Environmentally Friendly Timber from Hoppings Softwood Products

Sapling nursery in Scandinavia. In Europe the forest area is increasing by 661,000 hectares per year*.

Most of our raw material is European Redwood, sourced from top Swedish mills.
 
Our purchasing decisions are influenced by the information we obtain from suppliers relating to their environmental practices and the areas from which their raw materials are sourced. We are committed to an environmental purchasing policy, which commits us to exclude from production any material which is:

• Harvested from any area where traditional or civil rights are violated;
 
• Harvested from uncertified forest having high conservation value where management poses a threat to the high conservation values present;
 
• Harvested from genetically modified trees;
 
• Illegally harvested.

The mark of responsible forestry.

This policy is overseen and independently certified by BM Trada certification.
 
In addition we are a participant in the Forest Stewardship Council’s and PEFC’s chain of custody schemes and are able to supply any of our products types as FSC or PEFC certified material, on request. Some of our product ranges are sold ‘certified’ as standard, Q-Deck being FSC certified and Q-line 2.4m finishing beads being PEFC certified as standard for example.

 
By buying timber products from Hoppings you are supporting the growth of responsible forest management world wide. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and PEFC are independent associations that operate to ensure that Forests are well managed.
www.fsc-uk.org    |    www.pefc.org
 

PEFC/16-37-56
Promoting sustainable forest management.

We are also signatories to the Timber Trade Federation Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP). The RPP is a management system, which assesses suppliers for evidence of the legality and sustainability of supply and encourages them to improve.
 

If you require further information about certification for your company please give our Epping sales office a call on 01992 578877 (you may wish to request one of our innovative FSC information box sets).

At Hoppings we actively promote both certification schemes via Stockists in-store signage and literature. We feel it is our duty to promote well managed timber and what a  wonderful sustainable construction resource it is.