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Timber Procurement Policy (TPP) guidance and support

TPP policy documents, category A guidance and checklist and category B guidance.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Forestry Commission
Published:
1 June 2013
Last updated:
26 November 2025
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  1. Added a link to the Timber procurement: checklists for submitting Category B evidence document.

  2. Added 2 documents: Timber certification schemes (Category A evidence): evaluation criteria Timber certification schemes (Category A evidence): methodology for review.

  3. Defra is currently reviewing the UK government’s Timber Procurement Policy (TPP), including assessing certification schemes. Stakeholders can submit evidence of certification schemes’ compliance with the TPP until 30 March 2025.

  4. Added 2 documents: Criteria for evaluating forest certification schemes; and Methodology for reviews of timber certification schemes

  5. First published.

Documents for sustainable timber procurement

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