Sustainability

“Eco-Friendly Timber Frames for a Sustainable Future – Craftsmanship Meets Conservation at DG Timber Solutions”

Sustainability

Wood and Engineered wood products are non-toxic, renewable, reusable, recyclable, organic, and biodegradable, and wood is the only structural building material grown naturally by the sun. Timber is the stand-out performer, possessing the lowest embodied carbon of any building material

As forests are properly managed and maintained, timber provides us with the only truly renewable building resource
Trees sequester and store carbon from the atmosphere, meaning that timber has a negative carbon impact throughout its lifecycle.
Timber offers exceptional energy efficiency performance, greatly reducing household emissions—a positive for both the environment and the homeowner’s pocket.
In farmed forests, typically for every tree cut, a further five are planted.

Sustainability

In recognition of responsibilities to the environment, our customers and suppliers, DG Timber Solutions is committed to procuring its timber from legal, well-managed and independently verified sources. We recognise that the impartial, third-party certification of forests and the supply chain is the optimal way of gaining assurances that the timber we trade originates from sources that are trusted and legitimately sustainable.

We source our raw materials from certified suppliers and actively encourage and support all our suppliers to go through the certification process to help increase the volume of certified traded material. Where Chain of Custody Certification (COC) is unavailable, as a minimum standard we will not procure timber prohibited under Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Taking the above in to account we are proud to have achieved:

The Benefits of Timber Frame construction is being recognised. Faster construction is well documented however Builders and Developers are looking for sustainable materials, and timber is at the forefront. The timber we use for timber frames is sourced from managed forests. As the trees are felled, they are replaced, and the growing trees absorb and lock in carbon dioxide, making timber the lowest embodied carbon of any building material.