People, our greatest asset
It is with great pleasure that I welcome Nikki Iuli to the team at PF Olsen into our newly created role of Group Director of Human Resources.
READ MOREIt is with great pleasure that I welcome Nikki Iuli to the team at PF Olsen into our newly created role of Group Director of Human Resources.
READ MOREWe welcome the appointment of Nikki Iuli as the Group HR Director for PF Olsen.
READ MOREThe CFR sale prices in China for New Zealand logs dropped dramatically in the second half of June. Indeed, from a sale price of 130 USD per JAS m3 for A grade the price dropped 15 USD in one week. Most exporters consider the market bottomed in early July with the lowest A grade sales in the 105-110 USD range.
READ MOREA recent report produced by Stats NZ shows that household emissions of greenhouse gases increased 19.3% from 2007 to 2017, due primarily to increased road transport.
READ MOREThe Forecaster Calculator ( “Calculator” ) is a simple web based forest simulation tool for radiata pine and Douglas-fir in New Zealand.
READ MOREOn Friday the 14th of June, the inaugural Top of the South Forestry Awards event ceremony took place. This was a widely anticipated event in parallel with the Eastland and Southern Wood Council events, this one drew a well-dressed crowd of 540 patrons!
READ MOREFollowing are our six topics of recent forestry related news items that we have chosen to share with you for this month. We hope you find them informative, educational and enlightening.
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READ MOREForestry is a commercially viable and environmentally beneficial land use in Aotearoa. Unfortunately, there is a pastoral farming movement gaining airtime that suggests that forestry is negative for our country and that is something I am compelled to address.
READ MOREDue to the drop in the AWG log prices the PF Olsen Log Price Index for June decreased $2 to $128. The index is currently $1 below the two-year average, $2 above the three-year average, and $10 higher than the five-year average.
READ MOREThe Government has recently announced the second tranche of decisions on improvements to the NZ ETS.
READ MOREFollowing are our six topics of recent forestry related news items that we have chosen to share with you for this month. We hope you find them informative, educational and enlightening.
READ MOREPF Olsen FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Group Scheme has achieved a milestone – 10 years of sustainable forest management under the Rainforest Alliance seal!
READ MOREWe have an amazing industry full of diverse opportunities and unfortunately not many people know enough about it, and what they do know, is often based on a small volume of unfavorable but significant events.
READ MOREFor the first time in a while virtually all mills report good log supply. The domestic market for logs has continued the very stable yet unspectacular start to 2019. Most mills expect domestic demand for sawn timber to reduce over the winter months. There are high stocks of sawn timber in most Asian markets.
READ MORENew Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory report shows that gross emissions rose 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, and 23.1% since 1990.
READ MORENew AR4 acoustic recorders now available for bat, kiwi and other forest bird surveys
READ MOREKauri snails found by crew in Northland forest prompting collaboration and quick thinking between DOC and PF Olsen to devise a management solution.
READ MORERecent industry workshops organised by Scion highlighted the progress being made to find the best trees in our forests.
READ MOREIn March PF Olsen added the new ISO Standard AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, to our certifications. PF Olsen New Zealand and Australia now hold AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 alongside ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015.
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