Press Releases
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Conversations about climate change : Vanessa Norwood
Vanessa Norwood, Creative Director at the Building Centre, talks about the Timber Trade Federations and Building Centre’s, ‘Conversations about Climate Change’ timber design competition. “We are really excited to be working with the Timber Trade Federation on Conversations about Climate…
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In conversation with…
As we reach the end of Conversations about Climate Change timber design competition, we announce the next stage of our FLEGT communications. 2020 was meant to be the ‘year of climate action’ and super year for the climate and forests. This was partly…
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Conversations about climate change : David Hopkins
David Hopkins, CEO of the Timber Trade Federation – the UK’s main trade body for timber importers, distributors, and merchants across the country, divulges into the TTF and Building Centre’s ‘Conversations about Climate Change’. “We are running an exhibition in…
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Entering conversations about climate change : David Hopkins
David Hopkins, CEO of the Timber Trade Federation and creator of the ‘Conversations about Climate Change’ timber design competition, in collaboration with the Building Centre shares his ideas for entry as we count down into the last 10 days to…
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Tackling deforestation – David Hopkins and Saskia Ozinga
Forest certification has been pioneering and can play a role in reducing deforestation, but without proper regulation, its impacts will be limited or lost altogether. Accounting for 10 per cent of global greenhouse emissions caused by humans, deforestation affects ecosystems,…
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Buy home-grown – the message for post-COVID times SHOP UK
A recent report from the Office for National Statistics examined the effects of the Coronavirus epidemic – specifically the period between 20.4.20 to 3.5.20 – on companies involved in the import and export of goods to and from the UK. …
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FLEGT gives “favourable conditions” to enter EU markets
Vietnam and all timber-exporting countries implementing / negotiating VPAs are strengthening the market position of verified legal timber products. The EU is an important export market for all VPA countries, including Vietnam, in addition to other markets such as the…
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Norbord’s Distribution Sales Manager, Richard White, explains why distributors help to keep Norbord at the forefront of the wood panel industry
Today, the distributor sector in our industry – engineered wood panels – is continuing to grow exponentially each year and now accounts for over a third of Norbord’s sales in the UK. For these reasons, the team at Norbord is…
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Alison Crowther : Optimism and responsible sourcing
“Keen to learn about safe timbers and to help communicate this to other designers and craftspeople” – Alison Crowther shares her views on responsible timber sourcing, designs for our Climate Competition and working with purpleheart. With a month to go…
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FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment
The FAO have released their latest Global Forest Resource Assessment, examining status and trends in forest-related variables across the world. Home to 80 percent of life on earth and covering 31 percent of total land area, forests’ 4.06 billion hectares of…
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