• Review manufacturing processes and consider new technologies and innovative procedures to reduce the use of and protect wildlife, energy, water and other resources, while at the same time maintaining the highest standards of product safety and quality.

• Work with local, national and international legislators and regulators, to comply with and help create effective laws and regulations aimed at protecting the environment.

• Design packages and packaging systems to minimize the impact on the environment and waste streams. This may include considerations of minimizing package materials and using recycled materials.

• Consider the utilization of recycled materials in product design as well as the recycle ability of components at the end of useful life.

• Educate employees and customers through activities that promote environmental responsibility.

• Consider and meet the opportunities presented by evolving consumer attitudes toward the environment.

The greatest care is given to our environment, the only evidence of our presence where a tonewood tree was harvested is a stump a tree (3" diameter) top, this is left for reseeding. We only harvest in the winter months when there is a minimum of three feet of snow on the ground. There is absolutely no damage done to the forest floor. The owners, management, and employees have committed themselves to understanding their personal responsibility for the local and natural environment. Northern Tonewood Company recognizes its responsibility to take a leadership role in environmental stewardship by promoting environmental awareness, local action, and global thinking. As a way to capture this environmental ethic. All of the trees harvested by Northern Tonewood Company are SELECT CUT, WE DO NOT CLEAR CUT.

Northern Tonewood Company is committed to leading by example to integrate environmental awareness and responsibility throughout the community. Northern Tonewood Company shall

• encourage environmentally sustainable practices in its daily decision making processes, operations planning and activities

• undertake alternative practices and procedures to minimize negative impacts on the environment

• integrate environmental awareness and responsibility throughout the local community

• take into account, in the operations of the company, all appropriate economic, environmental, and social concerns.