timber news 3/2009 - SCA Forest Products AB
timber news 3/2009 - SCA Forest Products AB
timber news 3/2009 - SCA Forest Products AB
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<strong>SCA</strong> Timber Supply’s Environmental& Quality AssuranceManager, Bob Bastow, had produceda model to help customerscalculate the effect of theirdemands upon <strong>SCA</strong> productcarbon footprints. His researchrevealed that delivering ‘small’orders increases the distributionelement of a product’s carbonfootprint by 50 per cent. Sinceroad transport is expected to beincluded in EU’s Emissions TradingScheme by 2013, this differencecan be translated intomoney.Bob Bastow, who has alreadyhelped many UK <strong>timber</strong> customersto achieve FSC-certification, isnow starting to help customers tomap their <strong>SCA</strong> product carbonfootprints: “Working togetherwith customers using our ‘carboncalculator’, an accurate figure canbe pinpointed for the CO 2 generatedfor each cubic metre of<strong>timber</strong> delivered to end users. Cuttingtransport and packaging willreduce everyone’s business costs,”Bob confirmed to conference delegates.<strong>SCA</strong> Timber Supply’s SalesDirector Stephen King detailed thecompany’s focus on helpingcustomers to reduce wood wasteby tailoring products to theirneeds. “We are now embarking ontechnical efficiency projects linkingthe whole supply chain, from <strong>SCA</strong>as producers through to the constructionand maintenance organisationswhich eventually utiliseour material in homes and buildings,”he outlined.“An interesting revelation, asyou start mapping carbon footprints,is that reducing carbondioxide emissions is very much amatter of efficient resource management”,said Robert Simpson,Managing Director of <strong>SCA</strong> TimberSupply. “In partnership with ourcustomers, we can enhance the climatebenefits of wood products.Efficient production, designing outwaste and developing efficient distributionreduces costs throughoutthe supply chain.”Mike Jeffree, Editor of Timber Trades Journal and Timber & Sustainable Building, kindly acted as host for theconference Q&A sessions. Here he puts <strong>SCA</strong>’s Bob Bastow under the spotlight.With several methodologies forcalculating carbon footprints currentlyavailable, delegate BobDeadman, Group Negotiator forGrafton Merchanting GB andSelco, gave his reaction to the <strong>SCA</strong>conference: “I found the proceedingsmost illuminating. The key isthat we should all move forwardtogether as an industry on carboncalculations and reporting. If wedon’t there’s a danger that carbonlabelling could become like foodlabelling in the UK, with so manysystems in operation that thepublic close their minds to thewhole issue. The road to perditon,as they say, is paved with goodintentions. The industry is beginningto move the right way butthere’s a distinct danger of fragmentation,which should be avoidedat all costs.”Meeting of minds: foreground – John White, CEO of the UK Timber Trade Federation (left) talks with JermainCheetham, Environmental Manager, Wolseley; rearground: Stephen King of <strong>SCA</strong> talks with Mark Bowers,Procurement Director, Timber Group, Saint-Gobain Building Distribution.Photo: Prestige Photography5 | <strong>timber</strong><strong>news</strong>