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The France-based timber trade association Le Commerce du Bois (LCB) has introduced a charter on sustainable timber purchasing.
Its 160 member companies will initially be asked to observe the principles voluntarily, but the charter will be mandatory in 2008. Signatories commit themselves to increase their buying of sustainably certified timber year on year and to promote certification to suppliers and commercial partners.
The trade body will monitor companies' progress, and independent certifiers will monitor compliance every two years. After the audits every company will receive a mark, from zero to three, which will be displayed in retail outlets. The companies undertake to achieve a mark of at least two by 2010.
The charter was produced with the help of the Paris-based consultancy Utopies. LCB members include Groupe Lapeyre, Groupe Rougier, Panofrance, and Silverwood.
The LCB action comes after members of the UK-based Timber Trade Federation voted to make their organization's responsible purchasing policy a condition of membership (EP8, issue 3, p4).
Its 160 member companies will initially be asked to observe the principles voluntarily, but the charter will be mandatory in 2008. Signatories commit themselves to increase their buying of sustainably certified timber year on year and to promote certification to suppliers and commercial partners.
The trade body will monitor companies' progress, and independent certifiers will monitor compliance every two years. After the audits every company will receive a mark, from zero to three, which will be displayed in retail outlets. The companies undertake to achieve a mark of at least two by 2010.
The charter was produced with the help of the Paris-based consultancy Utopies. LCB members include Groupe Lapeyre, Groupe Rougier, Panofrance, and Silverwood.
The LCB action comes after members of the UK-based Timber Trade Federation voted to make their organization's responsible purchasing policy a condition of membership (EP8, issue 3, p4).
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