This May, many Croatian stakeholders from the forestry and wood sector had a chance to meet and talk to FSC's Director General Mr. Kim Carstensen, who came to Croatia as a guest speaker of the Greencajt sustainability festival.
Recognising the importance of forests, there is an increasing emphasis on the practice of sustainable forest management, including the establishment of forest plantations on abandoned agricultural lands and other non-forest lands.
Since 1990, 420 million hectares of forest have been lost due to deforestation worldwide, an area larger than the European Union. Geolocation is rapidly becoming part of the solution.
"Toys that make a difference" is the name of the new campaign of the Kaufland Croatia retail chain, in which Kaufland donates HRK 5 to schools in Sisak-Moslavina County for every FSC-certified toy purchased.
Due to the large number of FSC-certified companies in Croatia, a recent study compared the financial indicators of certified and non-certified companies from wood processing sector in order to answer the question: Do FSC-certified companies have better business performance?
Do companies and end consumers in Croatia recognise the value of FSC labels? Two recently published studies arrived at similar conclusions - while the awareness of different ecological labels is still developing, both the end consumers and companies that process forest based materials from Croatia show a good understanding of the FSC label.
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