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Company Statement 2007 REGARDING CERTIFICATION AND MANUFACTURE Pepe Garden Furniture are designers, manufacturers and retailers of pressure treated Scandinavian Pine ( Pinus Sylvestris ) garden furniture from Finland which is sold at Exhibitions and by Mail Order direct to the Public in the UK. The Company supports the initiative taken by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to promote only products able to meet sustainable material criteria. Certification of Finland’s forest areas is covered presently by the Finnish Forest Certification System (FFCS) and certified by DNV Management System under the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification known as P.E.F.C. Discussions will be continuing between stakeholders to also try to establish compatibility to the FSC scheme. In Finland the National Economy is based on forest resources and sustained yield is controlled by forestry legislation under the Private Forestry Act. Whilst it is generally recognised that Finnish forestry owners (of which there are 400,000 private owners) tend, cultivate and harvest their forestry resource carefully they are very conscious of environmental, climatic and economic changes that affect their livelihood. The Finnish Forestry Association binds these interests together with responsible controls. Manufacture of Pepe products is through an associated Finnish Company namely Harmonia - Kaluste Oy . All timber is sourced from one sawmill only namely Versowood Oy who are the biggest private manufacturer of pressure treated timber in Finland. Versowood comply with environmental programme which controls wood processing from the forest to the final product. Their wood procurement area is the whole of southern Finland. Versowood has at present its own working committee assessing certification and the company’s timber products have been certified under the P.E.F.C. Scheme Certificate Number 1272-2002-SMS-HEL-DNV. In Finland Harmonia - Kaluste Oy has obtained Chain of Custody Certification from the same certifying body namely DNV as the sawmill. Certificate Number 1759-2003-SMS-HEL-DNV. In the UK Pepe Garden Furniture have obtained PEFC Chain of Custody Certification from BM Trada Number BMT-PEFC-0020. The company received an independent accreditation from assessors FIRA for ergonomic excellence and safety of a key product in the range. This award relates to the supportive curved seat shape and the form of construction. |
 License PEFC/16-37-013 Promoting Sustainable Forest Management Chain of Custody BMT-PEFC-0020 90% minimum claim of certified timber |
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