The sourcing of wood raw material is of high concern, not only to customers interested in FSC-certified products. Customers not interested in certified products, still want confirmation that the raw material for their products does not derive from controversial sources. The European Union has initiated restrictions for the trade of controversial timber.

Timber from controversial sources comprise
	Illegally logged timber
	Timber from areas where human rights or the traditional rights of indigenous peoples are being violated
	Timber from gene-modified trees
	Timber from high conservation-value forests (in Sweden defined as timber from areas identified as key habitats by the Swedish Forestry Board)
	Timber from natural forest that has been converted to plantations or non-forest use.

SCA require from its suppliers that the timber we procure do not derive from controversial sources.

This requirement covers our procurement of timber from Swedish suppliers, as well as imported timber. Compared to other Scandinavian forest industries, the amount of timber that SCA imports is fairly limited. The supplier has to confirm that the timber is obtained and felled according to national laws and that it does not derive from high conservation-value forests. We control that these demands are being fulfilled through documents and audits.

It is in everybody’s interest, including the supplier’s, that the customers have confidence in forest products.