Southeastern Products Earns Forest Stewardship Council Certification
Submitted by: Melanie Caldwell on Jun 25, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Tagged with: chain of custody certification, environmentally-friendly manufacturing, green building, retail décor and fixtures, sustainability in design and fabrication, Sustainable construction products
Source: Southeastern Products, Inc.
Greenville, SC – Southeastern Products, Inc., one of the nation’s premier retail décor and fixture companies has been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (COC) certification through Scientific Certification Systems (SCS).
Established in 1993 as a response to concerns over global deforestation, the FSC is widely regarded as one of the most important initiatives of the last decade to promote responsible forest management worldwide.
FSC is a certification system that provides internationally recognized standard setting trademark assurance and accreditation services to companies, organizations, and communities interested in responsible forestry. FSC chain of custody (COC) tracks material through the production process from the forest to the consumer, including all successive stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution.
Only FSC COC certified operations are allowed to label products with the FSC trademarks. The FSC label thus provides the link between responsible production and consumption and enables the consumer to make socially and environmentally responsible purchasing decisions.
SCS is an independent third-party certifier of environmental, sustainability, food quality and food purity claims. Its programs span a wide cross-section of the economy, recognizing accomplishments in the fields of green building, product manufacturing, forestry, retail, agricultural production, fisheries, energy, and food processing and handling.
Evan Powell, Vice President of Engineering at Southeastern Products, Inc. states “It is very important to the future of our industry that we seek and apply the best practices of sustainability in every aspect of our design, fabrication and construction processes.”
“It’s our goal as a rapidly growing company to make sure our team is educated as to the state of the world's forests and timber resources and how our choices and our client's choices can make an impact on how and where their customers choose to shop based on their support of companies that lead the way in sustainability awareness and practices,” explains Southeastern President, Tyler Burgess.
Southeastern is also a member of the US Green Building Council and is dedicated to design and construction practices that are more cost effective, reduce the negative impacts of building, and improve the well-being of those living or working or shopping in the facility.
Greenville-based Southeastern Products, Inc. is one of the nation’s top retail interior décor and fixture companies, providing creative interior design solutions for retail stores. The firm operates out of three facilities and employs over 150 people in the Upstate of South Carolina.
For further information please contact: Evan Powell- Vice President of Engineering at Southeastern Products, Inc. at 864-233-9023 or epowell@southeasternproducts.com. You may also contact Brett Myers, VP of Sales and Business Development for Southeastern Products Inc., at 864.233.9023 or bmyers@southeasternproducts.com.