Sentences with phrase «wood supply chains»

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In a pilot program developed at the University of Cambridge, South African wood - fiber producer Sappi, British - Dutch consumer - goods maker Unilever, and UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's joined with banks — Barclays, BNP Paribas and Standard Chartered — and a handful of start - ups to track and verify contracts for farmers in Malawi that supply tea to Unilever and Sainsbury's.

For companies that source wood and pulp, a «deforestation - free» supply chain can't mean that no trees were cut.

For example, Colpac launched its Cookpack Hot Boxes and Compostable Ovenable Trays; Greenearth Food Packaging introduced its new range of biodegradable wooden food trays; James Cropper 3D Products debuted COLOURFORM ™, its plastic - free packaging, made from 100 percent renewable natural wood fibres; and OAL unveiled APRIL EYE, its intelligent date code verification system that cuts food waste in the supply chain.

The public - private partnership aims to work with wood importers and members of the timber supply chain to educate them about new trade policies and help them avoid illegally sourced timber.

PH: Urban Ashes is built upon an extensive network of supply chains, ranging from urban salvaged wood sourced through our mill to trees individually salvaged from home owners, businesses and municipalities.

It was a devilish story to report out, because it took a long time to cut through confusing static that had built up around the science of biomass energy, and because the wood pellet supply chain traverses two continents.

Its portfolio includes world - class events such as CeBIT (digital business), CeMAT (intralogistics and supply chain management), HANNOVER MESSE (industrial technology), INTERSCHUTZ (fire prevention, disaster relief, rescue, safety and security), and LIGNA (woodworking, wood processing, forestry).

The company's event portfolio includes such world - leading events as CeBIT (digital business), HANNOVER MESSE (industrial technology), BIOTECHNICA / LABVOLUTION (biotechnology and lab technology), CeMAT (intralogistics and supply chain management), didacta (education), DOMOTEX (carpets and floor coverings), INTERSCHUTZ (fire prevention, disaster relief, rescue, safety and security), and LIGNA (woodworking, wood processing, forestry).

Also, while agricultural commodity supply chains can be complex, many of them are actually simpler than the supply chains for timber and wood products, according to Lawson.

I can help with the story line and maybe getting the industry back on track that the value of carbon will be monetized into their supply chain benefiting every stage of wood processing.

This is because wood is both less efficient at the point of combustion and has larger processing and supply chain emissions than coal.

Since 2012, Forest Trends and Chatham House have been working with officials from EU Member States and US Lacey enforcement agencies, to further understanding of complex high - risk supply chains for wood products and support coordinated implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and US Lacey Act.

The Company plans to make transportation and packaging improvements, achieve zero deforestation in its palm oil supply chain and increase its use of FSC - certified wood fibre.

Increasingly, this work is highlighting illegal land use / conversion, the role of conversion timber in the global sourcing of wood fiber, and agricultural supply chains from legal or zero - deforestation zones.

What's more important for supply chain and sustainability managers, is that 50 percent of the wood flowing into your supply chains originates from these family - owned forests.

These lands collectively supply more than 50 percent of the wood harvested and flowing into supply chains.