Sustainability
Proud to Support the FSC Kaupapa
FSC's global kaupapa brings people and businesses together around a common goal: kaitiakitanga of the world's ngāhere.
At The Warehouse Group, we’re committed to making more responsible choices easier for our customers. We’re proud to offer products made with FSC-certified wood and paper, helping our customers choose products that support responsibly managed ngāhere.
When you see the FSC label on our products, you can feel confident that the materials come from responsibly managed ngāhere, where biodiversity is protected and the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and workers are respected.
Do One Thing for Ngāhere: When you shop at Warehouse Stationery Print & Copy Centres, you can trust that our paper is FSC certified. It's a simple choice that helps tautoko responsible forestry and healthy ngāhere for generations to come.
About The Forest Stewardship Council®
The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is an internationally recognised and trusted certification system for responsible forest management. FSC sets rigorous standards to ensure that forests are managed in a way that benefits nature, supports biodiversity, and protects the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and workers.
Warehouse Stationery Print & Copy Centres are proud to support responsible forestry and sustainable sourcing through our partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council. Since the early 2000s, we have been sourcing FSC-certified paper products and are committed to raising awareness of the positive impact these products can have, including:
- Zero deforestation: FSC’s rigorous forest management standards exist to protect forests’ vital functions and safeguard them from deforestation. It prevents deforestation and deterioration of forest health and resilience in the long term. Forest managers are subject to strict requirements to maintain forest cover and conserve or enhance forest structure, biodiversity, and productivity.
- Environmental protection: FSC certification requires the maintenance of biodiversity and the protection of high conservation value areas, including old-growth forests.
- Indigenous peoples' rights respected: FSC’s standards require Free, Prior and Informed Consent on forest management decisions. All FSC-certified forest owners and managers are required to identify and uphold Indigenous Peoples’ rights of land ownership, use of land, and access to resources the land may provide.
- Fair Wage and Work Environments: FSC certificate holders are required to uphold the principles and rights of workers at their workplace as defined by the ILO Core Labour Conventions. They are also required to promote gender equality, protect workers from occupational hazards, and meet or exceed minimum forest industry standards or other recognised forest industry wage agreements or living wages.
Learn more about Forest Stewardship Council AU/NZ at: https://anz.fsc.org/