The Forest Stewardship Council is a world-wide, non-profit, non-governmental organisation.
It promotes the responsible growing, harvesting and on-going replanting of timber. FSC is
supported by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and WWF International.

You may find specifications from local authorities or architects asking for FSC-certified timber:
you can obtain FSC timber and wood products from Buildbase.

Buying timber with the FSC label helps you to say ‘No’ to the destruction of the world’s forests
and ‘Yes’ to responsibly-produced timber and wood products. Timber carrying an FSC label
can be traced back to the well-managed forest it came from.

Those forests, and all the stages in the timber’s journey to Buildbase, have been independently checked and given separate certificates. You can track timber back to the forest producer, by following this chain of FSC certificates - the ‘chain of custody’- using the certificate numbers.
This unique system makes sure your timber comes from a sustainable source.

In a competitive marketplace, we all need to create a difference. Give yourself an edge by understanding environmental timber sourcing. It shows that you take pride in your work and that
you take customers’ concerns seriously. It shows that you want to offer them the best options
and the best service – just as Buildbase wants to offer you.

Telling your customers that you’re buying FSC-certified timber from a Buildbase branch could
open up new business. For example local authorities now have sustainability targets and may
value this knowledge.

Look out for the FSC logo on packaging and products.