How does Danzer Group guarantee its customers that it does not procure illegal wood?
Illegal felling of trees, especially in Southeast Asia, but also in Africa, South America and Russia, is destroying important ecosystems. Furthermore, the large quantities of illegally traded wood are keeping the price of wood on the world market, especially hardwood, so low that it is often impossible to sell enough wood from sustainable forestry operations to cover costs. This is why we find it important to be sure that the wood and wood products we deal in come from legal, sustainable forestry operations. To this end, Danzer Group has introduced guidelines for the procurement of African round timber, sawn timber and veneers as part of its ISO 14001:2004 based environmental and safety management system. The ESMS will be audited by a 3 rd party to verify that we do what we say.
