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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

Process

SPP Stillwater is committed to ensuring sustainable and environmentally responsible materials and processes are used throughout the production and distribution businesses.

The Forests

SPP Stillwater sources all of its log requirements from FSC® certified forests.

FSC® ‘CHAIN OF CUSTODY’

What is it?

FSC® is a worldwide organisation that monitors the world’s forestry and how it is managed. To prevent the further degradation of world forests, FSC® has implemented a set of guidelines and procedures to ensure a total ecological and sociological umbrella is placed over the forest and all downstream processes.

WHY DO WE NEED IT?

FSC® has stakeholders which include Green Peace and World Wildlife Fund (WWF). FSC® is not aligned with any timber industry or any Government agency worldwide. It is seen as an independent and credible international environmental monitoring body. A growing number of consumers want assurance that their timber product is from a responsible resource and will not cause harm to the environment. FSC® provides such assurance.

How do we maintain it?

Strict rules about where we buy logs from and strict procedures on how we store, process and sell our products. FSC® agents also regularly review and audit our procedures.

Saw Milling

Stillwater Lumber
The company is situated 15 kilometres northeast of Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island. The site is approximately 13 hectares and is FSC® certified (FSC-C016310). The operation is very focused on producing high-quality clear timber components, finger jointed and knotty profiled products and supplies a big percentage of Pine Products NZ and Southern Pine Products distribution requirements. The Stillwater operation also incorporates further manufacturing facilities including continuous drying kilns, high-speed scanning and defecting, finger jointing and moulder profiling.

Down Stream Manufacturing

Stillwater Lumber Ltd sister company Southern Pine Products (SPP) is a leading New Zealand distributor and manufacturer of high-quality, finished timber products.

SPP distributes and manufactures a range of mouldings, door jambs, panelling, square dressed boards, weatherboards, fascia, and numerous other timber products.

The company operates two strategically-positioned distribution warehouses, in Auckland and Christchurch, enabling it to deliver a consistently high standard of service nationwide.