Environment
Out of respect for the environment, we are committed to promoting the sustainable management of forests. The sustainable management of forests means managing and using forests and wooded land in a way and with an intensity so that they maintain their biological diversity, their productivity, their ability to regenerate, their vitality and their ability to fulfill ecological, economic and social purposes, both now and in the future.
Certification - Sustainable Management
As proof of our commitment, our company is PEFC certified, ensuring we promote products that are renewable and environmentally friendly.
The forestry certification is a procedure making it possible to verify if the forest has been managed according to defined standards. It aims to improve the sustainable management of forests through a voluntary process of continuous improvement.
The forestry certification does not give any guarantee as regards technological qualities, but it promotes and ensures forest management that is environmentally friendly, beneficial to society and economically viable; all this while reassuring the consumer.
Associations
Centre de Populiculture du Hainaut
The CPH is a non profit-making association that has been educating its members on all aspects of poplar culture since 1959. The association is chaired by our managing director Mr. André Deterck.
- New varieties
- Plantation
- Pruning
- Resistance to disease
- Multiplication
- Market evolution
- Job opportunities
- Wood trade
- Legal advice - CWATUP, NATURA 2000 etc.
- Activation of applied research projects
Pro-Populus: European Poplar Association
The CPH is a founder member of Pro-Populus, a newly founded non profit-making organisation. Its objective is to deal with any questions relating to the poplar tree in Europe.
Its goal is to:
- Position the poplar tree as a strategic species and raw material
- Bring together, promote, defend and represent the production and transformation of the poplar tree
- Present a platform for exchange of information
- Examine any question of interest to the poplar sector
Our managing director, André Deterck, represents the CPH in this association.
Chambre Syndicale du Peuplier de France
The Chambre Syndicale du Peuplier de France, which we are a member of, examines all professional or related questions that may be of interest to its members, especially in the area of the economy of the poplar with a view to ensuring the expansion and value of the job market related to this species, encouraging the promotion of this through appropriate means and in so doing, opening up the market to these products in the different user sectors.
FEDEMAR
The objective of the Belgian federation of forest farmers and wood merchants, which we are a member of, is to develop, represent and defend the interests of the profession.