Redstart Green Certification Program

 

Redstart is working closely with the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund to conduct a pilot project in which Forest Stewardship Council – certified wood from Redstart’s clients will be used to make a “green-certified” furniture line of products at a local furniture maker. We believe that this is important because it will encourage and ensure good management on the ground and stabilize the supply of wood that is supporting local jobs in the wood products sector.

If the pilot project is successful, we will approach other interested foresters, landowners, wood products companies, and brokers to create a wood supply network that will support sustainable forestry, local value-added processing, the production of FSC-certified, Vermont-grown wood products, and return greater margins back to stakeholders along the supply chain. This project will strengthen the Vermont forest products economy in an era of increasing global competition.