OLB

Hupkes Wijma and OLB

Since its conception, Wijma was a significant contributor in the development of the OLB certification and inspection system, with Wijma’s activities in Cameroon among the first to receive the certificate for their origin and legality in 2004.

Wijma managed all of its forest concessions, a total of 365,375 hectares of natural forest, in line with the requirements of the OLB certification and inspection system. The three sawmills in Cameroon responsible for processing all of the logs from our concessions were also OLB certified.

Wijma were certified throughout the supply chain, ensuring that our timber had been legally produced and guaranteed the traceability of the timber from its stump in the forest to finished product and delivery to our customers.

We no longer supply OLB certified timber but can offer Ekki, Opepe, Eveuss, Okan and many other species as either <a href=”http://www.wijma.co.uk/home/certification/fsc/”>FSC</a> certified or EUTR compliant. All timber is sourced and sold through our head office Hupkes Wijma B.V. who has a certified chain of custody for processing and trading in certified timber and timber products.

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About OLB

The OLB (Origine et Légalité des Bois) or Origin and Legality of timber certification and inspection system, was developed in 2004 by Bureau Veritas Certification in response to a demand from the market for a system that could guarantee the traceability and legality of timber.

The OLB certification and inspection system is split into two standards, one for forest logging companies and one for the chain of custody

The Standard for forestry companies relate to the legality of logging and ensures the traceability of the logs from felling till it is processed into sawn timber.

The Standard for the chain of custody guarantees traceability of certified timber throughout the supply chain. Anyone trading or processing timber from an certified forest with an OLB label and claim, must have a Chain of Custody (COC).