Our approach to sustainability
Opening up on sustainable, ethical and environmentally friendly practices
Choosing doors is easy, fun and enjoyable
What’s not to love? You get to browse and choose a style that reflects the personality you’re after, sets the tone for the look and feel of the home, and stands as a symbol of warm welcomes, protection, and security.
A huge part of making the process enjoyable is knowing where your doors come from and how they’re made. It feels good when things are done with careful consideration of people and planet.
That’s why it’s important we’re open about our approach to ethical and environmentally responsible practice.
We always look for new ways to improve our performance in timber-sourcing, product design, manufacturing and delivery. It’s for the good of producers, customers, regulatory bodies, builders, families and everyone else involved in creating and enjoying stylish, quality doors.
Let’s open up on some important practices, certifications and processes for sustainability. So you can feel just as good as your doors will look.
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to sustainable forest management.
PEFC certification provides assurances that wood and paper products come from sustainably managed forests. It helps protect forests for future generations and promotes responsible forest management globally.
Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK)
With a state of the art research and development facility in Majalenka, Indonesia, we’re constantly looking for new, sustainable, and flexible ways to craft doors you’re proud to love. As part of that approach, we comply with the Indonesian ‘Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu’, which translates to Timber Legality Assurance System in English.
Important aspects of the SVLK include:
- Ensuring all timber is harvested in line with local laws and regulations. This includes permits, environmental regulation, adherence to sustainable forestry practice, and more.
- Tracking timber from the forest through the entire supply chain to ensure that only legally and sustainably sourced wood is used.
- Providing a certificate for timber and wood products that meet the SVLK standard, allowing them to be sold international as verified legal products.
- Promoting sustainable forest management and combating illegal logging by providing a transparent and accountable system for timber trade.
You can find more information on Indonesia’s SVLK certificate in the detailed report below, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Learn more about the SVLK system
Recycling materials to minimise waste to landfill
Using sustainable production practices, we are able to reuse materials and divert significant amounts of timber and metal from landfill.
One example of sustainable production is using waste products—like excess sawdust and offcuts of timber—to generate heat for the steam process which is used to cure a door. Curing makes the glue ‘stick’, so all of the individual elements of each door fit and fix together properly.
We’re committed to growing for the future
Much like the forests we sustainably source timber from, our approach to ethical and environmentally friendly practices will continue to grow, evolve, and flourish over time.
We regularly review the life cycle stages of products across Corinthian Doors, to improve processes, production methods, material selection, reuse, end of life recycling, and much, much more.
It is important we stay active, and actively seek to do things in the way that is best for people and the planet. That’s our commitment to you and our commitment to the future.