Sustainability
Sustainable Practices
The Teal-Jones Group is committed to the ongoing health and sustainability of our forests, our environment, and our industry’s future.
Teal-Jones’ forestry operations voluntarily meet Canada’s leading national standard for sustainable forest management. PEFC Canada now has ownership of the technical content of the withdrawn Canadian Forest Management Standard CSA Z809-16 formerly owned and administered by the Canadian Standards Group (CSA). In April 2025, the PEFC Canada Board of Directors approved the PEFC Canada Sustainable Forest Management Standard and on May 2, 2025 PEFC International confirmed full endorsement of the Standard. Teal-Jones (as a Certificate Holder of the withdrawn CSA Canadian Standards Association SFM Z809-16 Standard) will transition to the revised PEFC Standard by October 18, 2026. For the purposes of the 2024 Sustainable Management Plan, Teal will continue to reference the CSA Z809-16 Standard. An important part of this standard is the systematic approach to corporate management which requires continual improvement. The system is based on the on-going adaptive management process of management commitment; planning; implementation and operation; checking and management review.
Teal-Jones’ wood products are certified under the Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification Chain of Custody System.
These standards provide for independent third-party verification, assuring the public of sustainable forest management planning and practices based upon benchmarks derived from internationally-recognized, ongoing and long term, intergovernmental processes and guidelines.
Further Sustainability Reading
Sustainable Fiber Sources
As part of the Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification, Teal-Jones maintains a Risk Assessment for all wood based materials for avoidance of raw material from controversial sources.
About Teal Jones
As the largest privately owned timber harvesting and primary lumber product manufacturing company in British Columbia, we go above and beyond provincial and federal sustainability regulations and plant over one million seedlings each year.
Our Certifications
The Teal-Jones Group is committed to sustainable management of the resources under their stewardship in a scientifically credible and environmentally, economically, and socially responsible manner.