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This link was published on 8 June 2023

Status of Forest Management Certification in Poland

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification has been a vital component of sustainable forest management in Poland for over 25 years. Until recently, approximately two-thirds of the total forest area of 9.2 million hectares in the country were FSC-certified. The certified forests are managed by the Regional Directorates of State Forests (RDSF) and two Forest Experimental Stations under the University of Poznań.

Despite initiating dialogue in November 2022 between FSC International and Polish State Forests, six Regional Directorates of State Forests (RDSFs), representing an area of roughly 2 million hectares, have opted to discontinue FSC certification in their respective regions. The affected regions include:

  • Gdansk (FSC-certified area: 303,938 ha) - expired
  • Torun (FSC-certified area: 456,447 ha) - expired
  • Poznan (FSC-certified area: 419,535 ha) - certificate expired on 4 April, 2023
  • Warsaw (FSC-certified area: 194,960 ha) - certificate expired on 9 April, 2023
  • Radom (FSC-certified area: 325,074 ha) - certificate expired on 1 May, 2023
  • Pila (FSC-certified area: 362,770 ha) - recertification granted on 10 March, 2023; license agreement was valid until May 31, 2023

The collaboration between Polish foresters and FSC has enabled many Polish companies to grow their market reach through exporting their FSC certified products to regional and international companies. Today, Polish companies are among global leaders when it comes to the production of furniture, doors, windows, panels, and other wood-based products. There are currently 2,500 FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certificates in Poland, making it one of the top countries for FSC CoC globally.

Kim Carstensen, Director General of FSC International, says: “We will reinforce our engagement and presence in Poland to ensure that we have a solid foundation for responsible forest management now and in the long term. We will continue to promote sustainable practices throughout the country in line with our values, while safeguarding its global credibility”.

FSC acknowledges the significant implications for certified supply in the country coupled with the existing shortages as a consequence of the Ukraine war. To address this issue, FSC is actively working alongside partners and members to develop strategic solutions to fill the supply gap.

  • FSC
  • Poland
  • Europe
This event was published on 9 February 2023

2023 BCP environmental questionnaire webinar (CN)/ 2023BCP环境问卷线上研讨会(中文)

Webinar | 29 Mar 2023 14:00–15:30 Beijing

本次会议语言为中文。
Meeting language: Chinese

本次研讨会主要内容:
了解气候变化的发展及外界期望:介绍气候变化的科学背景,政府监管部门对出版行业的要求,及出版商对纸厂和供应商的期待。
认识自身环境表现:解读环境调查问卷主页仪表盘数据、标识及环境表现成熟度。
共同探索改进方向:图书链项目组将分享提升环境表现的相关资源,同时邀请到纸厂和供应商代表分享在节能、节水、减排方面的优秀实践。
问答环节:回答纸厂和供应商对于环境问卷及图书链项目的问题。

在全球对气候变化的日益关注下,Book Chain Project 图书链项目组于2020年更新了图书链项目环境调查问卷,在新版问卷中添加了有关能源消耗、温室气体排放、水处理和生产废料处理的相关问题。

2022的研讨会中,我们为纸厂和供应商介绍了环境问卷对于出版商的重要性,问卷覆盖的主题,及如何计算能源消耗数据和碳排放数据,以帮助大家填写环境问卷。

基于近年来各纸厂和供应商环境调查问卷的填写情况,以及纸厂和供应商对于问卷环境表现的问题,图书链项目组拟再次举办线上研讨会,旨在为中国的纸厂和印刷厂用户介绍最新进展,解答疑问,以及为大家提高环境表现提供支持。

时间:2023年3月29日 北京时间 下午2点至3点半

研讨会为线上会议,注册成功的用户将在研讨会开始前一周内收到会议链接。

建议各纸厂及供应商的HSE部门或环境部门相关负责人一同参与本次研讨会。

注意:

  1. 如您已为BCP用户,请先登录系统,再进行注册。
  2. 请完整填写您的公司名称,会后我们将统计参会者名单发送至出版商。
  3. 请在3月22日前完成报名,如在问答环节有任何希望我们作答的问题或对注册有任何问题,请联系Rebecca.luo@carnstone.com。

本次报名由凯嵘管理咨询(上海)有限公司(简称凯嵘)处理环境调查问卷线上研讨会报名的信息。由于我们使用Book Chain Project (bookchainproject.com) 平台收集报名信息,请详见Book Chain Project的隐私政策https://bookchainproject.com/privacy。报名收集到的个人信息将储存在凯嵘公司内部作为项目资料保存,结果仅用于环境调查问卷线上研讨会使用,不会用于其他用途。当会议不再需要报名信息时,我们将销毁或删除它。报名视为您已同意凯嵘的信息处理规则。关于本次问卷信息处理有任何问题请联系: Rebecca.luo@carnstone.com.。

The webinar will include:
External development and expectation: introduction to the scientific context of climate change and why publishing and paper sectors should care about it; the latest development and publisher's expectations for mills and suppliers.
Understand your own performance: help audience understand their environmental performance using the EQ data and labels, and introduce the environmental questionnaire maturity model.
Improve your performance: BCP team to share relevant experiences and resources. Case studies from mills and suppliers.
Q&A: BCP team to answer any questions regarding the BCP EQ and the BCP project in general.

With the global urgency in tackling climate change, the Book Chain Project (BCP) team have refreshed the Environmental Questionnaire (EQ) in 2020, adding more emphasis and new questions on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as an update to the water and waste sections.

In 2022, we held a webinar to introduce the context of the EQ and why is it important for publishers, topics covered in the EQ, how to calculate and collect data, in order to guide mills and suppliers to complete the EQ with confidence.

Based on the mills and suppliers' EQ submission, performance analysis, and questions that we are frequently asked, we are holding another webinar (primarily for Chinese mills and suppliers) to address some issues that we know mills and suppliers care about.

Webinar time: 29 March 2023 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC+08:00) Beijing

The Webinar will be held virtually and the registered users will receive the webinar joining details a week before the webinar date.

We recommend mills and suppliers to send people responsible for HSE or environmental management to join the webinar.

Type
Webinar
Date
29 Mar 2023 14:00–15:30 Beijing
This event is in the past
This resource was published on 20 January 2022

Open letter: support in measuring and reducing the environmental footprint of the global publishing industry

Document

Open letter signed by Production Directors of 18 Publishers participating in the Book Chain Project, requesting paper and print suppliers to support the measurement and reduction of the environmental footprint of the global publishing industry by providing information through the Book Chain Project's Environmental Questionnaire.

This event was published on 17 June 2021

BCP Seminar 2021

Seminar | 6–8 Jul 2021

Please join us for the 2021 Book Chain Project Seminar with the theme: Building resilience. The pandemic caused disruption in global supply chains. There is growing scrutiny of “business as usual” as deforestation levels remain high, legislative efforts to curb harmful chemicals and other materials (e.g. plastics) accelerate, and the spotlight shines on new labour rights hotspots. How can we, through the Book Chain Project, build resilience in global book supply chains, continually improving the sustainability of the industry?

We will have three public sessions, all running for 1 hour at 3 - 4pm London:

1. Tuesday 6 July: Economic resilience in global supply chains

2. Wednesday 7 July: Focussing in on the hot issues: material choices, climate change, offsetting

3. Thursday 8 July: The decade of change we'll hear from other supply chain initiatives working on delivering against the SDGs in global supply chains.

Registration is required; please register here.

Economic resilience in global supply chains
6 Jul 2021 15:00–16:00 London

We'll hear from various perspectives and value chain actors how the industry has fared through the COVID-19 pandemic.

This session will run at 3-4pm (London).

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Kyle Jardine
Economist and Northern Ireland Manager, British Printing Industries Federation

Kyle Jardin is a print, printed packaging and graphic communications industry economic and market research specialist. He has more than 25 years of experience in economic analysis and industry market research.

Kyle has led the modernising of BPIF’s Printing Outlook research report. Kyle’s economic research and analysis has been an invaluable asset to help represent the UK’s printing industry as we deal with the wide-ranging impacts of Covid-19 and change resulting from Brexit.

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Richard Lim
Chief Operating Officer, Hung Hing Printing Group Limited

Mr. Lim Pheck Wan, Richard has over 25 years of experience in the printing business and has held several senior positions in printing companies in Asia.

He is currently the Chief Operations Officer of Hung Hing Printing Group Limited. He's responsible for the day-to-day operations and execution of the Book and Package Printing’s business and supervises its factory operations in China and Vietnam. Richard also oversees the Paper Trading business of the Group.

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Stephen Lotinga
Chief Executive Officer, The Publishers Association

Stephen Lotinga is Chief Executive of the Publishers Association, joining in 2016.

Stephen’s career has spanned the private and public sectors including previously as Director of Communications to the Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg, and Deputy Director of Communications for the Government.

Material choices & innovation
7 Jul 2021 15:00–15:45 London

How can publishers design for sustainability, and what innovative zero impact materials are becoming available?

This session will run at 3-3.45pm (London).

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John Williams
Chief Technology Officer, Aquapak

Dr John Williams is a globally recognised expert in bioplastics. He is currently CTO at Aquapak and is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Kresse Wesling CBE
Co-Founder, Director, Elvis & Kresse

Kresse Wesling, CBE, is a multi-award winning environmental entrepreneur. After first meeting the London Fire Brigade in 2005, Kresse launched Elvis & Kresse, which rescues and transforms decommissioned fire hose into innovative lifestyle products and returns 50% of profits to the Fire Fighters Charity. The company now collects 12 different waste streams and has several charitable partnerships and collaborations across industries.

Climate change, forests & nature-based solutions
7 Jul 2021 15:45–16:30 London

We'll explore the link between climate change and deforestation, and how nature-based and local community-led solutions can help tackle both challenges.

This session will run at 3.45-4.30pm (London).

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Stephanie Attal-Juncqua
Senior Partner, Carnstone

Stephanie manages the Book Chain Project and oversees all of its workstreams. She also supports various clients in publishing among others sectors including pharmaceuticals and FMCG.
She has a background in marine biology and oceanography where a passion for sustainability and environmental protection arose whilst studying the topic of climate change. Her work interests lie in supply chain, forestry, data analysis, and reporting. Before joining Carnstone, she completed an MSc in Environmental Technology.

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Tero Mustonen
President, Snowchange & Lead Author for the AR6 of the IPCC

Adjunct Professor Tero Mustonen is based in the village of Selkie, North Karelia, Finland. He is a geographer and a Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 (Europe, Arctic). He is also a professional winter seiner (fisherman). Mustonen leads the Landscape Rewilding Programme that is positively influencing over 28.000 hectares of lands, waters and peatlands in Finland.

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William Pickett
Project Manager & Partner, DIMPACT & Carnstone

Will is the driving force behind the DIMPACT project, which aims to take the complexity out of calculating the carbon emissions of the downstream value chain of digital media content. It brings together 14 global media companies and world-class researchers from the University of Bristol. Will has a background in engineering, where he gained experience engaging communities in the planning, design and management of large infrastructure projects.

The decade of change
8 Jul 2021 15:00–16:00 London

We'll hear from other initiatives working to deliver against the Sustainable Development Goals in the "Super 2020s".

This session will run at 3-4pm (London).

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Helen Grundy
Sustainability Lead, Hitachi

As Sustainability Lead for Hitachi Europe, Helen Grundy is responsible for development and implementation of strategy covering both sustainability and the environment.
Working closely with Hitachi’s Sustainability Division in Tokyo Helen was part of a team developing Hitachi’s SDG strategy and is now responsible for embedding the strategy within Europe. Currently, she is part of Hitachi’s team focussed on communication and engagement activity linked to Hitachi’s Principal Partnership to COP26 and using this to drive internal direction.

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Steve Kenzie
Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network UK

Steve has managed the Secretariat of the UN Global Compact Network UK since 2008, connecting UK companies and other organisations in a global movement dedicated to driving corporate sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals. He also chairs the UN Global Compact’s Global Network Council and sits on the UN Global Compact Board.

Type
Seminar
Date
6–8 Jul 2021
This event is in the past
This resource was published on 23 April 2020
Australian bushfires 2019-20: what does this mean for the pulp & paper industry?

Australian bushfires 2019-20: what does this mean for the pulp & paper industry?

Briefing Document

Over the course of September 2019 to March 2020, Australia experienced bushfires that burned an unprecedented 12 million hectares of land, killed 33 people and one billion animals. The fires were the biggest in Australia’s history and will have unparalleled impacts that we are only just beginning to understand. The Australian Forest Products Association, an industry body, is urging the Australian government to salvage log in order to mitigate the severe impacts of the fire, however there is significant evidence showing the catastrophic impacts salvage logging can have. The decision on how to proceed is ongoing. Despite the size and disastrous nature of the bushfires, it is unlikely that they will have significant ramifications on the global pulp and paper industry as Australia exports only account for 3%.

This link was published on 6 April 2020

Deforestation can't be stopped by voluntary action alone

This speech by Brian Schatz, Senator from Hawaii (D) was part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21—24 January 2020. Seeing that half of tropical deforestation is illegal, illegal and unsustainable timber and goods are flooding global markets. Voluntary commitments cannot achieve zero-deforestation without regulation. Regulation is one of the key drivers of sustainable forestry. This year, Schatz will introduce legislation that will make it illegal for companies to import the products of illegal deforestation.

  • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
  • Switzerland
  • Timber
  • Illegal Deforestation
  • Tropical Deforestation
  • Brian Schatz
  • Hawaii
  • World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
  • sustainable forestry
This link was published on 6 April 2020

UK to lead global fight against illegal logging and deforestation

The UK is to spearhead a major global crackdown on illegal timber and deforestation, with plans to form a coalition of developing countries against the trade as part of its hosting of crunch UN climate talks this year. All countries are expected to come forward with tougher plans to reduce global emissions as part of COP 26, and experts have said this will only happen if the UK takes the lead in forming a coalition of small and big developing countries, including forested African nations and Indonesia, as well as major economies such as the US, China, India and the EU. Offering assistance to developing countries, in the form of finance and technical expertise, will be vital to that effort.

  • The Guardian
  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Illegal logging
  • Deforestation
  • Illegal Timber
  • UN climate talks
  • global emissions
This link was published on 5 March 2020

Coronavirus (Covid-2019) - Publisher support for researchers, clinicians and all interest parties

As the situation with Covid-19 continues to develop rapidly, Publishers including Oxford University Press and Wiley have been responding to the global health epidemic by making relevant research quickly and freely available. For the duration of the outbreak, all peer-reviewed publications regarding the outbreak will be made available freely.

  • The global voice of scholarly publishing
  • Covid-19
  • coronavirus
  • Oxford University Press
  • Wiley
  • global health epidemic
This link was published on 5 March 2020

Inconsistent business action in response to Covid-19 (novel coronavirus), first reported from Wuhan, China

Includes company responses, the latest jobs and events announcements.
• Declared a global emergency, the novel coronavirus impacts workers’ rights around the world as employers seek to protect business and supply chains.
• Migrant workers from Malaysia reportedly return home without owed wages as employers try to force them to stay.
• Employees of American Airlines concerned about unknown health threats file a USA lawsuit to halt flights to China; airline has stated it is “taking precautions”.
• Technology firms allegedly maintain manufacturing operations despite government calls for companies to halt work to stop coronavirus spread.

  • Business and Human Rights
  • China
  • Malaysia
  • Supply chain
  • Goverment
  • Migrant workers
  • manufacturing
  • Covid-19
  • coronavirus
  • WuHan
  • Global emergency
  • Workers rights
  • Business
  • Employees of American Airlines
  • USA
  • USA Lawsuit
  • Technology firms
  • coronavirus spread
This link was published on 24 December 2019

Latest UN Emissions Gap Report finds world must ramp up climate ambitions at least threefold to meet Paris goals

The Emissions Gap Report 2019 finds that total greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 1.5 percent per year over the past decade, and that even if all current commitments made under the Paris Agreement were implemented, global temperatures would rise by 3.2°C. Countries would have to ratchet up their emissions reductions commitments threefold to meet the 2°C target by 2030.To reach the 1.5°C target, it would require a five-fold increase in countries’ emissions reduction commitments.

  • Mongabay
  • Paris agreement
  • Latest UN Emissions Gap Report
  • greenhouse gas emissions rise
  • Global temperatures rise
  • emission reduction