2022 Timber Design Award Winners Announced The winners of the 23rd Australian Timber Design Awards were announced on Thursday, 8 December at the Crown Hotel Sydney awards event, hosted by The Ultimate Renewable™ Brand Ambassador – Adam Dovile. Each year these awards aim to showcase, advocate, and celebrate a timber design ethos by rewarding and celebrating the use of timber in…
Responsible Wood supports Sustainably Grown, Australian Made. After consultation with certified forest managers and chain of custody certificate holders from around Australia, Responsible Wood has launched a new Sustainably Grown, Australian Made supporting statement logo to help promote our core values. If you are eligible and would like to use the logo, please contact us here. The supporting statement has…
Sequestration, Storage & Substitution: Certified Forests & Climate Change With the phrase net zero being bandied around, and the ever-growing public discussion on carbon, climate, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, there couldn’t be a better time to talk about the role that certified forest management and certified forest products play in combatting climate change. “The timber and forestry industries have…
PEFC International Launches New Responsible Packaging Campaign Packaging isn’t just part of the products we buy … it’s a product and an entire industry by itself – in fact a $US900 billion industry. Forest fibre-based packaging is essential to the products we buy online and also the food we eat by extending shelf life and protecting it from damage. More…
PlantingSeeds’ Nesting Box Project Funded with Community Grant B&B Highway, a bed and breakfast habitat regeneration initiative, has been created by PlantingSeeds to support biodiversity and encourage sustainability within our ecosystem, PlantingSeeds’ microbat nesting box program is a positive case study in these partnerships. The PlantingSeeds’ Nesting Box Project was funded through a Responsible Wood Community Grant. The construction of…
As featured by Timber and Forestry E News The Western Australia College of Agriculture at Denmark, a coastal town 423 km southeast of Perth, has supported a Responsible Wood Community Grant application by land care group Green Skills to upgrade a wetland education and farm forestry site at the college, a 560-ha working farm and educational facility for Year 10, 11…
Marketing & Communications Specialist joins the Responsible Wood Team A promotions and comms specialist with experience in auditing has been appointed in the new marketing and communication at Responsible Wood. In addition to 10 years as a senior audit team leader and compliance officer with Sydney-based Global-Mark, Jonathan Tibbits has owned and operated a successful marketing and communications consultancy serving…
2022 Community Grants Program Connects Applicants with Certified Forests Responsible Wood has launched our 2022- 23 Community Grants Program which recognises collaborative, community based projects, activities or events that connect communities to certified forests and forest growers. “The aim is to support local communities develop, design and implement small community-based projects in their local area in conjunction with their local…
On 1 September 2022, Responsible Wood launched its Community Grants Program. This is the program’s third year, following the successful 2020/21 and 2021/22 programs. The aim of the program is to support local communities develop, design and implement small community-based projects in their local area in conjunction with their local Responsible Wood certified company. Community Grants are awarded for collaborative,…
YOU’VE probably heard of recycled timber, or reclaimed timber as it is sometimes known. But what exactly is it? In this article, we look at what recycled timber is, and how you can support forest conservation efforts by sourcing sustainable timber products. What is recycled timber? Recycled timber is timber that has already been used for human consumption, such as…