Friday, 15 January 2016 09:06
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 07:54
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 05:53
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 09:52
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 05:38
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 07:49
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 06:22
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 06:05
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 06:18
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 06:15
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 06:12
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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Tuesday, 20 October 2015 07:34
Södra to close hardwood sawmill in Traryd
Södra is implementing structural changes in its sawmill and planing operations to strengthen the company's long-term competitiveness. Negotiations with trade unions will be initiated with the intention of closing the hardwood sawmill in Traryd. Just over 20 employees are affected.In…
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Sunday, 18 October 2015 07:00
UPM increases the IFRS fair value of its forests in Finland
Q3 2015 business performance in line with the company's outlook UPM increases the fair value of its biological assets (growing trees) in Finland, due to adjusted long-term wood price estimates and change in the discount rate. The impact of these…
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Monday, 12 October 2015 07:03
More than one in three unable to correctly identify that charcoal is made from wood
More than one in three people were unable to correctly identify that charcoal is made from wood, a WWF survey has found, and many don’t link it to deforestation. One in four thinks charcoal is mined from the ground (coal)…
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Wednesday, 07 October 2015 07:40
£9m raised by Sky and WWF to help save rainforests
Sky Rainforest Rescue - the six-year partnership between Sky and WWF – has raised over £9 million to help keep one billion trees standing in the Amazon. Although this rainforest fundraising work concluded last week, Sky and WWF will continue…
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