A family of four’s annual toilet paper use generates about the same amount of carbon as cutting down 27 trees or flying on a jet from Toronto to Vancouver. Those are the kind of statistics that might make you want to sit down, on the throne, perhaps, with a new appreciation of what we’re flushing away. The numbers come from the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council. The council’s annual ranking of toilet paper released Friday heaps scorn on those companies, such as consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Corp., that shun recycled paper in their top-selling products, such as Charmin. The council gives mixed praise to competitor Kimberly-Clark Corp. for finally offering environmental tissue — Scott Essential Standard Roll — to the residential market, while retaining market share in offending tissues, such as Cottonelle. …“The toilet paper we buy is a climate decision,” Vinyard said.
Identifying treated wood uses for buildings required under the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) in the National Building Code was among the salient issues raised at a webinar recently hosted by Wood WORKS!, a Canadian Wood Council program. Speaker Craig Wilson, who was partly responsible for developing the “use category system” for treated wood — the basis of the CSA requirements today — said specifying treated wood for non-residential applications falls under three main categories: wood species and size; type of preservative used; and the wood’s specific use. Wilson is vice-president of technical services at Timber Specialties Ltd., which provides preservatives and technical assistance to the Canadian wood preservation industry. …He advised the audience to use only treated wood materials from certified plants. …Canadian wood species are generally “refractory” (difficult to treat) primarily because they often have a shallow sapwood band and a nearly impermeable heartwood.
VANCOUVER — This week, international environmental organization Canopy released an astonishing number… over four hundred brands and retailers are now part of CanopyStyle: a game-changing fashion and forest conservation initiative that is transforming the fashion industry’s viscose supply chain. More than 200 million trees are cut down every year to produce fashion fabrics like viscose and rayon. Many of these originate from the world’s most important and carbon-rich forest ecosystems. CanopyStyle is galvanizing the fashion sector to change that. …In just the past few months, the initiative has added global heavyweights LVMH and its 75 luxury Maisons, sportswear brand Puma, Chinese logistics titan Li & Fung, Indian megabrand FlipKart, and Indian fashion leader House of Anita Dongre. …To date, producers responsible for 90% of global viscose supply have developed commitments to stop sourcing from the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests in response to the CanopyStyle initiative.
The mass timber market has never been stronger, with the number of mass timber buildings doubling globally every two years, but the head of Canada’s pioneering timber firm Structurlam says there are still substantial hurdles for the sector to overcome for it to achieve its potential. Structurlam CEO Hardy Wentzel has announced that the Penticton, B.C.-based firm is close to commissioning its first U.S. plant, in Conway, Ark. The new facility will produce glulam and CLT, … but the U.S. site will have double the production capacity of the Canadian plants. Structurlam’s combined facilities will now be capable of producing three 200,000-square-foot mass timber buildings per month. …Wentzel believes the next barriers to overcome in the sector are not height regulations but rather the mindsets of stakeholders such as insurers and contractors. …In the end, Wentzel said, it is consumers who will drive acceptance of mass timber in the industry.
OREGON CITY, Oregon – The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that builds upon the existing collaborative relationship between the SLB and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under the MOU and effective immediately, the SLB and USDA expand a public-private partnership that seeks to grow demand for wood products as natural climate solutions. The organizations will jointly explore and coordinate additional market development, research, technological advances, and other activities to expand the use of wood in the built environment.“Since signing the original MOU in 2015, the SLB and USDA have proudly worked together on many notable initiatives to promote and grow markets for softwood lumber in residential, commercial, and multifamily construction. We look forward to continued collaboration and cooperation for the benefit of the entire softwood lumber industry,” explained Caroline Dauzat, Owner of Rex Lumber and SLB Board Chair.
PARIS — The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition of Action has published its first-ever 
Designed by White Arkitekter, one of the world’s tallest timber buildings at last opens its doors to the public. the ‘Sara Cultural Centre’ rises 75 meters (246 feet) above the Swedish city of skellefteå. it introduces a state-of-the-art cultural venue and hotel that positively contributes to the local community while standing as an international showcase for sustainable design and construction. the carbon-negative building is one of the world’s tallest timber towers and a new center for creativity in Skellefteå. White Arkitekter completes its timber cultural center in celebration of the heritage of its site. before its city center was modernized, Skellefteå has seen rich history of timber architecture. ‘Sara Cultural Centre’ marks the revival of this tradition. combining traditional materials with modern technology, the project employs sustainable and efficient construction methods and aims to be carbon negative within 50 years.
In order to reduce the ‘green’ half of 
Finnish engineers have an encouraging message for householders: wood is good. They don’t just mean that a wooden structure preserves carbon that would otherwise become a greenhouse gas again. They mean that timber homes are a worthwhile investment. They studied real estate sales in two suburbs of Helsinki, between 1999 and 2018 and found that multi-storied timber-built homes changed hands at 8.85% more in value than apartments and houses made of bricks and mortar, or concrete and steel. …But the results are clear: home-buyers think wood is good. …Finland’s Ministry of Environment aims by 2025 to have 45% of new multi-storied buildings made from wood. …researchers have more than once proposed that wood would be a sound basis for high-density housing while at the same time making an active contribution to helping to slow climate change… 
WASHINGTON – American Wood Council CEO Jackson Morrill issued a statement following the House Armed Service Committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included language to establish a pilot program to evaluate the effects of using mass timber products in Department of Defense military construction projects. “The mass timber pilot program will not only help the Department of Defense address the military’s housing needs but will do so utilizing a low-carbon building solution available today. Increasing the use of wood in construction to the maximum amount in the U.S. would be the equivalent of taking 4.4 million cars off of the road indefinitely, contributing significantly to national 2030 carbon reduction goals.