European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS)

The natural qualities of timber make wooden packaging an environmentally friendly packaging solution. Wood pallets and wood-based packaging are almost completely made out of wood. And wood’s strong environmental credentials have been captured in various Life-Cycle Assessment studies and Environmental Product Declarations. Generally speaking, wooden packaging as divided into two subgroups: 1.

Article 3 of the Regulation “Trajectory for achieving climate neutrality” should list the role of biobased solution to achieve the climate neutrality. Protecting the environment means ending our dependence on fossil fuels-based products.

The European Sawmill Organisation of the Sawmill Industry welcomes the new initiative of the EU Commission to substantiate green claims. Keeping track of consumption footprints globally, which requires good supply chain data and accounting, is increasingly recognised as critical to an inclusive transition to sustainability.

The European sawmill industries are concerned about the absence of a clear framework on how nature credits will be developed in practice. Without proper safeguards, such schemes risk undermining the availability of raw materials for the wood-processing industries, which are the backbone of Europes bioeconomy.

Extract: The European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry supports the creation of an European forest monitoring system as tool swiftly react to ever-growing pressure from climate change on Europe's forests and provide additional knowledge to Members States in prepare their own strategic plans.

European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry: Who We Are The European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) is a Brussels-based non-profit association representing the interests of the European sawmilling sector on European and International level.