CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RELIANCE VENEER is committed to continually improving our environmental performance. We endeavour to make sound business decisions and, wherever feasible, integrate environmental considerations into all aspects of our business.

We continue to research best practices and to explore the possibility of partnerships with other companies, environmental organisations, and local communities – all with the intent of strengthening our environmental stewardship.

We respect forest ecosystems and bio diversity. We require that our suppliers make a commitment to responsible forestry practices and avoid Timber from sources that are known to log unsustainably or illegally managed forests.

RELIANCE VENEER expects continual improvement in our company and partners by rewarding and encouraging suppliers who meet or exceed industry standards.

We are dedicated to reducing our environmental impact by introducing energy saving measures at our facilities. By taking steps such as supporting recycling programs, such as the manufacturing of Wood briquettes from the wood waste generated from our manufacturing processes, implementing power management policies, sponsoring car pool programs, and educating our employees, we strive to make a real environmental impact at all of our locations.

Corporate social responsibility is a core component of our corporate identity.

As such, choosing as many products as possible from forests certified by the independent Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is our intent and policy moving forward.

Sourcing wood veneers from FSC and PEFC suppliers supports the highest environmental standards established by the FSC and the PEFC and reflects our dedication to conservation and responsible forest management. We have been members of FSC and PEFC since 2007.

RELIANCE VENEER have taken the following steps to promote a sustainable environment:

• We require as many as possible of our veneer suppliers to be FSC chain-of-custody certified.
• We encourage our suppliers to go above and beyond what the law requires by documenting their environmental efforts and supporting suppliers committed to making a real environmental impact with their production methods.
• We train staff to be conscious of the environment, by recycling waste timber into the production of crates for packing veneers or the in house production of wood briquettes.
• We require that our Veneer suppliers document the fact they do not obtain Timber from illegally managed forests.

• We utilise Veneer suppliers closest to the delivery point, whenever possible, to reduce carbon emissions caused from trucking and shipping.

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

As a global corporation with customers and suppliers in every continent, Reliance Veneer has a social responsibility to set positive examples of management and conservation within the organisation and communities we represent. Our policy includes the implementation of both mandatory and voluntary practices to reduce landfill waste, further recycling, conservation of energy, and reducing the usage of natural resources.

Committed to documenting the efforts of each facility and continually improving environmental performance, we periodically conduct formal reviews across the organisation. This ongoing endeavours designed to assure compliance with environmental regulations and internal procedures.

As a company, RELIANCE VENEER is committed to protecting and preserving the natural environment.

WORK PLACE

Our ethical purchasing objective is to ensure that people in the supply chain are treated with respect and have employment rights.

This includes the right to freely choose employment, freedom of association, payment of a living wage, working hours that comply with national laws, equal opportunities, a recognised employment relationship, freedom from intimidation and a safe and healthy working environment.

At RELIANCE VENEER we realise that our staff are our greatest asset. We have a very small staff turnover and over 50% of our employees have been employed with us for over 25 years. Last year our Warehouse manager retired at 65. He had been solely in our employment for 48 years.

COMMUNITY

It is key to the future success of RELIANCE VENEER that we take our responsibilities to the wider community seriously as the health and prosperity of the local community can have a direct effect on our business.

Each year RELIANCE VENEER donates to nominated charities in the local community for the local community and we welcome employee driven initiatives to volunteer their energy, time and skills in the community.