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The inaugural General Assembly of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) was held in Singapore today with PEFC as one of its Founding Members. GPSNR aims to provide an independent platform that will lead to improvements in the socio-economic and environmental performance of the natural rubber value chain.Development of the GPSNR was initiated by the CEOs of …

PEFC REPRESENTS SMALLHOLDERS AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RUBBER AT INAUGURAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY Read More »

The Fourth Meeting of the SRC was held on 18-20 February 2019 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and was attended by a total of 19 participants comprising Members, Alternate Members and Observers. During the Meeting, the SRC considered the incorporation of the requirements of Principle 10 of MC&I Forest Plantation.v2 into the relevant Criteria and Indicators …

FOURTH MEETING OF SRC Read More »

Partners and initiators of the Timber Pavilion namely Assink Wood, Scantimber / Hasslacher, PEFC quality mark, Trade Journal Houtwereld, IEB, Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC), Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) and through the support of 85 companies and organisations, bags the inaugural “Outstanding Award” at the 2019 Bouwbeurs Construction Fair. The Timber Pavilion was judged to …

TIMBER PAVILION BAGS OUTSTANDING AWARDS Read More »

23 January, Kuala Lumpur – Financial institutions have a key role to play in leading and supporting efforts to address issues relating to sustainability and climate change. It is not only about redirecting investments to renewable energy and low-carbon businesses, but also to bolster the resilience of forests as one of the major tools in …

MTCC SPEAKS AT MAYBANK INVESTMENT- BURSA MALAYSIA TIMBER DAY "INTO THE WOODS" PROGRAMME Read More »

As 2018 draws to a close, it is time to reflect on 2018 and welcome 2019. The Year 2018 has been a rather refreshing year with new experience for Malaysia and MTCC. The Year saw for the first time in 60 years the formation of a new Government and for MTCC, the appointment of YB …

CEO's NEW YEAR MESSAGE Read More »

Heartiest congratulations to Bahau-Kahei Forest Management Unit (FMU) on being awarded the Certificate for Forest Management (NaturalForest) under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) on 19 December 2018. Bahau-Kahei FMU is the fifth FMU in Sarawak to be awarded the certificate by SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd. Managed by Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd, the FMU …

BAHAU-KAHEI FMU ACHIEVES MTCS CERTIFICATION Read More »

MTCC organized a two-day Auditor Training Course on PEFC Chain of Custody Certification under the MTCS on 19 to 20 December 2018 in Kuala Lumpur.  The course was conducted to train new CoC auditors so that they are familiar with and knowledgeable on the requirements of the PEFC ST 2002:2013 Chain of Custody of Forest …

AUDITOR TRAINING COURSE ON PEFC CHAIN OF CUSTODY CERTIFICATION Read More »

Kuala Lumpur, 4 December 2018 – Two graduating students from the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) received the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) Academic Awards for outstanding academic and scholastic achievements in their overall academic performance and final year project thesis. MTCC CEO, Mr.Yong Teng Koon said that the annual awards were jointly …

MTCC PROMOTES ACADEMIC & SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE Read More »

The Freezailah Forest Sustainability Award recognizes outstanding students in the field of forestry. (Third from left) 2018 Award recipient, Hoo Pui Kiat, is presented a cash prize of RM2,000 by (second from left) Universiti Malaysia Sabah Vice Chancellor, Professor Dato’ Dr. D Kamaruddin D Mudin; and witnessed by Dean of Faculty of Science and Natural …

THESIS ON TREE DIVERSITY AND CARBON RELATIONSHIP WINS MTCC’S FREEZAILAH FOREST SUSTAINABILITY AWARD Read More »