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WWF/Adena presenta la Red Ibérica de Comercio Forestal en ConstrutecLeroy Merlin Allied WWF/Adena to conserve forests
WWF/Adena presents the Iberian network of forestry trade in Construtec
WWF/Adena released in the Hall of the building of Madrid the Iberian network WWF trade forest, an alliance with nearly two dozen companies in Spain and Portugal to halt illegal logging and promote conservation and the FSC certification in the most threatened forests on the planet. The event was opened by Soraya Rodriguez, Secretary of State for international cooperation. Interempresas wood we wanted to talk with Gonzalo Anguita, responsible for quality and sustainability of Leroy Merlin.
A total of 17 companies participated in the launch of the WWF Iberian network of forestry trade within the framework of Construtec 2008. Leroy Merlin, leading company in the home in Spain conditioning, is one of the three leading companies of the nearly 20 who have allied to the WWF/Adena plan to curb illegal logging and promote conservation and the FSC certification in the most threatened forests on the planet. According to WWF/Adena, Leroy Merlin is among the three companies that better sharing the aim of contributing to promote socially and environmentally responsible forest management, through the application of measures of responsible consumption of forest products.
Initiatives like this are essential up to 17 per cent of wood products imported by the Iberian market during 2007 and up to 3.2 per cent of the paper and cellulose had as origin countries where illegal and unsustainable logging are a problem recognized by international agencies.
Thus, the companies that make up the Iberian network WWF forest trade undertake to develop a program of responsible purchase for forest products which progressively increases the supply of products certified by credible systems such as the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), maximum guarantee of origin legal and sustainable.
Leroy Merlin offers a wide range of products with FSC certificate in its stores and appears in the guide of certified wood products by WWF/Adena, that it get published this month of October, already available on its website, with the following products: Decorative frieze of melanin, Pergola of treated pine wood, pine fence treated for exterior tile and lamas of pine treated for exterior and Venetian blinds of wood.
Responsible for purchasing management is one of the axes of the environmental policy of Leroy Merlin. The company collaborates with WWF/Adena for two years and has acquired the commitment to distribute in their stores with FSC certified forest products. This commitment is embodied in a progressive plan of purchase of certified product to ensure greater availability of these products for various uses within the home such as furniture of garden, doors, kitchens, floors, etc.
The company ensures the origin of products of wood and derived by integrating their suppliers within their responsible purchasing bread informing them of the commitment made with WWF/Adena, calling them a certificate in the chain of supply of the wood to ensure the supply of wood certified from the origin to the implementation to the sale and checking that certificates are genuine and existing in the public registers of the FSC organization.
Leroy Merlin also performs an inventory of products of wood in which registers the origin, provenance and species of the wood of each product and WWF/Adena audited it annually.
The WWF Iberian forest trade network is a tool that encourages the informed and responsible consumption of wood, paper and Cork between Spanish and Portuguese companies. This initiative aims to contribute, from the market, to curb the loss and degradation of forests around the world.
