EU: European and international wood unions adopt a social and environmental action plan

Pessimists. The unions’ forecasts as to the impact of the crisis on employment in 2010 are quite pessimistic: 2 million jobs are at risk this year. Yet, the EFBWW and the BWI think that some recovery programs are not going in the right direction. They also denounce unfair competition from Chinese businesses which illegally exploit timber and they are worried about the increased precariousness of building and woodworkers. They recommend a series of environmental and social measures.
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that some recovery programs are not going in the right direction. They also denounce unfair competition from Chinese businesses which illegally exploit timber and they are worried about the increased precariousness of building and woodworkers. They recommend a series of environmental and social measures.


Build, renovate and train in a green fashion. The 23 actions recommended notably include public development programs to finance green buildings (low energy consumption technologies with low CO2

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