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Responsibility
The Company recognises a responsibility to its
customers, suppliers and staff to base its commercial activities on
well managed forests.
Legality
The Company is committed to sourcing all timber
from legal sources and will seek evidence of compliance from
suppliers that they are operating in accordance with the laws of
their country.
Endangered
Species
The Company will not source any timber species
prohibited under Appendix I of the Convention of International Trade
in Endangered Species (CITES).
Traceability
and Supplier Monitoring
The Company will seek from suppliers:-
a) evidence of commitment to continuous improvement in environmental
performance
b) clearest practicable information on the sources of wood products
c) evidence of good forest management practice at the original
source of wood products.
Timber
Certificate
The Company will only accept or use labels or
certificates which include claims of environmental soundness or
sustainability, if these are supported by publicly available
standards drawn up in a fully participatory, transparent and
objective manner and backed by independent inspection.
Avoid
Boycotts
The Company will not encourage boycotts or bans on
specific species of timber. Notwithstanding this, the Company will
cease to source any species if its supply is in breach of
Commitments 2 or 3 above.
Avoid
Misleading Claims
The Company will strive at all times to avoid
misleading and unsubstantiated environmental claims in relation to
wood products supplies.
Management
Structures
The company will ensure that all employees
associated with timber purchasing are encouraged to act in
accordance with this policy and are given appropriate education and
training to do so if required.
The company has appointed a Director to be responsible for the
implementation of this Policy and will ensure that environmental
issues relevant to the Policy are discussed regularly at the highest
level of management.
Continuous
Improvement
The Company will define its own programmes, and
establish its own objectives and targets, to achieve continuous
improvement in environmental performance in accordance with this
Policy.
Reporting
The Company will report annually to Forests Forever
on the activities it is undertaking to satisfy the terms of the
Policy in accordance with guidelines issued by Forests Forever.
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