Guide to Environmental Certification Schemes

The Directors of James Latham plc recognise that the company has a responsibility to the environment, customers, suppliers and staff to base its commercial activities on well-managed forests.

The Company is committed to purchasing all timber from legal sources and seeks evidence of compliance from suppliers that they are operating in accordance with the laws of their country.  The company unreservedly condemns illegal logging practices and keeps informed of processes and changes in international legislation.

The company performs a risk assessment on all suppliers and seeks the clearest practicable information regarding the sources of raw materials.  It recognises that the independent certification of the forests and the process chain is the best means of providing assurance that timber comes from legal and well-managed forests and will purchase certified material wherever possible.

Third party audited chain of custody is offered for timber supplied certified by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Scheme (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and this will be extended to other schemes as they become established.

Our Environmental brochure sets out James Latham plc's policy, aims to help customers meet the requirements of the Governments procurement policy and that of other environmentally concerned specifiers, and to list the materials that the company stocks that are third party certified.