Environmental, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
In the fight against climate change, it is imperative to ensure the future of forestry continues to be healthy. We are passionate about sustainability. As timber merchants, we can have a huge impact on the environment, simply by ensuring the timber we stock and sell is sustainable.
What is sustainable timber?
Sustainable timber as an umbrella term refers to wood products that are obtained from responsibly managed forests. The ultimate goal of sustainable forestry is to balance the economic, social, and environmental impacts and benefits which occur in the management of forests, so they are sustained for future generations.
Sustainable forestry often involves practices such as planting new trees to replace those that have been harvested, protecting biodiversity and habitats, and reducing waste and pollution. We are proud to be members of the Timber Trade Federation, Confor and Timber Development UK. As members of the Timber Trade Federation we are signatories to the mandatory Responsible Purchasing Policy. We undertake risk assessments for our timber purchases, this checks our suppliers and ensures that we rule out any risk of illegally produced timber entering into the supply chain.
Timber Sourcing & Certification
Our certified timber is your assurance of 100% legal and sustainable sourcing.
Timber from well-managed woodlands is a natural, renewable raw material. Choosing certified timber actively negates environmental issues; such as climate change, ecosystem destruction and landscape deterioration caused by deforestation.
We source and supply timber certified by three different certifying bodies: Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®), Grown in Britain (GiB) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). However, timber does not have to be part of one of these schemes to be sustainable. Much of the forestry, across the Northern Hemisphere is not covered by these schemes, but will be controlled by the relevant country’s government. For more information on chain of custody certification visit our Certified Timber page.
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