In 2004 the European Commission issued Directive 2004/102/EC which, among other things, introduced the concept of requiring wood packaging materials to be “debarked.” While previous research has established that as many as one in five North American wood pallets contain at least one...

This dissertation contains research that examined the determinants of wood industry executives decisions and intentions to adopt environmental certification. Specifically, the research investigated the influence of executives characteristics, perceptions of environmental certification, and...