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According to independent research, certified sustainably sourced material holds a higher share of the timber market in the Netherlands than anywhere else in the world. That’s one dramatic statement from the latest report of the Dutch market by non-profit forest products and sustainability institute Probos. The detailed publication, covering the range of forest products and […]
For an organisation dedicated to growing the EU market for sustainably sourced tropical timber, the Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition’s (STTC) conference this year got to the heart of the issue. The title of the event in Aarhus, Denmark, Sustainably sourced tropical timber: Selling a positive story, was the core theme being promotion and marketing. To […]
In its latest Progress towards Sustainable Development Goals report, the United Nations has included forest certification as an indicator ‘to report on the progress made in achieving sustainable forest management’. This report shows, for the first time, that the UN regards forest certification as one of the key tools to put sustainable forest management into […]
STTC supporters are among those who can now use research-backed, evidence-based messaging underlining the sustainability and other positive impacts of FSC certification in their efforts to increase sales of certified tropical timber. The messaging has come out of international research undertaken under the Value and Impact Analysis Initiative (VIA), which is led by the ISEAL […]
Independent Netherlands timber research institute Stichting Hout Research (SHR) has unveiled a new business certification mark, guaranteeing to their customers all their timber is 100% sourced from sustainably managed forest, regardless of sustainability certification scheme. The STIP (Sustainable Timber In Product) scheme has been approved by the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, TPAC. SHR Director […]
by Nigel Hollis I spent a day last week at a conference hosted by the European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC). The primary objective of the Coalition is to increase demand for tropical timber, which is tough to do when most people assume that cutting down any tropical timber is bad. But a tough challenge […]
The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) has stood down as implementing partner for the Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition, with IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative taking over the role. But ETTF Secretary General André de Boer, said his organisation continues to back the STTC, which, he maintained, has “established firm foundations for developing its mission in […]
The Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition is now a European brand, says Netherlands-based IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, which, as STTC founder and main donor, also took over the implementing partner role from the European Timber Trade Federation in March. And, since its launch in 2013, IDH maintains the Coalition has made significant progress towards its […]
After joining the Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition last year, Berlin has undertaken a fact-finding mission to Dutch cities to exchange timber procurement and application experiences and ideas. In signing up to the STTC, Berlin undertook to stimulate procurement of certified sustainably sourced tropical timber in the city and to broaden its application. Thomas Schwilling, of […]
