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Spen Valley Kitchens achieves FSC with BM TRADA
Date: 17th February 2009
Spen Valley Kitchens Ltd in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, has achieved FSC chain of custody certification with BM TRADA Certification Ltd. Established in 1992, the £4 turnover company has seen continued growth, providing a specialised kitchen regeneration service for Local Authorities and Housing Associations throughout the country. Spen Valley Kitchens has held ISO 9001:2000 quality management certification with BM TRADA for more than 10 years and achieved environmental management certification to ISO 14001: 2004 in 2006. It is also holds the FIRA Gold Award, the ultimate mark of product excellence within the furniture industry. Its FSC certification coincides with a fresh re-brand of the company image, which includes a new logo, stationery and website. According to Operations Director Peter Oldroyd, FSC certification underlines the company’s commitment to the environment. ‘It is part of our business ethos to strive for ways to make all aspects of our manufacture, packaging and deliveries even more environmentally friendly.’ Customers, too, are increasingly asking for evidence of “green” commitment, he added, ‘FSC is becoming a prerequisite for tender for local authority and housing association projects, so it was important for us to be able to add this to our own credentials.’
For more information on
- Chain of custody certification with BM TRADA Certification visit www.bmtrada.com
- Spen Valley Kitchens visit www.spenvalleykitchens.co.uk
For further information contact :
Jean Kloos on 01993 832045 or email jean.kloos@btinternet.com.Editors’ Notes
BM TRADA Certification LtdBM TRADA Certification is a leading multi-sector certification body accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). Established in the construction industry for more than 30 years, BM TRADA has expanded into many other sectors including manufacturing, distribution, local authorities, paper, printing, software, legal & professional services, agriculture and food. BM TRADA’s portfolio of services includes certification to quality, environmental, information security and health & safety management systems, as well as chain of custody and personnel schemes. It also offers its own Q-Mark range of product certification schemes, CE marking and British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) window energy rating, as well as a wide range of training courses. The company has established joint venture partnerships in Spain, Latvia, Turkey and India and works with agents in more than 40 countries around the world.
Chain of Custody Certification
Chain of Custody certification is the unbroken path which products take from the forest to the consumer, including all stages of manufacturing, transportation and distribution. Chain of Custody certification provides evidence that the certified product originates from certified, well-managed forests.
BM TRADA is accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council to offer FSC Chain of Custody and by UKAS to offer Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Chain of Custody Certification, and also operates its own Forest Products Certification Scheme. Clients may be certified to one or all of the schemes by BM TRADA.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
FSC is an international non-profit organisation founded in 1993 to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.
Its principal activities are the development of forest management and related standards, communications and education, and through a separate programme the accreditation and monitoring of certification bodies working to FSC standards.
Based on these standards, FSC has developed an international labelling scheme for forest products. In this way FSC provides an incentive in the market place for good forest stewardship – and enables consumers to track timber and wood products right back to the forest, with the assurance that they have been sourced from responsibly managed forests.
Over the past 12 years, more than 84 million hectares in 82 countries have been certified according to FSC standards, while several thousand products are produced using FSC-certified wood and wood fibre and carrying the FSC trademark. FSC operates through its network of National Initiatives in 40 countries. Visit www.fsc.org.