Generally, we will purchase the raw materials from timber producers, processors and exporters. The basic rules of Zhuomeiwood to analyze the risk are: Under these 3 basic rules, here are the actions that we will take to evaluate, mitigate and justify the risk. 01. Ask the suppliers to show evidence that they have the legal right to harvest their forest resources.
02. Try to provide information that the suppliers have paid all applicable fees and taxes.
01. Ask the suppliers to show evidence that they have the legal right to harvest their forest resources.
03. We will identify trade and scientific names from the suppliers. Request that this information be included in the invoice from the suppliers.
04. If the supplier uncovers the evidence of potential illegality in a wood source then we will ask them to seek to verify legality or exclude this source from raw material supply and locate other suppliers.
05. If the suppliers have multiple sources of timber, we will try to ensure that those from assessed legal sources cannot be mixed with unknown sources at any point in the production process.
06. We will request the suppliers to provide documents for us showing legality.
07. We need to check any new suppliers strictly before buying and audit each of our existing suppliers once or twice yearly.
08. We do not completely rely on written documents, we visit our suppliers at irregular intervals and sometimes visit the government association of legal cutting in the exporting country to learn more about the updated legal cutting situation in their country.
09. We will set up our own internal Lacey Act Chain of Custody. For example, We have GREENTAPE Record on which we take notes for: external training about legal cutting, our internal training on the Lacey Act, an audit summary of both our suppliers and our own COC, and decisions on legal cutting.
10. We will keep all of our purchase and sales records which indicate both the origin and the ultimate customers of each lot of raw material.
Let's work together to support legal cutting and protect the earth. Laws have been introduced by the USA, EU and Australia that ban illegally harvested timber from their markets. Importers and buyers that place timber products on those markets must demonstrate that timber was harvested legally.
Failure to do so could imply prosecution through fines, product seizure, or imprisonment and, therefore, affect business in producer countries. Buyers rely on their suppliers in producer countries to provide information and evidence to demonstrate timber has been legally harvested. Without adequate information and evidence of legal harvest, selling these markets will not be possible.
We have the overview and try our all to control all timber sources that are used in our flooring products. It is the advantage of Zhuomeiwood to be able to demonstrate legality to our customers in the USA, Europe and Australia. We know our customers rely on us for the information and evidence that they need to import our products legally.