That was the headline which heralded the first results of a nationwide study of timber imported into Australia, conducted by a team at the University of Adelaide, led by Professor Andrew Lowe, who is also Chief Scientific Advisor to Double Helix Tracking Technologies. An Australian first national DNA testing programme was able to verify the […]
Digging ditches to save trees or digging dirt on illegal loggers. That’s all been in the experience of Max Horowitz-Burdick. He’s ready to admit that now he spends most of his time helping companies to make sure that the timber products they import or export – including pulp and paper – are responsibly sourced and […]
How can a leading British oak flooring company be sure it’s getting the real thing – legally- acquired and responsibly-sourced – when it’s coming from the other side of the world? Product traceability and supply chain transparency is the answer. Five years ago, Brooks Bros (UK) Ltd wanted to provide assurance to its customers that […]
By Ken Hickson for Focus on Forests “Wildlife and forestry crime is the world’s fourth largest illegal trade – a lucrative illegal business with far-reaching and devastating consequences not just for the environment but also for society, public health and global economics. Wildlife and forestry crime often occurs hand in hand with tax evasion, corruption, […]
For the first time in Southeast Asia, a sophisticated supply chain traceability process has been used by Double Helix Tracking Technologies to identify the source of timber – in this case from sustainably managed forests in Austria and Slovenia – to be used in a building in Singapore, the historic Changi Chapel and Museum. View […]
There’s been an important focus on green buildings in the world this month (September 2020), so we must ask the question of whether buildings can truly be certified green and sustainable if most of the materials used are not. Look at all the concrete and cement that goes into your average office block or residential […]
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