Indonesia isn’t the first country that comes to mind when sourcing hardwood plywood but since the country started issuing FLEGT licenses on its wood products, TTF members have been taking greater interest. “We chose to offer Indonesian plywood because it’s a superior product,” says Dean Rolls, Reading Depot...
World leading tropical timber businesses come together to talk trade With the tropical timber industry facing a rapidly evolving trade environment, the Timber Trade Federation brought together business leaders to talk on how to reduce risk and improve supply. Global politics has meant that traditional trading relationships...
With the tropical timber industry facing a rapidly evolving trade environment, we are bringing together business leaders to talk on how to reduce risk and improve supply. Global politics mean traditional trading relationships are increasingly uncertain, and concurrently timber finds itself increasingly under the spotlight amidst concerns regarding climate...
The Timber Trade Federation & the Built Environment Trust played host to an array of political and industry guests at the private view of the Timber Transformer exhibition in London on February 20th, celebrating a successful year of FLEGT licensed timber from Indonesia. Roughly 200 guests signed up...
The meeting will take place at The Building Centre in London in the context of TTF's FLEGT exhibition 'Timber Transformer'...
This blog post is by TTF Head of Policy and Sustainability Mike Worrell. Following the TTF’s visits to Ghana and Indonesia it became apparent that there is a lack of real understanding about what lies behind a FLEGT license. One of the biggest challenges is how...
The EU FLEGT Independent Market Monitor (IMM) project has launched its website (available here) and published the first edition of its quarterly newsletter (www.flegtimm.eu/index.php/newsletter). Funded by the EU and managed by the International Tropical Timber Organisation, the role of the IMM is to monitor trade flows from EU...
This interview with TTF Head of Sustainability Mike Worrell firstly appeared on the Autumn 2017 edition of the FLEGT Independent Market Monitor (IMM) Newsletter Tangible, factual information is key for demand-side trade audiences, says UK TTF’s Mike Worrell UK TTF Head of Sustainability, Mike Worrell. He...