By:Mike Snow in Environment
AHEC and the American hardwood industry have long welcomed increased market focus on environmental issues. A natural, renewable, legally harvested and sustainably sourced product with very low embodied energy, like American...
By:David Venables in Environment
"time to stand taller"; I am not actually referring to trees but it could easily be a sentiment that sums up American hardwood forests as they keep growing and expanding.
By:Rupert Oliver in Environment
At the recent Chatham House Illegal Logging Update Meeting, one EC official posed the question whether there is any value in public procurement policies that demand “legally verified” as a minimum standard when the new Illegal...
By:David Venables in Environment
“Green” building standards and codes are proliferating all over the world. This, of course, is a good thing because we need to build more efficiently and sustainably in order to address climate change.
By:David Venables in Environment
Don’t get me wrong I do in principle support FSC certification for wood products. It has played an important role in helping demonstrate sustainability and through very effective marketing, given a strong message to consumers...