27 April 2023
- Editorial
- Perspective
An expert with more than two decades of experience in the travel sector talked about how travel can help people learn and make the world a better place, and how tourism businesses can achieve long-term commitments through responsible business practices, including the power of auditing and…
25 April 2023
- Preferred by Nature news
Share your thoughts to help shape the future of sustainability practices! Preferred by Nature is inviting interested stakeholders to provide feedback on the revised version of the Sustainability Framework through a public consultation launching today.
20 April 2023
- News
- Preferred by Nature news
The European Parliament has adopted the new historic regulation aimed at preventing companies from placing products or commodities linked with deforestation and forest degradation onto the EU market, or exporting them from the EU market.
04 April 2023
- Editorial
- Feature
- Preferred by Nature news
For a decade now, Preferred by Nature’s tourism standard has been helping tourism businesses evaluate their travel activities and strive for continuous improvement. The new version of the standard for Sustainable Travel Activities now covers more relevant and critical aspects that help…
03 April 2023
- Editorial
- Feature
- Market news
Scientific testing techniques to identify the species and verify the geographic origin of commodities can be a powerful tool to aid the efforts of halting deforestation, curbing illegal harvesting and trade and reducing subsequent negative effects on our climate.
15 March 2023
- Preferred by Nature news
This recognition by the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 is a momentous opportunity for us to further collaborate with partners around the world to help restore degraded ecosystem and protect biodiversity.
07 March 2023
- Press releases
With its detailed legality risk data, the Sourcing Hub is the first port of call for companies and authorities when evaluating risks relevant to responsible sourcing of forestry and agro-commodities. Preferred by Nature is now launching an improved version of the database with new…
17 February 2023
- System updates
This phase-out is applicable to certified businesses transferred from the Rainforest Alliance Certification Unit to Preferred by Nature in 2018.
13 February 2023
- Press releases
Nordic researchers have signed an agreement, brokered by Preferred by Nature, to allow them to have better access to the Maliau Basin, one of the world’s last rainforests untouched by man. Supported by IKEA, the agreement will let researchers from Nordic countries carry out studies in the…
27 January 2023
- Editorial
- Feature
- Success stories
You cannot improve if you do not measure. Starting with its carbon footprint, Lithuanian State Forest Enterprise has been able to reduce the emissions from its operation and become carbon neutral via strategic carbon sequestration activities.