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MTCC Supports Malaysia’s Commitment to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals  Kuala Lumpur, 10 October 2017 – The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which comprises a set of 17 global goals challenge us to find ways to improve the lives of people today and in the future.  Goal 11 of the SDGs focuses on ‘Sustainable Cities …

MTCC ADVOCATES SUSTAINABLE TIMBER TO BUILD GREENER CITIES AT IGEM 2017 Read More »

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) participated in SPOGA+Gafa, Europe’s largest garden expo, for the seventh consecutive year to promote timber and timber-related products sourced from sustainably managed Malaysian tropical forests. In addition to building greater awareness and access for MTCS-PEFC certified timber and timber-based products, MTCC took the opportunity to educate delegates including legislators, …

MTCC PROMOTES MTCS-CERTIFIED TIMBER PRODUCTS AT EUROPE’S LARGEST GARDEN EXPO IN GERMANY Read More »

MTCC in collaboration with MTIB will be organising a half-day briefing and consultation session for chain of custody certificate holders under the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS). The briefing and consultation session will be held as follows:-             Date           : 19 September 2017 (Tuesday)             Time          : 8.30 a.m – 1 p.m             Venue       : …

Briefing and consultation session for chain of custody certificate holders under the MTCS Read More »

Center: Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong, awards the MTCS Chain of Custody certificate to (second from left) Royal Selangor International Executive Director, Mr Yong Yoon Li. Witnessing the event are (extreme left) Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Puan Zurinah Pawanteh; SGS Malaysia General Manager, Mr …

Royal Selangor Obtains MTCS Certification Read More »

YB Dato Sri visited the MTCC booth accompanied by Dato’ Nor Akhirrudin Mahmud (Director General, Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia) and Dr Megat Sany, Undersecretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Kuala Lumpur, 7 Aug 2017 – The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) participated in an exhibition held in conjunction with the 20th ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry …

MTCC shares experience on timber certification with ASEAN senior forestry officials Read More »

The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) in collaboration with PCP Publications is organizing the inaugural MTCC Photography Contest as an initiative to raise awareness on the invaluable benefits of our tropical forest as well as to promote the importance of sustainable forest management through forest certification. The photography contest consists of three (3) categories:- A)          …

MTCC Photography Contest 2017 Read More »

The Eighteenth Annual General Meeting was held on 22 June in Kuala Lumpur during which the Audited Accounts of the MTCC for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2016 together with the Reports of the Trustees and Auditors, and the Annual Report for the year 2016, were tabled and adopted.

This is to announce that the review of the MC&I(Natural Forest) will be put on hold in 2017 pending the completion of the review of the PEFC sustainability benchmark expected by the end of 2017. The review of the MC&I(Natural Forest) that commenced in January 2016 has progressed well on schedule with the conduct of the …

Status Update on the Review of MC&I(Natural Forest) Read More »

On 18 January 2017, following a parliamentary debate, the Government of The Netherlands announced the full acceptance of the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) under the Dutch Public Procurement Policy for Sustainable Timber.     The Dutch Minister for the Environment, Sharon Dijksma of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment had earlier made the decision to …

Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme fully accepted in The Netherlands Read More »

The Certificate for Forest Management for the Kelantan State FMU has been withdrawn by SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd with effect from 23 November 2016. The withdrawal of the Certificate was due to the failure of Kelantan State Forestry Department in resolving satisfactorily the major non conformity raised in the surveillance audit. With the withdrawal …

Withdrawal of the Certificate for Forest Management of the Kelantan State FMU Read More »