Responsible Forest Management

All of CWP's products are available as certified according to the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council, the highest standard for responsibility in forest products available in the world today.

The Forest Stewardship Council is an independent, non-profit, global organization that promotes responsible forestry. A standards-setting body for a forest certification system, the FSC, through its Principles and Criteria for Forest Management, has established the highest standards for environmentally, economically and socially responsible forestry. FSC forest management standards consider key environmental issues such as minimizing clear-cuts, striving to eliminate pesticide use, and the protection of forests with high conservation value (ones that contain certain rare and endangered species), while remaining an economically attractive system to business. Products that come from well-managed forests are certified as responsible and may be used in building projects that require wood with an environmental pedigree.

CWP believes that the world's forests are best protected when managed under the FSC's rules. To advance the cause of responsible forest management, CWP actively participates in the FSC system and does everything in its power to advance the visibility of, and trade in FSC-labeled forest products.