Sustainability
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Environmentally Responsible
Longhouse supports sound forest practices and effective management of forest resources for future generations to enjoy.
We belong to the South Island Woodlot Association which is committed to environmental logging practices. By purchasing a product that is harvested, milled and finished all on Vancouver Island you are reducing the amount of trucking required to produce a finished product. There by reducing the amount of carbon produced in the manufacturing.
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Why FSC® ?
- FSC® is the only Forest certification system that environmental groups like Greenpeace, The sierra club and WWF support
- FSC® is an independent non-profit organization that uses third party certifiers
- FSC® uses chain-of-custody to track the wood from the forest to the consumer to ensure that the product that you receive is FSC® certified
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Proud To Be Green
Longhouse Specialty Forest Products is proud to be FSC® certified by the Rainforest Alliance since 2007. Longhouse went through the rigorous auditing program to obtain the highly coveted FSC® chain of custody certification. All of the products we produce are available FSC® certified.