
2015 Timber Scorecard
Measuring the progress of timber and timber-product buyers on sustainability in 2013-2014
What's the Scorecard?
In July 2015, we released our first Timber Scorecard, which assessed 128 UK retailers, manufacturers and traders that buy timber and timber products on their publicly available timber buying policies, and performance from 2013 onwards. The scorecard awards each company a score from zero trees (no apparent progress on sustainable timber and timber products) to three trees, (sourcing over 70% certified sustainable wood and have policies and control systems in place). The scorecard provides a snapshot of company action across size and sector.
In September 2015, this scorecard was reviewed, giving companies a window to improve their scores since the main report out was released. The good news is that 23 companies successfully responded to our call for greater transparency on policy and performance.
We’ll repeat the timber scorecarded in 2017 and 2019, giving companies an opportunity to demonstrate they are taking action and communicate improvement on their buying policies and practices over the longer term.

September Review Key Findings
After the review in September 2015:
- 12 companies moved up to score three trees, taking the total to 34
- Eight companies moved up to score two trees, taking the total to 27
- Three companies moved up to score one tree, taking total to 25
- And 42 companies remain scoring zero trees
Sector results
The findings of the review are as follows:
- The construction sector continued to have the highest scores, will all companies scoring either “two trees” or “three trees
- Four furniture companies have made improvements to their scores. However, 10 furniture companies remained at zero
- Three poor-scoring publishing companies in the July 2015 scorecard improved their scores in this review. However, there are still a number of publishers that remain at zero and need to take action
- More than a third of companies still scored zero trees. A high proportion (83%) of the musical instrument companies were in this category.
Company Results - September 2015 Review
Below you can go straight to the result tables showing the companies classified by their tree score. These tables have been updated to reflect any improvement to scores since the review in September 2015. Please note that smaller companies are made anonymous in this report, and do not appear on the tables below.
Companies that scored 3 trees
Company | Category | Score |
---|---|---|
B&Q UK | Retailer | 3 |
Boots UK Ltd* | Retailer | 3 |
Brooks Timber* | Timber | 3 |
Carillion | Timber | 3 |
Danzer* | Construction | 3 |
Hallmark Cards | Timber | 3 |
Immediate Media* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Kimberly-Clark Europe | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Kingfisher | Paper hygiene products | 3 |
Lathams* | Retailer | 3 |
Lend Lease* | Timber | 3 |
Little Brown Book Group* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Mace Group | Construction | 3 |
Macmillan Publishers | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Marks & Spencer | Retailer | 3 |
Mondi | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Morrisons | Retailer | 3 |
Office Depot UK | Retailer | 3 |
Penguin Random House* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Redrow* | Construction | 3 |
Sainsbury’s | Retailer | 3 |
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution UK | Builders merchant, Timber | 3 |
SCA Hygiene | Paper hygiene | 3 |
Sofidel UK | Paper hygiene | 3 |
Steinbeis Papier* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Tetra Pak | Packaging | 3 |
The Co-operative | Retailer | 3 |
The Solid Wood Flooring Company | Flooring manufacturer | 3 |
Travis Perkins | Construction | 3 |
UPM | Timber, Paper | 3 |
Waitrose | Retailer | 3 |
Williams Lea* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 3 |
Willmott Dixon* | Construction | 3 |
Companies that scored 2 trees
This case study has been produced with IKEA, who was awarded “two trees” to give an insight into the necessary policies and processes for companies to ensure they are on track to ensure that a high proportion of their products will be certified in a specified time-frame.
*Following the review in September 2015, these companies have increased their scores.
Company |
Category | Score |
---|---|---|
Antalis* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Asda | Retailer | 2 |
Balfour Beatty | Construction | 2 |
Cambridge University Press* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Crest Nicholson | Construction | 2 |
Dunelm* | Retailer | 2 |
Guardian | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
HarperCollins | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Haymarket Media Group | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Home Retail Group | Retailer | 2 |
IKEA | Retailer | 2 |
International Greetings* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
John Lewis* | Retailer | 2 |
McDonald’s | Restaurants | 2 |
Network Rail* | Rail infrastructure | 2 |
Nobia UK | Manufacturer, Retailer (Kitchens) | 2 |
Pearson | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Polestar UK Print | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Pureprint Group | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Skanska | Construction | 2 |
Sky | Media | 2 |
Tesco* | Retailer | 2 |
Timber Link International | Timber | 2 |
UK Greetings* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 2 |
Warren Evans | Retailer | 2 |
Woodscape | Retailer (street furniture) | 2 |
WH Smith | Retailer | 2 |
Companies that scored 1 tree
This case study has been produced with Furniture Village, to give an insight into the necessary policies and processes that they will put in place to achieve 100% sustainable timber.
*Following the review in September 2015, these companies have increased their scores.
Company | Category | Score |
---|---|---|
Bauer Media | Paper, Printing and publishing, Media | 1 |
Bloomsbury Publishing | Paper, Printing and publishing, Media | 1 |
Debenhams | Retailer | 1 |
Early Learning Centre (Mothercare) | Retailer | 1 |
Feather & Black* | Retailer | 1 |
Forest Enterprise, Forestry Commission | Retailer | 1 |
Furniture Village* | Retailer | 1 |
Heals | Retailer | 1 |
House of Fraser | Retailer | 1 |
Laura Ashley | Retailer | 1 |
Matalan | Retailer | 1 |
MBNA Limited | Banking | 1 |
Next | Retailer | 1 |
Octopus Publishing Group | Paper, Printing and publishing | 1 |
Orion Publishing Group | Paper, Printing and publishing | 1 |
Simon & Schuster* | Paper, Printing and publishing | 1 |
Steinhoff (Cargo, Harveys) | Retailer | 1 |
The White Company | Retailer | 1 |
Toys R Us | Retailer | 1 |
Yamaha | Musical instruments | 1 |
Companies that scored 0 trees
Company | Category | Score |
---|---|---|
A. Share & Sons Ltd (SCS) | Retailer | 0 |
Brissi London | Retailer | 0 |
Cath Kidston | Retailer | 0 |
Clinton Cards | Paper, Printing and publishing | 0 |
Dreams | Retailer | 0 |
Fender Musical Instruments GBI | Musical instruments | 0 |
Finnish Fibreboard | Timber | 0 |
Foyles | Retailer | 0 |
Hamleys | Retailer | 0 |
Harrods | Retailer | 0 |
Hearst | Paper, Printing and publishing | 0 |
Jansen International | Retailer | 0 |
Liberty’s | Retailer | 0 |
Muji | Retailer | 0 |
Oak Furniture Land | Retailer | 0 |
Oxford University Press | Paper, Printing and publishing | 0 |
Paperchase | Retailer | 0 |
Roset | Retailer | 0 |
Sportswift Ltd (inc. Card Factory) | Paper, Printing and publishing | 0 |
Tanglewood Guitars | Musical instruments | 0 |
The Entertainer | Retailer | 0 |
The Sofa Workshop | Retailer | 0 |
Waterstones | Retailer | 0 |