York Timbers (Pty) Ltd holds the following FSC certificates:

SGS-FM/COC-000809 SGS-CW-000809	Forestry
SGS-COC-000748	Plywood
SGS-COC-000146	Sawmills

 

The following Product Groups are available under the Forest Management and Chain of Custody Certifications:

York Site	Input	Output
Forestry SGS-FM/COC-000809 SGS-CW-000809 Transfer System	FSC Pure Pine FSC Pure Eucalyptus Controlled Wood	FSC Pure Pine FSC Pure Eucalyptus FSC Controlled Wood
Sawmills SGS-COC-000146 Credit System Multi-site	FSC Pure Pine FSC Controlled Wood	FSC Pure Pine Sawn Timber FSC Mixed Pine Sawn Timber FSC Mixed Chips
Plywood SGS-COC-000748 Credit System	FSC Pure Pine FSC Controlled Wood Controlled Wood	FSC Pure Pine Plywood FSC Mixed Pine Plywood FSC mixed Pine and Hardwood Plywood FSC Mixed Pine Blockboard FSC mixed Pine Veneer FSC Mixed Peeler Cores FSC Mixed Chips

 

The above products are made available from various pine species (Pinus spp.) and eucalyptus species (Eucalyptus spp.)

Multi-site Sub-codes:

Nicholson & Mullin	- FSC Mixed Credit - 000146 - A
Sabie	- FSC Mixed Credit - 000146 - E
Jessievale	- FSC Mixed Credit - 000146 - F
	- FSC Mixed Credit - 000146 – G

 

The SHEQ Manager is the appointed Management Representative to ensure that the FSC standard, FSC-STD-01-001 (FSC Principles and Criteria) is fully implemented and maintained.

The Group Systems Officer is the appointed Management Representative to ensure that the FSC standards, FSC-STD-40-004 (chain of custody) and FSC- STD- 40-005 (controlled wood) are fully implemented and maintained.

 

Controlled Wood Policy

As a responsible user and producer of controlled wood and certified wood products, York Timbers (Pty) Ltd has committed itself to ensure that we enforce the pre requisites of the FSC Chain of Custody.

To this end we will exclude processing wood harvested from the following categories:

• Wood harvested from forest areas where traditional or civil rights are violated
• Wood harvested from non FSC-certified forests areas having high conservation values which are being threatened
• Wood harvested from genetically modified (GM) trees
• Illegally harvested wood
• Natural forest that have been converted to plantations or non-forest use.

To effect this policy York Timbers will comply with the procedures outlined in Annexure 1.

 

Annexure 1

Procedure for dealing with the Controlled Wood Standard (FSC-STD-40-005)

York Timbers will:

• Have one person appointed in writing who is responsible for ensuring the FSC Controlled Wood requirements are met, according to FSC-STD-40-005
• Ensure that all key personnel (employees and contractors) understand their role in controlling incoming shipments of round wood. The company will identify, provide and document any necessary training for staff
• Identify and record documents that show compliance with the applicable requirements of the standard;
• Verify that for all foreign suppliers of wood species listed in Annex 1, 2 or 3 of CITES (See www.cites.org), all applicable licenses and permits are accompanied with trading documents
• Have a publicly-available written commitment to control specified wood sources in order to avoid material that comes from any of the five categories listed above in the controlled wood policy.
• Keep a list of all incoming wood and fiber that the company wishes to control. This list should include species, volume, country, district of origin, and the name and address of the supplier
• Establish a system to ensure that "uncontrolled" wood is not mixed with wood that is controlled in accordance with the requirements outlined in FSC-STD-40-005 and with wood that is FSC certified. Preference will be given  to sources of FSC certified wood.
• Implement a company verification program of their wood suppliers;
• Assess the risk of their suppliers in accordance to the requirements specified in FSC-STD-40-005 (see Controlled Wood Risk Assessment below)
• Timber in South Africa from legal sources are considered as low risk in terms of the controlled wood standard.
• Implement a complaints mechanism to address evidence related to its risk assessment conclusions. This is the Safety Health and Environmental Request (SHEAR) procedure.

View the Controlled Wood Risk Assessments
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