Flooring Nwfa …
2011
NWFA Responsible Procurement Program (RPP). Mullican has also actively pursued and helped develop a new Responsible Procurement Program (RPP), which was established jointly in 2009 by the National Wood Flooring Brisbane Association (NWFA) and the FSC. The goal of the RPP is to promote environmentally and socially responsible forest management around the world. Although the RPP is considered a transitional step toward higher levels of certification in the industry (such as FSC PURE), Mullican put forth the effort to achieve two RPP designations: NWFA Renewing Resource for its domestic products and NWFA Legal origins for imported products. The RPP involves a three-tier advancement process. Basically, Tier 1 requires participation in the RPP Chain-of-Custody program and compliance with the Lacey Act (see below); Tier 2 involves meeting requirements for FSC Chain-of-Custody certification and a commitment to building, over time, sales in FSC-certified wood products; and Tier 3 recognizes companies whose sales in FSC-certified products exceeds 50 percent of all their overall sales. To learn more about the RPP, visit .
