The Sustainable Development Goal 15 aims to protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems and promote their sustainable use. Our forests and their sustainable management play a particularly important role in this. Forests store water, safeguard biodiversity and provide the natural and renewable resource wood. As they grow, trees absorb CO₂ and store carbon. Sustainable forest management helps to safeguard these functions in the long term. Wood can be used as a renewable raw material. The cascading use of wood plays a central role in this.
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Internationally recognised standard
Our wood supply chain can be designated as third-party verified . The majority of our plants are certified to ISO 38200. Other certification systems we use at defined locations are FSC® and PEFC. (FSC® C017963 and PEFC/06-38-171) Details of the respective certifications of our plants can be found in our download section below. The EGGER Group uses processes and control mechanisms to ensure compliance with the applicable requirements regarding the legality and transparency of the wood used.
Control measures by independent third parties
The EGGER Group sources preferentially, subject to availability, wood from certified forests as evidence of sustainable forest management. This includes FSC® and PEFC-certified sources.
We use wood in a multi-stage process
Sawmills produce timber from high-quality roundwood. For our wood-based materials, however, we use wood assortments such as sawmill by-products, industrial wood unsuitable for sawing, thinning wood and recycled wood. This enables these valuable resources to be used as materials.
We rely on the use of wood from the circular economy.
66% of the wood used across the Group in our wood-based materials came in the 2025/2026 financial year from recycled material and by-products from the sawmill industry.
Our commitment
The EGGER Group supports the principles of sustainable forest management. These are aimed at ensuring that only as much wood is taken from the forest as can grow back. It is about striking a balance between wood use and the forest's capacity to regenerate. Through our Due Diligence System and defined control measures, we verify the legality of the wood sources we use. Compliance with applicable legal requirements goes without saying for us. EGGER operates a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal logging.
- As part of our EGGER Due Diligence System (Due Diligence System), we check and monitor compliance with legal and social standards in our supply chains: Our Due Diligence System was developed with internal and external experts. It is based on the ISO 38200 for the supply chain of wood and wood-based products. It regulates the transfer of information along the entire product chain of wood and wood-based products.
- Our Due Diligence System is certified in accordance with the recognised supply chain standards . (ISO 38200, FSC® or PEFC)
- At least annual internal and external audits verify compliance with our respective certifications (ISO 38200, FSC® or PEFC) at our plants in accordance with the certification requirements. Certificates for our locations can be found in the download section below.
- We also implement control measures that go beyond legal requirements: as a company that purchases wood and does not own any forests, EGGER generally has no direct influence on sustainable forest management. We therefore carry out annual risk assessments for every supplier and, where necessary, additional stringent checks in the upstream wood supply chain all the way back to the forest.
- We refuse acceptance of deliveries whose documentation is incomplete or whose wood origin is uncertain. We support the competent authorities in investigating such cases.
- Whenever possible, we preferentially purchase wood regionally near our plants.
- We procure our wood primarily through direct business relationships and avoid dealer structures. This supports transparency throughout the process.
- Subject to availability, we preferentially source wood from certified forests. In doing so, we rely on the recognised FSC® and PEFC certification systems for sustainable forest management.
- Our
Manufacturer's declaration on the origin of wood
discloses the origin of the wood and shows the proportion of certified wood by product group and supplying plant (calculated and monitored in accordance with ISO 38200).
Further information on our sustainability goals and our facts and evidence can be found here:
In our Sustainability Strategy overview
In detail in the EGGER Group Financial and Sustainability Report
Measures and progress
Every step counts! Our ambition is to handle the valuable resource wood responsibly. We are constantly taking measures to achieve this.
Rethinking things
October 2024
Thanks to a new facility at the EGGER sawmill in Brilon (DE), we now also use finger-jointing there. This technique turns individual shorter pieces into long boards and slats. Defective areas are targeted to be cut out and high-quality timber products can be manufactured even from a poorer wood quality.
A large audience for resource conservation
June 2024
Once again, we exhibited at the KWF Conference, one of the world's largest forestry trade fairs, held in Schwarzenborn (DE). We believe in working together in partnership and particularly value the exchange with our suppliers and representatives of the industry. We were able to present our approach to the cascading use of the valuable resource wood to a wide audience.
EcoBox product innovation
May 2024
We rethink products. The EGGER EcoBox is a hybrid product made from OSB, timber and soft wood fibre insulation. The material combination reduces wood consumption and saves weight in use. The EcoBox is a modern alternative to solid wood supports in timber frame walls.
Green Week: insights for 400 pupils
April 2024
Every school year, Romania holds what is known as Green Week, comprising targeted out-of-school activities on topics such as environmental protection and climate change. EGGER took part once again and invited students to the Rădăuţi plant (RO). The focus was on our contribution to the circular economy and the importance of cascading the use of wood. During the plant tours, school classes were given a detailed insight into the processes at EGGER.
Buying locally for the long term
2023
To minimise transport distances and secure regional supply in the long term, EGGER enters into special contracts with municipal and private forest owners in the vicinity of its Rion des Landes plant (FR) – in 2023, already the third of its kind. The average distance to our plant is just 10 km. A win-win solution on both sides. In this way, we are supporting the forest owners in the region in the long-term management of their forests. This model underlines our long-term approach in our procurement strategy.
Creating added value for partners
April 2023
We stand for long-term, partnership-based cooperation. It is therefore important to us to create added value through information for our suppliers. In 2023, Supplier Days were once again held at our plant in Rădăuţi (RO). We use plant tours to transparently demonstrate our processes and organise targeted information events on topics that are particularly important to our suppliers and us: for example, on the subject of work safety and how we can work together to prevent accidents.
High-quality products made from damaged wood
2022
In South Tirol (IT), a storm in 2018 caused a lot of damaged wood, followed by subsequent events such as snow breakage and bark beetle infestation. We can use this wood in our production and make high-quality wood-based materials from it. A good solution for everyone involved: we purchase the wood and thereby support the forest owners. It is important to remove damaged wood quickly so that the bark beetle does not spread unchecked. Since 2022, we have been transporting the majority of it by rail from South Tirol.
We support small-scale forest owners
2020
The burdens on small forest owners have increased in recent years. There are more costs and climate-related difficulties. The risk: Local areas are not being reforested due to a lack of funds. In France, in the Vosges region, near our Rambervillers plant, the FA3R plantation fund is helping foresters to reforest their mostly small forest areas. EGGER has been involved in the initiative since 2020.
