Ethical timber - Jewson a cut above the rest
Where does your carpenter get his wood from? I went to see a carpenter yesterday and coincidentally received an e-mail from an employee of timber firm Jewson, who pointed out that his company only sources ‘chain of custody timber’, which means that the timber trail is checked and audited, so people buying it know where it’s come from and its impact on the environment.
According to Jewson’s environmental policy, the company will not source any timber species that is prohibited under appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES). That should be expected – although what is good to hear is that where they have to procure timber from areas of greater conservation risk, they promise to only work with suppliers who can demonstrate an improving program of sustainability and identifying wood from non- certified high conservation value forests and its elimination from the supply chain.
So it’s probably a good idea to ask where the wood comes from.
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