Built by Nature’s Joe Giddings, a co-founder of ACAN, talks about building responsibly with timber and sustainable forestry initiatives: On the eve of Cop 30 in northern Brazil, the AJ’s Hattie Hartman and Bywater’s Joe Jack Williams speak to Joe Giddings, European networks lead at Amsterdam-based non-profit Built By Nature (BbN).

This was just days after BbN’s annual summit in London, where it announced the six winners of its global prize for timber buildings, including Waugh Thistleton’s Black & White Building in London. Giddings takes a deep dive into BbN’s five principles for responsible timber construction, which provide a holistic framework for building with timber without unintended consequences.