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Environment
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1. Responsibility
W.Hanson Group’s future depends on the long-term availability of hardwood, softwood, sheet material and allied products, and The Group attaches great importance to environmental management. Responsibility towards customers and society as a whole demands a sound and balanced attitude to conservation and commercial activities on well-managed forests.
2. Legality
The Group is committed to source from suppliers who are operating in accordance with the laws of their country.
3. Endangered Species
The Group will refrain from trading in any timber species prohibited by international trade in endangered species.
4. Supplier Monitoring
The Group will regularly obtain from suppliers information relating to their environmental practice. The information received will be made available on request to interested parties.
5. Timber Certification
The Group recognizes that the independent certification of forests and the process chain is the most useful tool in providing assurance that the timber comes from legal and well-managed forests. The company will only accept or use labels or certificates, which includes environmental or sustainability claims, if these are supported by publicly available standard, drawn up in fully participatory transparent and objective manner, and backed by independent inspection.
6. Avoid Boycotts
The Group will not encourage boycotts or bans on specific of timber. Notwithstanding this, the company will cease to purchase any timber product whose supply is in breach of commitment 2.
7. Avoid Misleading Claims
The Group will avoid misleading and unsubstantiated environmental claims in relation to wood product supplies.
8. Waste
The Group will monitor and improve waste management and conserve resource by reusing, recycling by-products at its manufacturing site.
9. The Hanson Group is registered in the UK and will abide by UK government law on international timber trade matters.
Environmental Accreditation / Chain of Custody
Both W.Hanson (Iron Bridge) Ltd and W.Hanson (Harrow) Ltd have accreditation, through Forest Management Certification, for our own ‘Chain of Custody’ for both FSC & PEFC products. This allows us to obtain and sell on to our customers, materials that have the highest level of integrity.
Austrian, German, Finnish and Scandinavian forests lead the way in terms of environmental management, from where a high proportion of PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) certified timber products are manufactured. The Hanson Group purchase softwood mouldings & PSE, softwood door linings, CLS and Spruce from these countries, and with our ‘Chain of Custody’ can verify their PEFC certification from point of purchase through to point of sale.
Likewise FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certification covers products such as MDF, MDF mouldings, OSB and T&G Chipboard flooring. Again our ‘Chain of Custody’ can verify their FSC certification from point of purchase through to point of sale.
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W.HANSON NEWS UPDATE
Exciting new career opening!
Branch Manager required to run one of our depots, reporting directly to our Managing Director.
Applicants must have previous experience in the trade and in management.
Please send your CV to simongorringe@w-hanson.co.uk
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