Blogposts tagged 'Garden Furniture'

B&Q commit to selling good wood in China

Posted by jamie - 14 June 2007 at 10:14am - 0 Comments

B&Q are to sell only certified timber in their Chinese stores

Not only are homes in the UK gradually becoming greener, their Asian equivalents could also heading in the same direction now that B&Q is removing all products containing illegal timber from their shelves in China.

Article tagged as: B&Q, china, DIY, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, notcutts, papua new guinea, solomon islands, south east asia, wyevale

Garden furniture league table 2006

Publication date:  20 April, 2006

The third annual league table shows how garden furniture retailers in the UK compare in terms of selling furniture made from sustainable timber. Some retailers have shown a marked improvement in ensuring their stock is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council while others still have work to do.

Note: The information provided in this league table is based on data provided by companies before May 2006. Please be aware that changes in company practices may have occurred since that time.

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Article tagged as: forests, garden furniture, league table, reports

Garden furniture campaign history

Posted by admin - 20 April 2006 at 7:00am - 6 Comments

Do you know where your deckchair came from?

Now in its third year, the Greenpeace Garden Furniture campaign has been shaking up retailers and manufacturers alike and resulted in sweeping changes to the industry.

Article tagged as: destructive logging, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, league table

Garden Furniture Guide 2006

Posted by admin - 20 April 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

B&Q are one of the retailers who are at the top of this year's garden furniture league

It's back - the guide that shows which retailers are stocking forest-friendly garden furniture and how they rate against each other in our annual league table.

A British summer beckons and thoughts turn to lazy days in the garden, sheltering from the rain under a parasol on elegant sun loungers whilst watching the barbeque splutter its dying embers over half-thawed sausages.

Article tagged as: forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, league table, supermarkets

Garden Furniture Guide 2005

Posted by admin - 24 March 2005 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

Following the success of our garden furniture work in 2004, we undertook new research in Spring 2005. This revealed that in their quest to supply garden furniture Wyevale, Britain's largest garden centre chain, were trashing endangered rainforests and helping to fund one of the most brutal military dictatorships in the world.

Article tagged as: forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, wyevale

Wyvale Crime File

Publication date:  24 March, 2005

UK's leading garden centre exposed in rainforest scandal

Summary

Our new research shows that Wyvale Garden Centres are among the worst offenders when it comes to using trashed rainforest timber in their garden products.

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Article tagged as: garden furniture, reports, timber trade
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