Wood Flooring International feels strongly that
wood is the environmentally correct flooring
material choice. With our original roots in
logging and sawmilling in Vermont - all on
reforested lands, we have an extensive background in
working wood. We take the view that wood is
essentially a renewable carbon sink. Utilizing solar
energy, the process of photo- synthesis takes carbon
from the atmosphere and fixates it in a cellular
structure - wood. This process is ultimately
renewable forever. For a complete review of
why wood is the environmentally correct choice for
flooring: Wood
Flooring - Environmentally Correct
 Wood
Flooring International works closely with our suppliers in
pushing for responsible forestry practices to be
implemented in their operations and in the
operations of their suppliers. Wood Flooring International itself has
been awarded a Chain of Custody Certificate
(#SCS-COC-00289) by Scientific Certification Systems
(SCS) to offer FSC certified wood products.
For more information on this:
Chain Of Custody Certificate
FSC Certified Product lines
include:
For additional information on
Environmental Organizations:
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Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) - The Forest Stewardship Council
is an international non-profit organization founded in 1993 to
support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and
economically viable management of the world's forests. The Forest
Stewardship Council's principal activities are the development of
forest management and related standards, communications and
education, and through a separate program, the accreditation and
monitoring of certification bodies working to FSC standards.
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Forest Stewardship Council
(US) - The FSC branch in the United States is backed by 14
major environmental organizations (the Nature Conservancy, World
Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club and others) and by major businesses.
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Certified Forest Products Council
(CFPC) - Headquartered in
Beaverton, Oregon, the Certified Forest Product Council is a non-profit
business organization that advocates responsible forest products
purchasing by North American business, industry, and institutions as a
tool to promote the conservation, protection, and restoration of the
world's forests. CFPC advocates the adoption of independent third-party
forest certification as a means of ensuring that forest processes
support sustainability, and brings businesses together with
environmental interests to build collaborative purchase-power-based
solutions to drive change in the management of the world's forests.
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The Ecoforestry Institute
- The Ecoforestry Institutes in the US (EI) and Canada (EIS) are
educational, nonprofit, NonGovernmental Organizations whose mission is:
- to provide education and training programs in
ecologically responsible forest use;
- to establish demonstration forests to show that
forests can be sustained and restored while forest products are
harvested on a long-term sustainable and economic basis; and
- to certify forest products from forests which are
being sustained and restored, as well as to provide information
about international certification.
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Rainforest Alliance - Smartwood
Program - SmartWood's purpose is
to improve the effectiveness of sustainable forestry
in conserving bio-diversity and providing equity for
local communities, fair treatment to workers, and
creating incentives for businesses so that they can
benefit economically from responsible forestry
practices. Initiated in 1989, SmartWood is the oldest and
most extensive certification program in the world.
SmartWood is a program of the Rainforest Alliance,
an international nonprofit environmental group based
in New York City.
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The Silva Forest
Foundation (SFF) -
The Silva Forest
Foundation (SFF) has pioneered an ecosystem-based approach to forest
conservation that protects biodiversity, while assisting communities and
individuals to implement ecologically responsible forest use and
economic development. They work
collaboratively with rural communities, First Nations, forest stewards,
and conservation organizations.
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Institute for Sustainable Forestry
(ISF) - Smartwood Program - ISF is the Western Regional
headquarters for SmartWood, offering landowner and resource manager
certifications, as well as market assistance and forest product business
chain-of-custody certifications. ISF has conducted rigorous land
management certifications on many thousands of acres in northern
California.
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SGS
- SGS
is one of the world's leading independent Certification Bodies
accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service for Certification
bodies (UKAS). It offers a range of services
including assessment and Forest Management
Certification.
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