Briggs Veneers is closed for Christmas holidays from and including Monday 25th December 2023 up to and including Friday 12th January 2024. Please note that samples will not be sent in this period.

Sustainability

The Briggs Group is committed to the responsible use of the world’s resources.

The Briggs Group is committed to the responsible use of the world’s resources. We are proud to have pioneered the use of Australian sustainable hardwoods for veneer, harvested in accordance with passing the strict environmental guidelines that are required by Government. By law, Australian State Forest land cannot be permanently cleared; it must always be replanted or regenerated.  

We offer our customers over 200 different types of quality veneer products and MDF made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests and wood-lots in the US, Canada, Europe/the EU, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Sustainable harvest means that the amount of timber that grows back each year is greater than, or equal to, the amount harvested. Furthermore, such forests are managed in accordance with strict laws and regulations to protect biodiversity, endangered species, water quality and other environmental values.

We are proud to have pioneered the use of Australian sustainable hardwoods for veneer...
Many samples of veneer on display at the Briggs Veneers office in Wetherill Park, 2017

Legal Timber

Additionally, all the Australian veneer that we get sliced, and all the veneer that we import, is checked under our Due Diligence program as being legally harvested.

Independent Certification For Sustainability

Briggs offers a large number of veneers and MDF panels that are independently certified to be from well-managed forests and controlled sources under the FSC® and PEFC forest management schemes, including the eco-cert range of FSC® and PEFC certified veneers, the FSC® certified Woodstock/ecoligna and TrueGrain veneers and our PEFC certified FLAMEBLOCK and BLACK MDF.

Briggs holds current PEFC and FSC® Chain of Custody certificates, giving supply chain integrity from forest to market:

Briggs FSC® Chain of Custody Certificate No: SGSHK-COC-002954, SGSHK-CW-002954

Briggs PEFC Chain of Custody Certificate No: SGSCH-PEFC-COC-000113

Sustainable wood veneers have many environmental benefits:

  • Low embodied energy
  • Carbon storage – growing trees absorb carbon dioxide which is then “locked up” for the life of the tree and wooden products made from that tree
  • Land use and biodiversity – Sustainably managed native forests are a natural ecosystem and consequently have high biodiversity. Plantations also support a reasonable degree of biodiversity.
  • Wood is a renewable resource
  • Veneer is one of the most environmentally efficient and economical ways to use beautiful timbers because one cubic metre of veneer can cover more than 1,000 m2 of panel surface