds Hugh Miller as Chairman of PEFC UK. A profile of Ross will appear in the October issue of PEFC UK News.

PEFC UK Annual General Meeting

The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Structural Timber Awards to be held on Tuesday 06 October 2015 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham. Sponsored by PEFC UK, the Education Category will showcase schemes that have used timber technology to create an exceptional building and vibrant learning space for students and staff. Chaired by Andrew Carpenter, chief executive of the Structural Timber Association (STA), the judging panel highlighted six projects as best in class.

Sky’s Believe in Better Building: a new educational facility for graduates, apprentices and staff training, reflecting Sky’s sustainable aspirations and showcasing cross laminated timber. Reigate Primary School: a flagship educational

building, built with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). The four-storey William Perkin High School in London – the largest CLT building in the UK, containing 3,800 cubic metres of timber. New Park and Northway Primary Schools: two timber frame primary schools in Liverpool. Mayfield School: a secondary school with teaching and learning space for 800 students and 80 staff

and Wimbledon College of Art: one of London’s leading specialist art colleges and forms part of the wider University of the Arts London (UAL).

Taking place during UK Construction Week, the event is set to attract 500 national business leaders and high profile decision makers from the construction industry. www.structuraltimberawards.co.uk

Structural Timber Awards Update

2015 Annual Report Published

Wimbledon College of Art

The 2015 Annual Report is now available. It contains reviews of our marketing and communications activities over the past year, an update on PEFC International’s progress and Hugh Miller’s final report as Chairman. The publication also contains facts and figures outlining the growth in demand for forest and Chain of Custody certification around the world. It can be downloaded from the PEFC UK website at: www.pefc.co.uk/news_articles/pefc-uk-annual-report-2015 or printed copies can be requested by e-mailing info@pefc.co.uk

PEFC UKANNUAL REPORT

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Contacts

A new title has been added to the PEFC library this month – PEFC: Promoting Sustainable Cladding & Decking through Certified Timber.

Copies of this brochure are available free of charge. Please e-mail: info@pefc.co.uk

Ethical Consumer Labelling ConferenceJuly 25th 2015LondonFurther details: www.ethicalconsumer.org/labellingconference2015.aspx

Confor Woodland Show10th-11th September 2015Longleat Estate, WiltshireFurther details: www.confor.org.uk

Edie Conference – Responsible Procurement & Supplier Engagement15th September 2015Holiday Inn, Birmingham City CentreFurther details: www.sb-supplychain.net/home

Packaging Innovations/Luxury Packaging16th-17th September 2015Olympia, LondonFurther details: www.easyfairs.com

Packaging Drivers from now until 202521st September 2015Stationers’ Hall, LondonFurther details: https://stationers.org/events/event/0/53-events/40-launch-of-the-packaging-drivers-from-now-until-2025.html

Structural Timber Awards Dinner6th October 2015NEC BirminghamFurther details: www.structuraltimberawards.co.uk

Alternative Investment Forum20th-21st October 2015LondonFurther details: www.arena-international.com/alternativeinvest

Pira Packaging Summit11th-12th November 2015LondonFurther details: www.pack-summit.com

Alun WatkinsPEFC UK Executive Directore awatkins@pefc.co.ukt 0114 307 2334Please call Alun for all general enquiries and queries about Chain of Custody and use of the PEFC logo.

Hilary KhawamPEFC Communications and Marketing Directore hilary.khawam@pefc.co.ukt 01689 819902

PEFC: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE

THROUGH CERTIFIED TIMBER

CLADDING & DECKING

If you are planning to attend Confor’s Woodland Show in September, please stop by and say hello to the PEFC UK team. We will be participating in order to promote our newly-developed small woodland certification solution.

Further details of this event can be found at www.confor.org.uk