Environmental concerns are important to us, especially with regard to the timber procurement and consumption. We use suppliers where best practices are observed. Timber and wood products are the ultimate sustainable and recyclable materials, requiring low energy consumption to process and are thermally efficient in use whilst having a high carbon retention.
At Foxtail Oak we go to great lengths to verify that our suppliers our meeting the very highest environmental standards, whilst ensuring minimum waste within our production.
We ensure all the timber we purchase is legally and sustainably purchased from correctly managed forests in line with British law and aim to ensure it is from PEFC or FSC sources where possible.
Foxtail Oak we work with suppliers who are fully committed to playing their part in eradicating illegal logging and poor forest management as set out in the United Kingdom Timber Regulations (UKTR) which came into effect in 2021.
Whilst we are not able to run the chain of custody scheme due to the nature of our Self Selection Centre making auditing impossible, we work hard to ensure the timber is from the correct schemes.
We have long term relationships with main suppliers ensuring quality, reliability and trust in the timber and its source. We carry out due-diligence on all new suppliers and ensure the timber they supply us comes from a recognised schemes.
In our manufacturing processes, in both the workshop and on site, we aim not to waste anything from the processes we go through. From the finished product that reaches the end user to the production off cuts. The sawdust we collect is used by a local farmer as bedding. Any cardboard we receive is also reused as packaging and the rubbish we produce that we cannot re use is sent to a recycling centre.