Thursday, 21 January 2016 09:02
The Recarbonisation Revolution: Pöyry report details 40 billion Euros opportunity for the forest industry
Pöyry report calls for a recarbonisation revolution of global material flows by increasing biomass materials over non-renewable ones in the movement of global trade. A new Point of View by Pöyry calls for a recarbonisation revolution of global material flows,…
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Friday, 15 January 2016 10:06
Tilhill Forestry - the UK's largest forestry company - on hunt for graduate trainees
Award-winning forestry and timber harvesting company Tilhill Forestry is on the hunt for candidates with drive, passion and enthusiasm who are interested in joining one of the forest industry’s leading graduate programmes. Recent forestry graduates, or those studying for a…
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Tuesday, 29 December 2015 08:54
Resolute Responds to FSC Proposal for Mediation
Resolute Forest Products Inc. responds to the proposal put forth by FSC International on December 17, 2015, to launch a mediation process between interested parties with the goal of identifying solutions to forest management issues in the Canadian boreal forest.…
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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 06:53
1-1.5 million forest cubic metres damaged by Gorm
Södra estimates that damage to its members' estates by Storm Gorm amounts to 1-1.5 million forest cubic metres. The total damage in southern Götaland is an estimated 2-2.5 million forest cubic metres. One area in south-eastern Småland was particularly hard…
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Sunday, 06 December 2015 10:52
How we can pay down the carbon debt and grow the forest industry
All eyes are on Paris as world leaders come together to reach a global climate deal. There is much talk of COP21 being our “last chance” to construct a framework that will limit global warming to two degrees Celsius from…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 06:38
UPM showcases its biodiversity initiatives in CBD Business and Biodiversity Forum
UPM participates in the CBD Business and Biodiversity Forum 2015 on 11 - 12 November in Helsinki. UPM has been invited as a key note speaker together with the Finnish Ministry of Environment and Finland's leading corporate responsibility network FIBS, who…
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Friday, 06 November 2015 08:49
UPM and the Guides and Scouts of Finland start cooperation - a mobile game about forests to be designed
UPM and the Guides and Scouts of Finland have agreed on cooperation to work together in order to strengthen the relationship between forests and young people. The cooperation includes creation of a mobile game about forests to be used by…
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Thursday, 29 October 2015 07:22
International Paper wins the ‘Leadership in Branding for Sustainability’ award for its Farm Forestry Initiative
International Paper APPM Limited (IP-APPM), a group company of International Paper in India, announced that it has received the coveted Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Award for the year 2015 for its pioneering Farm Forestry initiative. This award was instituted by Sustainability…
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Thursday, 29 October 2015 07:05
Södra Wood to establish sales office in the U.S.
Södra Wood is to open a sales office in the U.S., as well as a subsidiary in the state where operations will be located. "The opening of a sales office by Södra Wood in the U.S. will facilitate more business…
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Monday, 26 October 2015 07:18
RusForest synthetic share buy-backs
RusForest AB (“RusForest” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ OMX: RUSF), a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has between 1 September 2015 and 30 September 2015 synthetically repurchased 502,913 shares, at an average price of 2.013 SEK, in accordance with…
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Monday, 26 October 2015 07:15
BillerudKorsnäs’ holding in Bergvik Skog AB increases in value
BillerudKorsnäs’ holding in Bergvik Skog AB increases in value due to increase in the IFRS fair value of biological assets in Bergvik Skog AB. BillerudKorsnäs’ share of the increase, net of tax, is approximately SEK 420 million, subject to year-end…
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Monday, 26 October 2015 07:12
Stora Enso’s equity accounted investment Bergvik Skog increases the fair value of its forest assets
Stora Enso’s equity accounted investment Bergvik Skog AB in Sweden increases the IFRS fair value of its biological assets. Stora Enso’s share of the increase, net of tax, is approximately SEK 4.1 billion (EUR 435 million) subject to normal year…
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