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Soil Association Woodmark recognised as Monitoring Organisation in the EU

Soil Association’s Woodmark becomes Monitoring Organisation for EU Timber Regulation on illegal logging.

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Soil Association Woodmark has announced today (5 February 2015) it has been recognised as a Monitoring Organisation for the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) on illegal logging. As one of only four other Monitoring Organisations with capacity to cover all EU states, Woodmark will help companies meet EUTR obligations providing them with a cost effective pre-approved Due Diligence System and the support to implement this. Woodmark is the Soil Association’s certification scheme for forest management and chain of custody for forest products.

Since March 2013, the EUTR has made it a crime to introduce illegally harvested timber and wood products into the EU market. Importing companies are required to have a Due Diligence System to show that they have taken steps to ensure that their timber based products have a negligible risk of originating from forests where harvesting breaks national laws or is subject to corruption.

Woodmark’s comprehensive Due Diligence System allows companies importing timber products into the EU to show they comply with the EU Timber Regulation. This Due Diligence System has been carefully scrutinised by the European Commission as part of the approvals process to become a Monitoring Organisation. The system will help companies ensure that products have been through a rigorous process of risk mitigation to screen out all potentially illegal sources.

Meriel Robson, certification manager of Woodmark said; “We are pleased to become a monitoring organisation for the EUTR – the regulation is good news for the world’s forest ecosystems and for the people that depend on them. We are looking forward to helping companies meet their EUTR obligations by providing them with the innovative Due Diligence System and the support to implement this. This will speed up the process of regulating legally harvested timber and also represent a cost-effective and efficient approach for companies.”

Woodmark has been engaged in forest and timber certification for 20 years and delivers this throughout the world through an international network. In addition to providing a Due Diligence System to meet the EUTR, Woodmark also offers a wide range of services from Verification of Legal Compliance to full FSC and PEFC certification.

To find out more about EUTR compliance, legality, or forest and chain of custody certification, contact: wm@soilassociation.org

 

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