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Webinar on product trends, trademarks and declarations

A product trends, trademarks, and declarations webinar is scheduled for 12.30pm until 1.30pm Wednesday, 16 June 2021. This webinar will provide an overview of product trends in green building markets, new trademarks for Responsible Wood as well as environmental product declarations for Australian and imported timber products. Source: Timberbiz

Presenters:

Nicole Sullivan – Head of Strategy & Impact Australia, thinkstep-anz

Before joining thinkstep-anz Ms Sullivan was Senior Manager of Green Star Solutions at the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) where she led the development of the Responsible Products Framework for the new Green Star Buildings rating tool and managed the GBCA’s relationship with Australian Government’s Climate Active as a carbon neutral building certifier. Prior to this she was Technical Manager of Sustainability for BlueScope. Ms Sullivan has a Chemical Engineering (Hons I) degree from the University of New South Wales.

Simon Dorries – Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Wood

Mr Dorries has extensive experience in product certification, technical promotion, education and training, standards and codes development, brand promotion and recognition, and research and development. Prior to joining Responsible Wood Mr Dorries spent nine years as Chief Executive of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.

Steve Mitchell – Chair, EPD Australasia & Principal Consultant, thinkstep-anz

Mr is a qualified sustainability professional – co-authoring the first Australian timber industry Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) registered with EPD Australasia. He is the current Chair of EPD Australasia, a long-time member of the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society and was a member of the Materials & Supply Chain Expert Reference Panel for the Green Building Council of Australia GBCA. Mr Mitchell is also an FSC, PEFC/RW COC Lead Auditor with SCS Global Services via their regional affiliate Green Marketing Solutions.

To register for the product trends, trademarks, and declarations webinar please click this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LepmFoD2Q1ijasiCz_iu3Q