Sustainability and certifications
We import European oak flooring and we keep the paperwork behind it. Several of our ranges are made by mills that hold current FSC or PEFC certification, we hold Environmental Product Declarations and CE conformity documents for others, and our reclaimed ranges reuse timber that already exists. Certificates available on request.
A quieter kind of sustainability
We don’t make big green claims. What we can point to is specific: how the boards are built, how long a floor lasts, where the timber comes from, and the documents we can put in front of a specifier. Here is the honest version.
Engineered uses less hardwood
An engineered board is a solid oak top layer over a plywood or birch core, so a given floor uses meaningfully less slow-grown oak than a solid board of the same size. The core is a stable, faster-growing timber.
Built to be refinished
Most of our ranges carry an oak wear layer thick enough to be sanded back and refinished, which can extend a floor’s working life rather than replacing it. The number of times depends on the range and its wear-layer thickness.
Reclaimed and repurposed oak
Two of our ranges, Antique Floors and Heritage, use reclaimed and repurposed European oak. Reusing timber that already exists means no new felling for those floors, and the character is genuinely one of a kind.
Documented, not decorative
Where a mill holds a current forest certificate, we can supply it on request. Where we hold an Environmental Product Declaration or a CE conformity document, a specifier can have it for the file.
What we can certify, by range
Forest certification is held at the mill, which is where it is audited and where it carries weight. Vienna Woods is not itself a Chain of Custody certificate holder, so we do not sell a floor as certified. Several of our ranges are made by mills holding a current certificate today. Below is which certificate covers which range — ask us and we will supply the document for your project file.
Distilled
Made by a mill that holds current FSC Chain-of-Custody certification (FSC 100% / FSC Mix). An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is also held for the range. Certificate and EPD available on request.
Petit Château & Icons
Made by a mill that holds current FSC Chain-of-Custody certification (FSC 100%). Certificate available on request.
Flamingo
Produced under current PEFC Chain-of-Custody certification. Certificate available on request.
Admonter
Admonter floors carry a CE Declaration of Conformity to the European flooring standard EN 14342. Documentation available on request.
Building Product Information (BPIR)
Vienna Woods issues Building Product Information for its flooring under New Zealand’s Building Product Information Requirements, naming Vienna Woods Ltd as the responsible supplier. Available on request for your project file.
FSC and PEFC certification is held at the mill, and we hold the current certificate for every range that carries one. Ask for FSC when you order and we will price the certified timber and supply the mill’s certificate with your documentation.
Old oak, given another century
Our Antique Floors and Heritage ranges are made from reclaimed and repurposed European oak. Antique Floors draws on aged and reclaimed French oak, worked and finished for a floor with real history in it. Heritage is a separate range built entirely from reclaimed timber, supplied unfinished so you can take the finish your own way.
Reusing timber that has already been felled is about as circular as flooring gets. No new tree comes down for a reclaimed floor, and the grain, the marks and the patina are things you cannot manufacture. These are made-to-order ranges, so allow four to five months, but they are worth the wait.
What we ask of our partners
We keep the documents current
We buy European oak, and we ask every manufacturing partner for current forest-certification and product-conformity documents. When a certificate lapses, we chase the renewal before we make the claim, and we only word a certification against a range that has a current certificate on file.
We buy from mills that can prove it
Where our partners hold FSC or PEFC Chain-of-Custody certification, EN 14342 CE conformity, or an Environmental Product Declaration, we keep the paperwork and pass it on when you ask. Where a range has no current environmental certificate, we say so rather than imply one.
Documentation for your project
Specifying a Vienna Woods floor? We can supply the Building Product Information (BPIR), the CE Declaration of Conformity or Environmental Product Declaration where the range has one, and our E3 internal-moisture and slip-resistance statements, scoped to the range you are using. Book a showroom consultation and bring your project, or request the pack and we will send what applies.
Common questions
Can I get FSC-certified timber from Vienna Woods?
Not as an FSC-certified floor: Vienna Woods is not itself a Chain of Custody certificate holder, and the chain has to be unbroken through to the seller. The Distilled Collection is made by a mill holding current FSC Chain of Custody certification, and we supply that mill’s current certificate for your project file, scoped to that range.
Which ranges are made by certified mills?
Our Distilled, Petit Château and Icons ranges are made by mills holding current FSC certification. Our Flamingo range is produced under current PEFC certification. Distilled also carries an Environmental Product Declaration. Certificates and documents are available on request.
Why is engineered timber more resource-efficient than solid?
An engineered board uses a thin solid oak top layer over a plywood or birch core, so it uses meaningfully less slow-grown oak than a solid board of the same size. Many of our ranges also carry a wear layer that can be sanded and refinished, which can extend a floor’s working life. The exact figures depend on the range.
Do you sell reclaimed timber flooring?
Yes. Our Antique Floors and Heritage ranges use reclaimed and repurposed European oak, reusing timber that already exists rather than newly felled hardwood. Both are made to order, so allow four to five months.
Can I get certificates and documentation for my project?
Yes. We can supply Building Product Information (BPIR), a CE Declaration of Conformity or Environmental Product Declaration where the range has one, and a mill’s current FSC or PEFC certificate on request. Ask your rep or request a documentation pack.
See the oak, read the paperwork
Order free samples, request a quote, or book a showroom consultation and we will bring the documents that apply to your range.