Environmental & Ethical Policy

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When shopping with Rowlinson, you can be confident of the full range of products being constructed to the highest standard and from the finest responsibly sourced materials available. All products are manufactured to standards set out in our Quality Management System, accredited to ISO 9001: 2015. We also ensure that, where necessary, our products are tested and approved to the most recent BS EN standards.

Timber is key to much of what we do, and we believe our products shouldn’t come at a cost to our surroundings. Therefore, it’s extremely important that we constantly recognise our responsibilities to ensure the timber used in our products is from sustainable, legal sources that comply fully with UK Timber Regulations. In addition, we are Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Chain of Custody certified (licence number C010986) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Chain of Custody certified (certificate number CATG-PEFC-COC-648) and fully comply with all their current regulations of sustainable sourcing. 

All Chain of Custody certified products are available on request.

For further information on specific declarations, policies, and compliances, please click on the links below:

For further information on our sustainability and quality management certifications, please click on the links below:

No matter what materials are used, the manufacturing processes undertaken, or the ways we deliver our products, we will always use our experience, resources, and skills to constantly monitor and refine our efforts to achieve continuous improvement in our environmental performance.

We are also proud to be a registered member of Sedex (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange), one of the world’s leading platforms for managing and improving ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. As part of our commitment, we adhere to the principles of the Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) methodology. SMETA provides a robust framework for assessing and improving standards across key areas, including:

• Labour standards
• Health and safety
• Environmental performance
• Business ethics

We are committed to transparency and continuous improvement, and we actively use Sedex to share data, monitor performance, and work collaboratively with our customers and suppliers to uphold responsible sourcing practices. Through our participation in Sedex and alignment with SMETA audits, we aim to ensure that our operations and supply chains meet recognised ethical standards while promoting fair, safe, and sustainable working conditions.