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> “They [Nature Flooring] themselves don’t know what it is that they’re selling,” a timber industry insider told Mongabay, adding that minimal testing is done t
by legitster 2y ago
> “They [Nature Flooring] themselves don’t know what it is that they’re selling,” a timber industry insider told Mongabay, adding that minimal testing is done to check the species or origin of the wood.
> When contacted, AHF told Mongabay in an emailed response that it “does not use any illegally harvested wood products.” “We have a rigorous supplier vetting and compliance program to verify all wood products are legally sourced. Any inferences to the contrary are simply not true,” AHF said.
There's a bit of a he-said/she-said thing going on here. It seems like it would be pretty easy to verify samples whether the wood came from a plantation or not.
- beambot 2y agoIt's double-speak. Neither company cares; they're just relying on plausible deniability while burying their heads in the sand. They will change only if there's sufficient pressure (financial, regulatory, social or some combination thereof).
- jellicle 2y agoThe "rigorous supplier vetting" of any corporation consists of checking which supplier is charging the least.
- chii 2y agoNotice they say supplier vetting, rather than "product vetting". Aka, they're vetting just the supplier, and is not vetting the product itself. This simply means the supplier could lie, and there'd be deniability!