‘Leading building professionals participate in landmark Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Tour’ ALBURY, NEW SOUTH WALES – 28/11/2019 Finding 20 of Australia’s leading architects, engineers, builders and developers in a Tumbarumba plantation forest, in the heart of the Forestry Corporation of NSW softwood pine plantations is not an everyday sight. But with motivated architects, engineers, builders and developers increasingly looking to…
‘Responsible Wood Director, Mark Thomson, delivers key address at peak Balustrade conference’ LILYDALE, VICTORIA – 28/11/2019 ‘The concept of certification, and its importance in demonstrating the legality of product, is not widely understood in the Australian balustrade industry. Responsible Wood, the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management, provides the balustrade industry with a chain of custody for all timber used…
‘PEFC International recognises Responsible Wood as Australia records the 3rd greatest increase in PEFC-certified forest area’ WURZBURG, GERMANY – 14/11/2019 Responsible Wood continues to grow from strength to strength, with the growth of the Australian scheme recognised during the PEFC General Assembly. Meeting in Wurzburg, Germany, the birthplace of the PEFC icon, the PEFC Family gathered to celebrate 20 years…
THE PEFC global family gathered in Wurzburg, Germany, last week for Forest Certification Week and the PEFC 24th General Assembly. PEFC Week, from November 11 to 15, has grown as one of the most important annual public dialogues on the future of forest certification and sustainable forest management: the PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue. Under the theme, Certification and Sustainability: from Niche…
‘ForestrySA and OneFortyOne combine in unique collaboration to bring Ghost Mushroom Lane to life’ Ghost Mushroom Lane is fast establishing itself as a ‘must-see’ tourist attraction. The subject of extensive media coverage, with more than 65,000 visitations over the last three years, but behind the tourism Ghost Mushroom Lane is a demonstration of sustainable forest management in action. The aptly…
‘Central Queensland cattle lodge claims coveted Australian Certified Timber award at 2019 Timber Design Awards’ MELBOURNE, VICTORIA – 17/10/2019 Covered by Jason Ross, Responsible Wood Marketing and Communications Officer Mount Mulligan Lodge is something special. Set in the rugged terrain of remote Queensland, on a cattle property only accessible by helicopter or by off-round 4WD, it is a…
Responsible Wood Director, Australian representative and judge at the World Architecture Festival Mark Thomson was invited to present to the 2019 SFI Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia… RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, USA – 23/10/2019 Covered by Mark Thomson, Responsible Wood Director My first sign of a unique conference experience appeared, when I checked into the Conference Hotel. The Reception issued hotel key…
‘Responsible Wood’s strength underpinned by growing awareness of forest certification’ MOUNT GAMBIER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – 22/10/2019 Growing interest in forest certification has provided Responsible Wood, Australia’s largest forest certification scheme, with a platform for continued strength. Speaking at the Responsible Annual General Meeting, hosted for the first time in Mount Gambier in the heart of Australia’s Green Triangle, Responsible Wood…
‘Responsible Wood launches Strategy document at Annual General Meeting’ MOUNT GAMBIER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – 22/10/2019 Responsible Wood, Australia’s largest forest certification scheme, has unveiled a new strategic document as part of the 2019 Responsible Wood Annual General Meeting in Mount Gambier. Speaking about the new strategy, Responsible Wood CEO Simon Dorries reiterated the importance of maintaining openness and transparency with…
First infrastructure project certification arrives on time… MOUNT GAMBIER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – 22/10/2019 THE sustainability team behind Australia’s largest infrastructure project in recent years, the Sydney Metro Northwest project, has won the coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management for 2019. Announced during the Responsible Wood annual general meeting (AGM) in Mount Gambier on Wednesday –…