Certification and Procurement: all
UK Government decision undermines its own timber policy
A joint press release by FERN, FoE, Greenpeace and WWF stating that the UK Government's timber procurement policy accepts forest destruction as sustainable. The press release is a response to a press release by DEFRA anouncing the UK Government accepts PEFC, SFI, CSA and FSC as proof of sustainable timber production and of MTCC as proof of legal timber production in light of their procurement policy.
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Social Criteria in Timber Procurement Policies II
A legal opinion commissioned by WWF UK on whether EU Governments are allowed under EU law to include social criteria in their procurement policies. The study concludes that this is indeed the case
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| OPEN | 58.5 KB |
Social Criteria in Timber Procurement Policies
A legal opinion commissioned by FoE Netherlands and ICCO Netherlands on the question whether EU Governments are allowed to include social criteria in their timber procurement policies. The study concludes that this is very well possible
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Legal opinion on social criteria in EU procurement directives
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| Social criteria in EU Procurement Directives.doc | 115.5 KB |
FERN submission to Environmental Audit Committee
FERN's submission on sustainable timber and government procurement to the UK's parliamentary select committee
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| FERN submission to Environmental Audit Committee | 131 KB |
FERN and WWF submission to CPET
FERN and WWF presented their findings on the UK Government's assessment of forest certification schemes, carried out by CPET. The report includes recommendations for improving the CPET criteria.
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| FERN-WWF submission to CPET | 167.5 KB |
UK NGOs slam DEFRA decision to approve PEFC & SFI
UK NGOs sent out a strong worded release condemning UK decision to approve PEFC and SFI. It should be noted though that DEFRA states in its own release:
"PEFC is on probation until it has demonstrated to our satisfaction that its national organisations are all following the new standards. We will also be watching to see that only those SFI certificates that confirm the required percentage of sustainable timber are accepted by government buyers."
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