Certificates – Okoume veneer plywood certified quality and environmental responsibility

Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade

Bruynzeel is firmly committed in the struggle against illegal woodcuts and massive deforestation. That is why our supply policy scrupulously respects the FLEGT program, as well as any initiative aiming to prohibit access to the European market for wood and wood-derived products resulting from illegal harvests.
So, as part of our Due Diligence approach, we only work with companies able to prove the conformity of their products according to the legislation enforced in their countries.

FSC®: a guarantee of traceability

The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is an international, not-for-profit organization, dedicated to promoting responsible forest management worldwide.
FSC® develops standards based on principles of responsible forest management supported by environmental, social and economic actors.
For more information, visit www.fsc.org

Thank you for choosing FSC® certified wood

By choosing FSC®, you are forging a special bond with the forest from which your wood comes, and you are helping to preserve it for future generations.
You should also know that thanks to this approach, you guarantee the safety of forestry workers, and you allow local forestry communities to benefit from better working conditions.
Together, we ensure that the fauna and flora are respected, and that endangered species are protected. On their behalf, be thanked, and enjoy your FSC® wood with peace of mind.

Undertaking an FSC® approach means promoting ecologically appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management, making it possible to meet the needs of current and future generations:

- Ecologically appropriate forest management ensures that the harvesting of timber and non-timber products maintains forest biodiversity, ecosystem productivity and functionality.
- Socially beneficial forest management helps local people and society as a whole enjoy long-term benefits and also motivates local people to conserve forest resources and adhere to long-term management plans.
- Economically viable forest management means that forest operations are structured and managed in such a way as to be sufficiently profitable, without however generating financial profit at the expense of the forest resource, the ecosystem, or the affected communities.

Our FSC® certified products are available on specific request.

US EPA TSCA title VI (United States Environmental Protection Agency, title VI of the Toxic Substances Control Act) & CARB (California Air Resources Board)
Since June the 1st 2018, the manufacturers around the world are due to sell to the US and buy from the US only CARB or US EPA TSCA Title VI certified products. This main step guarantees that all the panels and finished products produced from composite wood sold in the US or in California respect the strict limits of emission on the CARB or US EPA TSCA title VI, as well as other requirements such as labelling and the keeping of registers.
In this approach, the regulation includes another certification system which is very detailed for the manufacturers of wood composite products to determine if the product respects the limitation in formaldehyde rate. To that end, we are due to make some quality tests on a regularly basis to be assured that their products respect the limitation of emission.
FCBA, our other organisation, leads inspections at any spot of the supply chain, from manufacturers to retailers. These inspections include procedures from conformity tests to the labelling requirements, keeping of register documents and even samples collection for emission tests.

Komo is the most famous quality mark in the building sector in the Netherlands. Komo covers almost the entire building chain: there is a Komo certificate for every aspect of building. From conception, advice, raw materials, building products, building parts and facilities to the complete building work.
This quality mark guarantees that our products belong to the highest quality class of European norms, on an inspection basis lead by an external control organism (KIWA).

BS 1088 is the British Standard specification for marine plywood that applies to plywood produced with untreated tropical hardwood veneers a set level of resistance to Marine environment.

The standard is associated with Lloyd's Register which releases certificates after performing regular testing of products to this standard such as faces and inner plies thickness and appearance, moisture content and tolerances.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Bruynzeel takes a keen interest in the labelling and regulation of potentially polluting emissions from building, wall or floor coating products, varnishes and paints.

Classifications ranging from A+ (very low emissions) to C (high emissions) provide our clientele with clear information on these compounds.