Sappi Southern Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) announced the launch of the Sappi Chair in Climate Change and Plantation Sustainability headed by Prof Mary Scholes. The intervention will advance the capacity to…
While visitors at the Malaysian Wood Expo (MWE 2023) networked with industry organisations, exhibitors and each other, the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) were behind the scenes matching…
Forestry South Africa (FSA’s) Grower Development Programme has grown from assisting small-scale growers in company-affiliated schemes to securing funding and support for all new entrants, including those coming into the sector through land reform initiatives.…
After a four-year hiatus, LIGNA 2023 did not disappoint. Visitors discovered the latest logyard, sawmilling, woodworking, wood processing, engineered wood products and biomass machinery technologies and trends. The show highlighted themes of sustainability, the green…
The value of forestry in a greening economy’ is the Focus on Forestry conference & expo theme at the Karkloof Country Club in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands from 7-9 November 2023. The conference is organised by…
Sawmilling South Africa’s (SSA’s) Talking Timber webinar series aims to overcome misconceptions about wood as a structural material by informing architects, engineers, insurance companies, regulatory authorities, academics, and developers about engineered timber products, innovative mass…
Optimism increased slightly during the annual Sawmilling South Africa (SSA) general meeting on the back of Michael Peter’s surprisingly positive spin on the electricity crisis, biomass co-gen opportunities for sawmills, mass timber construction and SSA’s…
Minister Barbara Creecy says Carbon Budget regulations are being developed to address the submission and processing of industry climate change mitigation plans. She says the country must battle both loadshedding and climate change. “It is…
The earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance. Divan Vermaak of Husqvarna says the slightest effort on our part, from recycling, re-using and reducing our use of plastic items to planting a…
All Sappi’s manufacturing regions in Europe, North America and South Africa once again achieved the highest possible rating, platinum, in the annual EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ratings. This achievement places the regions individually and…
