POL-ES-Timber Policy

Responsible Timber Sourcing Policy

PURPOSE

To set out the expectations Beaumont Tiles has of our suppliers in relation to sustainable forest management.

SCOPE

This policy applies to suppliers of goods for resale (GFR) products that contains timber, wood or wood fibre components.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Sustainable forest management at Beaumont Tiles is the responsibility of the Chief Operating Officer; the Quality, Safety Health and Environment Manger, and the Ethical Sourcing & Sustainability Manager who leads ethical sourcing program.

DEFINITIONS

Source Forest – the original forest or plantation from which the product was sourced

FSC – Forest Stewardship Council

PRINCIPLE

Our Commitment

At Beaumont Tiles, we ‘re committed to continually improving the performance of our operations by implementing sustainable sourcing practices that not only minimise our environmental impact, but also have a positive impact on the communities in which we source our products from.

Beaumont Tiles takes a zero-tolerance approach to illegally logged timber in our supply chain and is committed to ensuring that all suppliers of timber and wood products to Beaumont Tiles, implement practices that are aligned to our responsible timber sourcing policy. We’re continuing to improve our processes as we move towards our goal of all timber and wood products supplied to Beaumont Tiles to have originated from low-risk origins or third-party certified sources, and are:

- Legal, responsibly sourced and well managed forest operations.

- Plantations or natural forest that don’t contribute to deforestation by conversion or clearing.

- Forests that provide direct benefit to local communities.

Responsible Timber Sourcing Policy

To deliver on our policy commitment we will exclude timber sources where it has been is identified that:

- The source forest is known or suspected to be of high conservation value, except where:

a. The forest is certified or;

b. In progress to certification under a credible certification system, or;

c. The forest manager can demonstrate that the forest and/or surrounding landscape is managed to ensure that value is maintained.

- The source forest is highly contentious, and impacting endangered species, and lacks appropriate third-party certification to an FSC® or equivalent standard.

- The source forest is being actively converted from natural forest to a plantation or other land use, unless the conversion is justified on grounds of net social and environmental gain, including the enhancement of high conservation values in the surrounding landscape.

- The material was illegally harvested or traded.

- The material was traded in a way that drives violent armed conflict or threatens national or regional stability (what is commonly referred to as conflict timber).

- The harvesting or processing entity, or a related political or military regime, is violating human rights.

- The supplier doesn’t support indigenous communities.

- The material is sourced from genetically modified trees.

- The source forest is unknown.

All Suppliers of imported timber and wood products must also comply with all legislative requirements, including, in the case of Australia, the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012.

Upon request, we require all suppliers of timber and wood-based products to disclose detailed information, including chain of custody documentation, timber species and country and region of harvest. Products that are identified as not meeting the above requirements will be excluded from our supply chains.

Suppliers are required to ensure all relevant data is valid and properly maintained, and suppliers must notify us immediately if they identify any practices in their supply chains that are in breach of our policy by contacting our Ethical Sourcing & Sustainability Manager – ethicalsourcing@tile.com.au