"Bunnings sells timber sourced from NSW Forestry Corporation via a number of local suppliers."
"The state-owned forestry corporation has been convicted of more than a dozen environmental offences and is facing charges on dozens more. A judgment in the land and environment court last year found the agency was likely to reoffend and had poor prospects of rehabilitation."
"But The Wilderness Society (TWS) complaint raises concerns that the agency has retained this certification, despite its convictions for environmental offences."
"Prof David Heilpern, a former magistrate and the dean of law at Southern Cross University who has likened the NSW forestry agency to a โcriminal organisationโ, said he hoped the TWS complaint would be taken seriously."
โIt arises from the unprecedented situation where a government supplier of a product has been convicted of a series of offences relating to illegal activities on public land."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/bunnings-accused-of-greenwashing-timber-amid-concerns-about-suppliers-logging
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