Our industry will continue to grow only
if timber and related products are available for decades
to come. For this reason, our company places the highest
priority on promoting long-term, sustainable forestry
management, including:
- Operating with sensitivity to forest ecosystems
and the lives and cultures of the people living in
such regions.
- Sourcing from suppliers with a known commitment
to responsible forestry.
- Seeking to create value for new and secondary species,
thereby maintaining the diversity of the ecosystem.
- Supporting organizations such as the Tropical Forest
Foundation, which has as its mission the promotion
of sustainable forestry management.
- Requiring suppliers to provide documentation showing
compliance with both international and their own country’s
environmental management standards.
- Establishing regular monitoring timetables for suppliers
to ensure satisfactory environmental performance.
- Achieving SmartWood
Certification, to promote the Forest Stewardship Council’s
rules for well-managed forests.
- Compliance with the regulations of the Lacey Act in order to ensure the wood we import is sourced, produced and traded in an environmentally responsible and legal manner.
- CARB Certification - we independently verify our suppliers of CARB production are third party certified and compliant.
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