Leaderflush Shapland is committed to the following principles:

1. Responsibility
The company recognises its responsibility to all customers, suppliers and staff to base its commercial activities on well-managed forests.

2. Legality & Sustainability
As part of this policy of the Leaderflush Shapland to avoid using:
Wood that has been illegally harvested
Wood harvested in violation of traditional & civil rights
Wood harvested in forests where global environmental conservation
priorities are threatened by management activities
Wood harvested from converted plantations, or non forest use
Wood from genetically modified trees.

3. Endangered Species
The company will not source any timber species prohibited under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

4. Traceability and Supplier Monitoring
The company will seek from suppliers:
a - evidence of commitment to continuous improvement in environmental
performance.
b - clearest practicable information on the sources of wood products.
c - evidence of good forest management practice at the origin of wood
products.

5. Timber Certification
The company will only accept or use certificates which include claims of environmental soundness or sustainability if these are supported by publicly available standards drawn up in a fully participatory, transparent and objective manner and backed by independent inspection. E.g. FSC PEFC

6. Avoid Boycotts
The company will not encourage boycotts or bans on specific species of timber. Notwithstanding this, the company will cease to source any species if its supply is in breach of principles 2 or 3 above.

7. Avoid Misleading Claims
The company will at all times strive to avoid misleading and unsubstantiated environmental claims in relation to wood products supplies.

8. Preparing Staff
The company will ensure that all employees associated with timber purchasing are encouraged to act in accordance with this Policy and are given appropriate education and training to do so, if required.

9. Management
The company has appointed a Senior Executive to be responsible for the implementation of this Policy and will ensure that environmental issues relevant to the Policy are discussed regularly at the highest level of management.

10. Continuous Improvement
The company will define its own programmes and establish its own objectives and targets, to achieve continuous improvement in environmental performance.