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Article

11 Nov 2003

Author:
Greenpeace

UCATT and Greenpeace join forces to 'green' timber procurement [UK]

UCATT (Britain's construction workers' union) and Greenpeace...launch a new initiative to ensure that UK construction companies stop fuelling illegal logging...Central Government contracts account for 15% of UK timber use, and the public sector as a whole accounts for 40 per cent. The adoption of sustainable procurement policies by the public sector would have a major impact on levels of illegal and uncertified timber coming into the UK [refers to Liberian company Oriental Timber].