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84% of consumers have a better image of companies that support environmentally sound practices. -FSC Hundred of products are produced
from certified forests including lumber, paper, furniture, flooring, musical
instruments, and non-timber products such as maple syrup and Brazil
nuts. Products are tracked from the
tree in the forest to the showroom or store they are sold at; this is
possible through the chain-of-custody program. The chain-of-custody program assures consumers and
companies that the forest products they buy and sell come from certified
forests. It verifies the flow of
forest products through supply chain from the forest to the point of
sale. You might wonder how you know
that the product you are buying is certified or comes from a certified
forest. Well all products that
are considered certified are sold with one of the symbols found below,
printed on the product or on the product’s package. These are
are symbols of the Forest
Stewardship Council, Sustainable Forest Initiative, Canadian Standards
Association, and Tree Farm respectively. You will find these symbols printed on products like in the
photo below.
Unfortunately these certified
products aren’t everywhere, but there are ways to find companies and stores
that sell these products. The Forest Certification Resource Center has a search engine to find
products that are made from wood that has been harvested in certified
forests. SmartWood also has a
link that allows you to search for these products as well. Some of the largest corporations
that are enforcing the use of certified products include Home Depot, Time
Warner Inc., McDonald’s, Andersen Corp., Aveda, IKEA, Starbucks, and Gibson
Guitars. Some of the more local
companies that are using certified products are Menards and Summit Brewery
along with The ReUse Center. You
can find links to some of these businesses below that will share with you the
environmental views and their social responsibility to protect natural
resources. Pictures on this page come from http://www.aboutsfi.org/core.asp http://www.techstreet.com/info/csa.tmpl http://www.treefarmsystem.org/ Hudson, Leslie J. A Guide to
Forest Stewardship council Certification for Land Trusts. Rainforest
Alliance. New York, NY. 2005. |
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