Sustainable Forestry

We support the conservation of wood as a resource. As a renewable material, it is sustainable; and nature-friendly management ensures the preservation of these areas. This is why we give priority to the processing of wood from certified forests. All wood purchased is monitored with a strict control process within the scope of the EUTimberReg and other forest certification systems.

For a controlled sustainable supply chain, there is:

• Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®)
• Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC)

We monitor compliance with its guidelines by means of so-called backwards integration. This means: we are increasingly procuring wood through our own wood-buying and forestry companies allowing us to trace the origins of the wood all the way back to the standing tree