Weyerhaeuser procurement favours Tree Farm System
12 July 2012Weyerhaeuser has announced its preference for purchasing wood certified under the American Tree Farm System. The American Forest Foundation’s scheme covers more than 89,000 family forest owners sustainably managing 27 million acres of forestland.
Weyerhaeuser's announcement was welcomed by the foundation's president and CEO, Tom Martin.
"Healthy forests need healthy markets because protecting trees against insects, disease and catastrophic fire can be expensive. Weyerhaeuser's continued commitment to ensuring woodland owners have the tools to manage sustainably is laudable," he said.
Measures Weyerhaeuser will use to implement its Tree Farm System preference include maintaining a priority market for material from certified Tree Farms and offering assistance to landowners to encourage certification to the system.
All the forests that Weyerhaeuser owns or manages in North America are certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and its manufacturing facilities to the SFI Certified Sourcing Standard.
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