The McCorry Group is committed to reducing the environmental impacts caused by its operations as a supplier and a producer of predominantly timber-based products for various industries.
We recognize our responsibility to the staff, the local community and to the wider community including customers and suppliers, to operate in a socially, environmentally conscious and responsible manner by:
- Working with others to ensure the development and operation of a sustainable forest industry. For Controlled Wood, we strictly exclude:
- Illegal harvested wood;
- Natural forest that has been converted to plantations or non-forest use;
- Threatened High Conservation Value Forests;
- Traditional or civil rights violation;
- Genetic modified trees
- Committing to responsible purchasing of products. McCorry Group participate and continue to receive certification from;
- Global Forestry Trade Network (WWF GFTN);
- Global Forestry Services Inc (GFS);
- Forest Stewardship Council A.C (FSC®)
- Meeting or exceeding regulatory requirements and government policy;
- Supporting certification principles and criteria and the certification of its supply sources. The Group through its subsidiary, McCorry & Co. Ltd. is a FSC® accredited.
- Promoting research and development (R&D) to improve yields and produce higher quality products by applying new technology. R&D initiatives are focused on reducing stress on forests and the environment;
- Dealing with suppliers who are environmentally conscious and responsible. Any suppliers that cannot document their products will be phase out from our Good Suppliers List;
- Actively supporting suppliers in setting reforestation policy and getting credible certification;
- Conducting regular performance audits to ensure that environmental commitments have been met or exceeded
- McCorry Group supports the concepts of Carbon Neutral Wood and is actively pursuing certification