How Timber Buildings Can Support Health and Wellbeing
Timber is increasingly recognised for its potential to reduce the embodied carbon of buildings and store carbon throughout their lifespan. However, emerging research suggests that its benefits could extend beyond environmental performance, helping to create healthier, more comfortable and more productive spaces. Speaking at PEFC UK’s Move to Responsible Timber Construction event at Timber Square […]
Why Does Responsible Forestry Matter for Long-Term Business Success?
Interview with Rob MacKenna, General Manager, James Jones and Sons Responsible forestry is not only an environmental issue. It is also fundamental to long-term business resilience, supply chain confidence and economic growth. For companies working with timber and timber-based products, long-term success depends on confidence in the resource, confidence in the supply chain and confidence […]
Sustainable Forest Management in the UK
Sustainable forest management lies at the heart of responsible woodland ownership. It ensures that forests are managed in a way that protects environmental, social and economic values. Sustainable forest management delivers enhanced biodiversity; timber production; carbon sequestration and storage; the livelihoods of those who live and work in the woods. Sustainable forest management is guided […]
Certification Bodies (CB’s) for PEFC Certification
The companies listed below are those that are known to PEFC UK who provide certification services to companies who wish to implement PEFC . Inclusion on this list does not constitute a recommendation by PEFC UK. UK Certification Bodies Contact: Rafał Andruszkiewicz Tel: 371 67772135 Email: rafal.andruszkiewicz@bmcertification.com Accreditation Body: LATAK (Latvia) Scope of Accreditation: Chain […]
Enhancing Sustainability through Forest-Positive MMCF Sourcing: A Guide for Fashion Brands and Retailers
Published by PEFC International, this white paper provides a practical roadmap for fashion brands and retailers to responsibly source man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCFs) from sustainably managed forests. It explores the environmental and social risks associated with MMCF sourcing—such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, and labour rights—and demonstrates how PEFC’s sustainable forest management and chain of custody […]
Using the PEFC Trademarks & Labels
PEFC Certificate Holders If you are a PEFC certificate holder you can use the PEFC label! There are two approved types of use: 1. On-product use Applied directly to a certified product, its packaging, or associated materials (e.g. brochures). There are two types of on-product labels: ‘PEFC Certified’ Label Can be used only if the […]
PEFC Timber Delivery Checklist
Information required on all delivery documents
Why Labels Matter: The Business Case For Using the PEFC Label
The PEFC label is exclusively available on PEFC-certified products, enabling consumers to clearly recognise and distinguish products that are made from responsibly sourced raw materials.
Sustainable Timber Products: A Guide To Procurement
Public sector purchasing accounts for around 40% of timber imports into the UK. Central government introduced a timber procurement policy back in 2005 which requires central government departments, Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), to procure timber and wood-based products from legal and sustainable sources. It applies to all wood products including paper, […]
PEFC – Promoting Sustainable Construction through Certified Timber
Architects, designers and those specifying building materials across UK construction projects are regularly turning to timber as a central part of the building structure, for interior design elements and as a way to deliver the next generation of energy efficient and sustainable buildings.