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FSC and PEFC Certified Timber from Buildbase Branches

SUSTAINABLE TIMBER? CERTIFIED TIMBER? ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY?
If you’ve been asked environmental questions on where your timber comes from, Buildbase can help you to answer them.
We support the internationally recognised Forest Stewardship Council system (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC).

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Sawn Carcassing, Sheet Materials,
Doors & Linings, Worktops,
MDF Mouldings, Softwood Mouldings

Sawn and Treated Carcassing
and Sheet Materials

Forest Stewardship Council

WHAT IS THE FSC AND WHO SUPPORTS IT?

The Forest Stewardship Council is a world-wide, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. It promotes the responsible growing, harvesting and on-going replanting of timber. FSC is supported by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and WWF International. You may find specifications from local authorities or architects asking for FSC-certified timber: you can obtain FSC timber and wood products from Buildbase.

HOW DOES IT HELP THE FORESTS?

Buying timber with the FSC label helps you to say ‘No’ to the destruction of the world’s forests and ‘Yes’ to responsibly-produced timber and wood products. Timber carrying an FSC label can be traced back to the well-managed forest it came from. Those forests, and all the stages in the timber’s journey to Buildbase, have been independently checked and given separate certificates. You can track timber back to the forest producer, by following this chain of FSC certificates - the ‘chain of custody’- using the certificate numbers. This unique system makes sure your timber comes from a well managed source.

HOW CAN FSC HELP YOU?

In a competitive marketplace, we all need to create a difference. Give yourself an edge by
understanding environmental timber sourcing. It shows that you take pride in your work and that you take customers’ concerns seriously. It shows that you want to offer them the best options and the best service – just as Buildbase wants to offer you. Telling your customers that you’re buying FSCcertified timber from a Buildbase branch could open up new business. For example local authorities now have sustainability targets and may value this knowledge. Look out for the FSC logo on packaging and products.

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification

ABOUT THE PEFC

The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1999 which promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third party certification. The PEFC provides an assurance mechanism to purchasers of wood and paper products that they are
promoting the sustainable management of forests. PEFC is a global umbrella organisation for the assessment of and mutual recognition of national forest certification schemes developed in a multi-stakeholder process.

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These national schemes build upon the intergovernmental processes for the promotion of sustainable forest management, a series of on-going mechanisms supported by 149 governments in the world covering 85% of the world's forest area. PEFC has in its membership 32 independent national forest certification systems of which 25 to date have been through a rigorous assessment process involving public consultation and the use of independent consultants to provide the assessments on which mutual recognition decisions are taken by the membership.

Some 30 Schemes account for nearly 200 million hectares of certified forests producing millions of tonnes of certified timber to the market place making PEFC the world's largest resource of certified timber. The other national members schemes are at various stages of development and are working towards mutual recognition under the PEFC processes. For further information see the PEFC website.

For further information see the PEFC website.

Buy FSC certified products from Buildbase