Month: November 2024

In an important step towards ensuring the raw materials coming out of a PEFC-certified forest comply with EUDR requirements, the revised PEFC Sustainable Forest Management benchmark standard was approved by the PEFC General Assembly on Wednesday 13 November 2024. This revised standard, PEFC ST 1003:2024, comprises several new and amended requirements that will enable EUDR… Continue reading PEFC has issued the Sustainable Forest Management Standard to meet the requirements of EUDR.

From November 11th to 13th, 2024, Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO) cooperated with the Agricultural Extension Center of Thai Nguyen Province to organize a training course on “Skills in organizing production according to the sustainable plantation value chain”. The training course was attended by 30 trainees, including agricultural extension staffs, cooperative members and farmers. During… Continue reading Training on skills to organize production according to the sustainable plantation value chain in Thai Nguyen province

On 11 October 2024, the European Commission announced the positive technical assessment for the PEFC RED II certification scheme. RED II and voluntary schemes The European Union’s (EU) Revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) is the Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Under RED II,… Continue reading PEFC achieves a major milestone in the recognition process of RED II by the European Commission