Southern Pine Products source their timber requirements from 100% FSC certified
forests.
FSC ‘CHAIN OF CUSTODY’
What is it?
FSC is a worldwide organisation that monitors the world’s forestry and how it is
managed. To prevent the further degradation of world forests, FSC have implemented
a set of guidelines and procedures to ensure a total ecological and sociological
umbrella is placed over the forest and all downstream processes. FSC ‘Forest Stewardship
Council’ Certification basically means, that we can prove through procedures, records
etc… that a Chain of Custody (CoC) from the forest to the customer has been maintained
and ensures that no mixing of ‘certified’ and ‘non-certified’ lumber has occurred.
This gives the customer total assurance, the product they have purchased is grown
from responsibly managed forests or renewable sources.
Why do we need it?
FSC has become a world wide trend, Europe for example, is FSC conscious, which possibly
means that no wood product can be exported into any European country unless it has
a proven FSC Chain of Custody (CoC). In addition to this it further proves SPP’s
commitment to the ongoing preservation of the environment.
How do we maintain it?
Simply by following the instructions at each workstation, clearly identifying certified
product, having basic knowledge of FSC philosophy and how we implement it in our
plant.