Södra targets solid timber building products leadership
Swedish forest products giant is putting its money on increased low-carbon timber construction. Mike Jeffree reports
Olympian efforts in wood building
The French timber industry says it has succeeded in its ambition to make the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics a showcase for wood-based building. This, it believes, will help give the sector new impetus in France, further aided by a multi-certification scheme timber traceability tool developed specially for the Games.
Investing against climate change
If it can be made from fossils, there’s an increasing chance, thanks to latest scientific and technological advances, that it can be made using low carbon wood and other bio-based materials. That’s the premise behind the creation of the UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund (UB FIGG).