15 November 2024 07:45
PEFC re-elects BWI’s Fatimah Mohammad to its International Board
The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) has re-elected Fatimah Mohammad of Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) to its 14-member International Board during its 31st General Assembly. Lire la suite...
12 June 2024 09:36
The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) has pressed on the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to cancel its certification scheme under military junta rule Myanmar in which workers and trade union rights are gravely violated. Lire la suite...
23 April 2024 11:44
In a bid to uphold the principles of sustainable forestry, the BWI-affiliated TARIM ORMAN-İŞ has actively participated in the regular workplace inspections conducted by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as a key member of the FSC International.Lire la suite...
20 December 2023 15:55
The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and LabourStart urgently call on you to join us in demanding that the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) reverses its impertinently flawed decision to maintain chain-of-custody certificates and uphold FSC certification systems in Myanmar under military junta rule.Lire la suite...
27 April 2023 08:37
Coen Van der Veer, BWI Director for Wood and Forestry presented the outcomes of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General Assembly held last October 2022, which among others, adopted a motion that secures the free access of trade union representatives to FSC-certified worksites and plants to talk to the workers employed.Lire la suite...
10 March 2022 07:35
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) suspended all trading certificates in Russia and Belarus and blocked all controlled wood sourcing from the two countries as a response to Russia’s aggressive invasion of Ukraine.
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07 March 2022 14:00
Le Programme de reconnaissance des certifications forestières (PEFC International), à la suite de nombreuses demandes de parties prenantes, dont l'IBB, a annoncé que tout le bois provenant de Russie et de Biélorussie est désormais considéré comme du "bois de conflit". Lire la suite...
25 October 2021 09:45
The FSC International has elected to its Board of Directors Mark Asante Ofori, General Secretary of the Ghana’s Timber Woodworkers Union (TWWU). Representing the social chamber south from 2021 to 2025, Ofori replaces Rulita Wijayaningdyah of KAHUTINDO-Indonesia. Lire la suite...
05 April 2021 06:00
GS Facket, le syndicat suédois des travailleurs de la sylviculture, du bois et des arts graphiques, a demandé au Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) de cesser de certifier les matières premières exportées par la junte militaire du Myanmar. Lire la suite...