Certifications

Sustainability

Westervelt recognizes that biodiversity and wildlife have no borders.

With active and sustainable forest management practices, Westervelt cares for both the species on our lands and those that are just passing through.

Our Sustainability Story

Our Ongoing Commitment

Our 2024 Sustainability Report highlights our ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility, celebrating 140 years in business and 50 years of lumber manufacturing. It showcases how sustainability has been central to our history and continues to guide our efforts toward a more sustainable future.

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Certifications

With more than a half-million acres under management, The Westervelt Company collaborates with state and local government agencies to ensure that our forest management activities comply with all state and federal regulations.

The Westervelt Company is committed to the implementation and maintenance of the Forest Stewardship Council ®(FSC), the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®(SFI), and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification standards.

SFI® is dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management.

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The Forest Stewardship Council's (FSC®) mission is to promote environmentally sound, socially beneficial, and economically prosperous management of the world's forests.

PEFC maintains comprehensive databases to ensure easy access to relevant information about certificate holders, logo & label users, certified products, accredited certification bodies, and PEFC-endorsed national certification schemes.

Environmental Policy

Associations

Ethics

The Westervelt Company is 100 percent committed to fair, honest and ethical business practices. Compliance to these standards is a key component in both our Mission & Values statement and our Environmental Policy.

The most effective way to maintain a positive and productive work environment is to act with integrity in everything we do.

We offer an anonymous, toll-free hotline available 24 hours a day. Independently operated by Navex Global, the ethics hotline provides an anonymous outlet for reporting concerns of unethical activity.

To contact the ethics hotline in the U.S., please call 866-280-3558. For New Zealand, please place international collect call to +1-678-250-7597.

You can also access Navex Global online.