SGS news

SGS published a white paper on Forestry last February 2013.

The white paper titled “UnderstandingRegulation (EU) 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council” talks about a technical review of the obligations that apply to operators when placing timber and timber products on the market and the implementation requirements for due diligence systems.

The purpose of this technical white paper is to provide information about the obligations fo

SGS published a white paper on Forestry Chain-of-Custody last June 2013

The white paper titled “Understanding the Forest Product Chain-of-Custody Certification Standard” talks about the challenges, impacts and opportunities for the Forest Product Chain-of-Custody (CoC).

The purpose of this document is to provide an introduction to the Forest Product CoC cer

SGS invites you to register for the complimentary webinar "RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil) & GreenPalm" on June 26, 2013.

This complimentary webinar (45-minute presentation / 15-minute Q&A) will give an initial overview and taster to the  Biofuels production and supply chain (agricultural producers, traders, bioethanol/biodiesel producers, Oil and Gas companies), Food and Pharmaceutical sectors, about the requirements of the RSPO scheme (Round Table for Sustai

SGS Forestry Monitoring Programme (GIS) is pleased to announce that, on January 20, 2010, it signed a five year contract with the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to initiate implementation of an integrated forest control system to monitor and verify forest logging, timber chain-of-custody and forest product exports.

DRC’s valuable tropical forest is the widest in Africa and comprises two thirds of the Congo Basin Fo

This year SGS Canada, in conjunction with SGS Mid-West Seed Services in Brookings, SD (USA), has started work with large fertilizer dealers in Western Canada.  SGS is offering custom GPS (Global Positioning System) soil sampling and analysis for more than one million acres of farm ground within Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  Through SGS Crop Services, these retailers are able to have confidence that their soil samples are handled by one company from collection to analysis.