‘Packaged’ tour tagged with PEFC sustainability label

PEFC International’s Secretary General, Ben Gunneberg, was in Australia recently meeting stakeholders and visiting paper and packaging operations in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as addressing AusPak, the largest processing and packaging event in the southern hemisphere at Sydney showgrounds. He has taken 25 flights and visited more than 100 countries this year carrying the standard of the Program for…

Snap! Forest experience photo contest launched

As governing body for PEFC international in Australia, Australian Forestry Standard Ltd is promoting a nation-wide photo contest, aimed at raising awareness of the importance of sustainable forest management and certification. AFS CEO Simon Dorries said the contest theme – ‘experience forests, experience PEFC’ – would enable participants to submit photos that fit this theme. “This could embrace many topics,…