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Procurement Made Simple

We are committed to purchasing all timber from legal sources and seek evidence of compliance from suppliers that they are operating in accordance with the laws of their country. We unreservedly condemn illegal logging practices and keep informed of processes and changes in international legislation.

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Procurement Made Simple

We are committed to purchasing all timber from legal sources and seek evidence of compliance from suppliers that they are operating in accordance with the laws of their country. We unreservedly condemn illegal logging practices and keep informed of processes and changes in international legislation.

Procurement Made Simple

As a signatory to the Timber Trade Federations (TTF) Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP) Due Diligence process, we assess suppliers for evidence of legality and sustainable forest management and are subject to an annual independent 3rd party audit.

 

As such, we have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that it is in compliance with the EUTR (European Union Timber Regulation). The UK Government has recognised the RPP as an excellent example of industry good practice in helping to source legal and sustainable timber.

We perform due diligence and risk assessments on all suppliers and seek the clearest practicable information regarding the sources of raw materials. We also recognise that the independent certification of the forests and the process chain is the best means of providing assurance that timber comes from legal and well-managed forests and we will purchase certified material wherever possible.

Chain of Custody (CoC) procedures have been implemented to ensure these materials meet the Government and C.P.E.T. (Central Point of Expertise in Timber) policy and guidelines on sustainable forest management practices are obtained from legal and sustainable forest sources.

As part of this system it is our policy to ensure compliance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) standards. As part of this system it is our policy to avoid using timber harvested from forest areas where traditional or civil rights are violated, timber harvested from non FSC-certified forest areas having high conservation values which are threatened, timber from genetically modified (GM) trees, illegally harvested timber and natural forest that has been converted to plantations or non-forest use.

We work closely with all of our suppliers to encourage greater use of certified timber and timber products so that our continual improvement programme of introducing more certified products can be sustained. In order to achieve this all timber and engineered timber products, where possible, are sourced and procured from a list of ‘Approved Suppliers’ that is maintained and updated in accordance with The Company’s Chain of Custody scheme requirements. These suppliers have already achieved Chain of Custody certification through a licensed and approved independent third party certification body.

On some product lines where certified material is as yet unavailable, we will continue to seek alternative sources or work with the supplying company to implement their own Chain of Custody scheme within agreed timescales.

We works with our certification body to ensure that all criteria required by the FSC, PEFC, TTF, RPP, the UK Government and C.P.E.T. (Central Point of Expertise in Timber) are met and that any non-conformances are corrected without delay.

COC Procurement

Respecting the environment

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EUTR

European Union Timber Regulation

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