Why James Latham Opted For PEFC Certification

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Why James Latham Opted For PEFC Certification

• Peter Latham
• Director

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• Why have timber certification ?
• Demand side influences
• Supply side factors
• Why PEFC certification?
• Why more than one scheme
• How COC works at James Latham
• What is the future for timber certification?

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Sales of Timber Products

• Turnover 96 million
• Wood based panels 70m
• Hardwood 20m
• Flooring 3m
• Softwood 3m

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James Latham Purchases by Region
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James Lathams Supply Chain

• Purchasing
• Direct from mills own concession/open market
• Through agents
• International traders mix of mills/countries
• UK importers loss source evidence
• Sales
• Final customer
• Manufacturers
• Main contractors
• Sub contractors
• Merchants

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Demand Side Influences

• ENGOs
• 1980/90s campaign against Companies trading in
  tropical hardwoods protests at timber yards and
  confiscation of products

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Demand Side Influences

• ENGOs
• 1980/90s campaign against Companies trading in
  tropical hardwoods
• 1990/2000 campaign to embarrass the UK
  Government

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Demand Side Influences

• ENGOs
• 1980/90s campaign against Companies trading in
  tropical hardwoods
• 1990/2000 campaign to embarrass the UK
  Government
• Target high profile projects and agree
  certification in advance

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Demand Side Influences

• ENGOs
• James Latham customers
• Retailers
• Construction companies
• Manufacturers dealing direct with public
• Merchants
• Banks
• UK Government timber procurement policy

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Customers
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Supply Side Factors

• 1. Availability of Certification Schemes
• International Tropical Timber Agreement - Rio
  1992 led to internationally agreed criteria for
  sustainable forest management
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) established 1996
  certification originally on a forest by forest
  basis
• PEFC launched 1999 and first national scheme
  endorsed in May 2000.
• 2. World Bank pressure
• 3. Forest management linked to aid
• 4. International political pressure FLEGT/MOUs

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Certified Forests

• 270m HA (5) of worlds forests certified
• PEFC endorsed
• PEFC 63.1
• SFI 50.0
• CSA 70.0
• FSC 68.4
• MTCC 5.8
• Other 1.2

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Certified Forests

• Certification - temperate solution to tropical
  problem?
• 88 certified forest area in N America or Europe
• PEFC important part of the certification solution
• Most material available
• More practical and cost effective for small
  forest owner
• Based on national forestry and ISO standards
• Choice is good not bad!

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Lathams certified products
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How does COC work for James Latham?

• Purchasing
• Goods inwards
• Stock control
• Further processing
• Sales
• Internal /external auditing

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Purchasing

• Preferred supplier list with details of scope of
  certification.
• Contract/purchase order clearly states material
  required and certification
• Document kept separate for auditing
• Annual certificate check

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Goods inwards

• Goods in should be marked with certification
  details
• We segregate where possible and mark the ends of
  all timber with a colour code.
• We identify panels where packing is removed.
• Landing returns and receipt notes are kept and
  files separately
• We have a procedure for handling unmarked product

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Stock Control

• Goods segregated where possible
• Counted twice a year
• Sales
• Customers order should show requirement for
  certified material
• Our sales order and the goods must show order
  number and COC number.
• Records must be kept and filed separately.

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Certification the future?

• Clearly adds cost but it is a requirement to
  promote timber as the only sustainable building
  material
• PEFC is a vital tool in certification armoury.
• We sell less than 5 with COC this must and
  will change. COC needs to go down the supply
  chain
• With in 10 years all timber used in the UK will
  be certified as sustainable!