Policy & Certification
Whitney Sawmills is a supplier of FSC-certified timber and its key policy is the continuation of the UK's traditions of sustainable timber supplies and woodland management. All of the timber sawn and sold is drawn from woodlands in the UK and Western Europe managed to the highest environmental standards, assuring the future both of the woods themselves and of employees at every stage of the process.
The ecology of our woodlands has, over thousands of years, adapted to man's harvesting cycle. Many of the key woodland species of plants and trees cannot germinate or survive without the extra sunlight that penetrates to ground level when a tree is felled, and numerous species of woodland animal rely on the presence of these plants. Of increasing importance, atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed by the growing tree and sequestered in the wood it creates. When the tree is felled, the carbon remains locked in that timber, often for hundreds of years – providing a vital service to combat the build-up of greenhouse gases.
Whitney Sawmills is committed to replanting trees as they are felled. In addition, Will Bullough has himself planted a sixty-acre wood of mixed native hardwood at the Whitney site.
The deep soils of Herefordshire have long been recognised as providing exceptional conditions for growing quality hardwoods. Our FSC timber is largely sourced from the extensive local woodlands belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall.
The ecology of our woodlands has, over thousands of years, adapted to man's harvesting cycle. Many of the key woodland species of plants and trees cannot germinate or survive without the extra sunlight that penetrates to ground level when a tree is felled, and numerous species of woodland animal rely on the presence of these plants. Of increasing importance, atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed by the growing tree and sequestered in the wood it creates. When the tree is felled, the carbon remains locked in that timber, often for hundreds of years – providing a vital service to combat the build-up of greenhouse gases.
Whitney Sawmills is committed to replanting trees as they are felled. In addition, Will Bullough has himself planted a sixty-acre wood of mixed native hardwood at the Whitney site.
The deep soils of Herefordshire have long been recognised as providing exceptional conditions for growing quality hardwoods. Our FSC timber is largely sourced from the extensive local woodlands belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall.
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