April 2008

We are proud to announce that we have achieved certification for FSC and PEFC status which enables us to offer chain of custody for forested timber from well managed forests.

FSC stands for “Forest Stewardship Council”

The Forest Stewardship Council enables you to buy forest products of all kinds with confidence that you are not contributing to global forest destruction. FSC certified forests are managed to ensure long term timber supplies while protecting the environment and the lives of forest-dependent peoples. A system of Chain of Custody certification traces forest products through the supply chain to the end-consumer. Whenever you buy timber or timber products always look for the FSC logo. Everyone uses forest products in their business or daily life, FSC offers an environmentally sound solution.

FSC is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world's forests. It was founded in 1993 in response to public concern about deforestation and demand for a trustworthy wood-labelling scheme. There are national working groups in 28 countries including the UK. FSC UK is a registered charity. It is supported by NGOs including WWF, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the Woodland Trust.

FSC - Ten Good Reasons to ask for it

1. You can buy wood products, from all types of forest, with a clear conscience when you see the FSC logo. FSC labelled products are made with consideration for people, wildlife and the environment.
2. The FSC label guarantees that the trees that are harvested are replaced or allowed to regenerate naturally.
3. Parts of the forest are protected entirely, in order to protect rare animals and plants.
4. FSC protects the rights of indigenous people to use the forest. If they have sacred sites in the forest these are exempt from felling.
5. The forest owner must use local workers to run the forest, and provide training, safety equipment and a decent salary. The forest owner is often obliged to support the community in other ways, such as through the development of schools.
6. FSC is a market-based initiative which also ensures better conditions for the forest and the people whose livelihoods depend on it.
7. FSC gives an assurance that future generations will be able to enjoy the benefits of the forest.
8. All the wood is tracked from the forest to the store. Every link between the forest and the consumer is certified to make it clearly identifiable which wood is FSC certified and which is not.
9. FSC is the only wood certification scheme endorsed by the major environmental charities, including WWF, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and The Woodland Trust.
10. The FSC label is not only available on wood for furniture. It can also be found on floors, decking, paper, printed matter, charcoal, kitchen utensils, even venison and footballs!

 

PEFC stands for “Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certificated schemes”

The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1999 which promotes sustainably managed forests through independent third party certification. The PEFC provides an assurance mechanism to purchasers of wood and paper products that they are promoting the sustainable management of forests.

PEFC is a global umbrella organisation for the assessment of and mutual recognition of national forest certification schemes developed in a multi-stakeholder process. These national schemes build upon the inter-governmental processes for the promotion of sustainable forest management, a series of on-going mechanisms supported by 149 governments in the world covering 85% of the world's forest area.

PEFC has in its membership 35 independent national forest certification systems of which 25 to date have been through a rigorous assessment process involving public consultation and the use of independent assessors to provide the assessments on which mutual recognition decisions are taken by the membership. These 25 systems account for more than 200 million hectares of certified forests producing millions of tonnes of certified timber to the market place making PEFC the world's largest certification system. The other national members schemes are at various stages of development and are working towards mutual recognition under the PEFC processes

PEFC Vision:

A world in which people manage forests sustainably.

PEFC Mission:

To give society confidence that people manage forests sustainably.

PEFC Purpose

Through the endorsement of national certification systems, PEFC motivates and enables people to sustainably manage their forests and works to provide a market for the products of those forests.

PEFC Core Values and Beliefs

• Respect for all forest ownership structures, and the social, cultural, environmental and economic values they provide.
• Respect for the social, infrastructures of forest based communities.
• Belief in co-operation, openness and transparency.
• Respect for the tenets of federalism.
• Belief in free and fair market systems.
• Belief in multi-stakeholder participation.
• Commitment to excellence and continuous improvement

 

PEFC Principles

• Build alliances around common causes.
• Recognise the importance of economic, social and environmental realities.
• Respect intergovernmental and other international processes.
• Respect relationships within the PEFC community.
• Act with honesty and integrity.
• Provide value for our members

 

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Expansion of cutting facility

Have you considered using our newer bigger, state of the art, fast and very accurate cutting facility?

We have CNC operated Beam Saws, capable of cutting large and small volume orders from board sizes up to 6m long, 3.8m wide and 90mm thick to within 0.1mm. We also use optimising software to produce products as efficiently as possible with minimum waste.

We are dealing with large volumes on a daily basis. We can offer to source the material or we can cut your “free issue” stock. We can carefully repack the materials for onward dispatch.

We also have CNC Routers capable of producing small and large component parts that may require curved finishes, drilled holes or chamfered edges.

Check out our “Cutting Section” in this web site.

Call us for more information.

If you have any requirements for this type of material, please call us or e-mail us your PDF CAD drawings to sales@bookertimber.com

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Change of payment method

We strive to give you the best service possible and to enable us to use our time more effectively we have chosen HSBC to look after our sales ledger. They are now responsible for issuing statements, checking outstanding amounts and collecting receipts.  Although this will be an additional cost to us, we feel that this time saved will enable more time to be spent looking after you.

If paying by BACS please change destination to sort code 40-47-25 account no 41015346
With reference 18134

If paying by cheque please make out to “HSBC Invoice Finance UK Ltd”  ref 18134 and kindly send to :

HSBC Invoice Finance UK Ltd,
Farncombe Road,
Worthing,
West Sussex BN11 2BW.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to call us.

Please could you update your records accordingly.

Many thanks and all the best for 2007.