Columbia Forest Products carefully manages forest resources to ensure healthier ecosystems, sustainable harvests, and a renewable future. Significantly serving our employees, customers, and the natural resources they rely on is core to Columbia's mission.
From the forest floor to the finished panel, protecting our most valuable renewable resource guides every decision we make. Columbia Forest Products partners with suppliers who share our commitment to responsible forestry—those who prioritize selective harvesting, regeneration, and long-term forest health.
We actively support third-party certification systems and sustainability standards that ensure accountability and transparency across the entire supply chain. It's more than just good practice—it's a promise to future generations that the forests we rely on today will thrive tomorrow.
Both green building standards and environmentally conscious customers require independent third-party assurance that fabricators use wood harvested from responsibly managed forests [FSC-C014650]. Columbia Forest Products is no stranger to the leading forest certification program in the global marketplace today – the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC). Columbia was the first decorative hardwood plywood and veneer manufacturer in North America to secure a FSC chain-of-custody certificate in 1998. [FSC C-017500]
Today, Columbia offers the industry’s most complete line of certified decorative hardwood panel products which carry the FSC Mix label. Unlike other forest certification programs, the FSC is the only certification program endorsed by the internationally recognized US Green Building Council’s LEED® Green Building Rating System requirements and the International Living Future Institute's Living Building Challenge®.
FSC Mix panel products are an option at all Columbia plywood operations, available from at time of order placement.
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Preferred by Nature presented a 25-year commemorative plaque to Columbia Forest Products (Columbia) in recognition of their long-term commitment to landowners and responsible forest management. Columbia is North America’s largest manufacturer of hardwood plywood and hardwood veneer products. After achieving Forest Stewardship Council® forest management certification in 1998, Columbia is still going strong with its
Significant change has occurred in the world of forestry over the past couple of decades. These changes often lead to greater results for landowners, manufacturers and wood product customers. Drones are just one of many advancements Columbia Forest Products is delving into. Forestry and tourism are two natural resource-based industries that must often come together
We Declare! Again…and Again. Transparency is the new ante for building products manufacturing. Family life revolves around the materials used to create these unique spaces we call home. As an “ingredient” in home interiors including the kitchen cabinets, bedroom shelving and home office built-ins, Columbia decorative hardwood plywood panels are a trusted, formaldehyde-free solution with
Responsibly sourced hardwood plywood and veneer - available for you today.