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We also launched some new case studies at the show. These case
studies aim to showcase projects where PEFC-certified timber had
been used and to promote the benefits of timber as the sustainable Main: Sky - Believe In Better Building
construction material of choice. To obtain copies please e-mail Inset: PEFC UKs Executive Director Alun Watkins
info@pefc.co.uk
LOCATION: LONDON
These half day seminars will cover a range of topics including Sustainable Forest
10.15 Sustainable Forest Manage
ment what it involves
and why it matters
10.45 Chain of Custody Certifica
tion Q&A
11.15 Coffee
Management, Chain of Custody certification, the use of the PEFC label and the market 11.30 Using the PEFC Label
12.00 Market drivers for certified
products
drivers for certified forest products. They are free to attend but places are strictly limited 12.30
13.00
Promoting your certified
Lunch
status and how PEFC can
help
and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To register your interest, please
14.00 Close
EARLIER this year, PEFC and FSC agreed THE new Crossrail station in Abbey Wood, contractor on the project was Balfour Beatty Rail
to jointly collect and publish data on double South London has been topped off with a Projects Ltd and the architect was Fereday Pollard.
certification. More than 69 million hectares very distinctive roof design.
(16%) of the global certified forest area are The specification of PEFC-certified timber
currently dual certified to both PEFC and FSC. Austrian timber construction specialists, Wiehag, for exciting projects such as this offers
This is an increase of 30 million hectares since have installed engineered glulam panels made assurances of responsible procurement and
2012. Removing double certification from the from PEFC-certified timber to form the iconic provides a natural and renewable alternative
statistics shows that a total of 429 million shape of the stations roof structure. The main to steel and concrete.
hectares of forests are certified globally and
70% of these forests have a PEFC certificate.
Last year saw the start of the revision process To find out more about PEFCs
of our Sustainability Benchmarks the work in 2016 visit:
standards that form the basis for nearly http://bit.ly/2gK4CsM