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West Fraser Europe Limited is dedicated to producing board from sustainable sources. All of the wood we use comes from responsibly managed forests, controlled sources or from recycled material.
In an ever-changing world where our customers and stakeholders require West Fraser Europe to declare the sources of our raw material, we are committed to ensuring that our wood fibre is sourced responsibly and sustainably, protecting workers and the environment, whilst meeting national & international legislative requirements in the country of harvest. Our robust due diligence systems allow us to positively promote West Fraser’s products being made from raw materials from trusted sources. We gather information on forest sources and supply chains to meet obligations for European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and United Kingdom Timber Regulation (UKTR).
We are committed to advancing responsible and traceable fibre sourcing due diligence in markets we serve. Since 2023, our European operations have invested in the resources and networks to meet the requirements of in the incoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Demonstrating leadership by proactively engaging with our suppliers early in the process culminating with a large number of integrated submissions incorporated into our West Fraser traceability platform. This information supports conformance to our own Sustainable Forest and Wood Procurement, Supply Chain and Human Rights (modern slavery) policies. More importantly, these efforts strengthen our company values, sustainability strategy and culture.
Through our partnerships with suppliers, we are capturing forest details including evidence of legality and geolocation data for critical environmental, social and governance analysis. This information is assessed for deforestation and degradation risks prior to the receipt of any material used for manufacturing. We are well positioned to lead compliance efforts and have shared our progress with our Industry community, certification bodies and throughout our business to raise the bar on performance and visibility to our renewable wood production value chain processes
Our Timber Procurement policy commitments are to not directly or indirectly be involved in the following activities:
Read more about our due diligence system, forest sources of origin, species and a break down of our chain of custody claims here
Read more about our commitments the protection of workers and our ILO commitment here
Read our latest Sustainable Forest & Wood Procure Policy here
West Fraser is proud to hold both FSC® C012553 and PEFC certification you can download our Product Group Schedules here.
Safety is a Core Value and Business Priority at West Fraser. We are committed to safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our employees, contractors, visitors and the local communities in which we work by creating and maintaining a safe working environment at our harvesting sites.
Our harvesting operations are accredited to ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety and ISO 14001 Environmental management
If you would like to hear more about our sustainable timber purchasing or would like to raise a concern please contact us at responsible.sourcing.eu@westfraser.com
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