BETTERWOOD " Environment " Origin

Origin of our wood

It's a long way from a seedling in the tropics to a deck, tabletop or chopping board in your home. According to which principles is work done in the forests? How is the further processing and transport carried out? At this point we would like to document the history behind our tropical wood.

Bolivia

Our Garapa wood and our Cumaru substructure come from certified forestry in the Andean country.

Brazil

Our hardwood substructure comes from here. The political situation prompted us to stop imports at times.

Indonesia

The trees for our teak decking boards grow in the old teak forests on the Indonesian island of Java.

Peru

This is where the trees for our Cumaru decking come from. A TV report shows how forestry works.

Vietnam

Our cutting boards, table tops and garden furniture come from Vietnam.

TV report about Betterwood and our forest in Peru

A television team from the Pro-Sieben program “Galileo” visited us in our warehouse near Cologne and in one of our forests in Peru. The result was a report about our company and our special type of forest management.

ZDF report about Betterwood

The ZDF documentary series Plan B aims to tell stories of success and present ideas for solutions to social problems. The report on Betterwood shows that forest management can contribute to the preservation of the tropical forest. ZDF writes in a press release: “Catherine Körting (…) found a way to contribute to the preservation of the rainforest while selling tropical wood.”

Sustainability

Our wood comes from the tropical forests of Asia and South America. Our forestry operations there work according to the high ecological standards of the FSC®: clear-cutting and pesticides are prohibited, biodiversity must be preserved, and only as much wood can be taken from the forest as will grow back in the same period of time.

Fairness

The requirements of the FSC® also apply to working conditions. High safety standards, fair pay well above the national average and extensive social security and health care must be implemented in forests and sawmills. This is also checked by independent controls by the FSC®.

Transportation

So that the positive environmental balance of the production does not go up in smoke when the wood is transported from Latin America to our customers, we participate in the voluntary CO2 certificate trade. The CO2 emissions of each transport are determined and offset by a reforestation project in Indonesia, which we implement in cooperation with Fairventures.

Teak wood panel pictures

The masterpieces of our customers.

We are amazed at what our customers make out of our wood: wooden terraces in the most improbable shapes, raised beds, ship decks, washstands, bedside cabinets, mobile homes. But see for yourself.

To the customer gallery

Our decking boards

Cumaru decking boards 90mm
FSC 100%

Cumaru decking boards 90mm

from 6,10 €

Cumaru decking, FSC 100%
Price from: €70 per m2, resistance class: 1

Advantages: ✓ best durability ✓ particularly robust and scratch-resistant

Disadvantages: ✗ partly rough surface ✗ high power development

Tip: Sand the floorboards after they have been exposed to the weather for the first time.

Cumaru decking 120mm BioMaderas
FSC 100%

Cumaru decking boards 120mm

from 8,75 €

Cumaru decking, FSC 100%
Price from: €70 per m2, resistance class: 1

Advantages: ✓ best durability ✓ particularly robust and scratch-resistant

Disadvantages: ✗ partly rough surface ✗ high power development

Tip: Sand the floorboards after they have been exposed to the weather for the first time.

Cumaru smooth decking boards 145mm wide Cumaru Terrace 21x145mm
FSC 100%

Cumaru decking boards 145mm

from 11,50 €

Cumaru decking, FSC 100%
Price from: €70 per m2, resistance class: 1

Advantages: ✓ best durability ✓ particularly robust and scratch-resistant

Disadvantages: ✗ partly rough surface ✗ high power development

Tip: Sand the floorboards after they have been exposed to the weather for the first time.

Garapa decking boards 145mm FSC Garapa decking boards 145mm FSC
FSC 100%

Garapa decking boards 145mm

from 9,10 €

Garapa decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: €65 per m2, resistance class: 1-2

Advantages: ✓ smooth surface ✓ homogeneous, light color

Disadvantages: ✗ Substances containing iron lead to discoloration ✗ Unscrewed tends to warp

Tip: Patio cleaning removes discoloration and
Professional interim storage avoids delay.

Garapa decking boards finger-jointed FSC III Garapa decking, finger-jointed, light oiled
finger-jointed, FSC 100%

Garapa decking boards 145mm

from 9,80 €

Garapa decking boards, FSC 100%
Price from: €65 per m2, resistance class: 1-2

Advantages: ✓ smooth surface ✓ homogeneous, light color

Disadvantages: ✗ Substances containing iron lead to discoloration ✗ Unscrewed tends to warp

Tip: Patio cleaning removes discoloration and
Professional interim storage avoids delay.