ALIGNED Consultation Woodworking Sector

This consultation is meant to gather information on the sector's perspectives regarding environmental impact assessment: "What are the environmental impacts, how do we measure them and how can these assessment methods be improved?".

In the ALIGNED project we plan to improve the methods of assessing the environmental impacts of bio-based industries, including the woodworking sector. 

It will take you about 10 minutes to fill in this survey and your answer will help us gain further insight into the woodworking sector and its sustainability.

We are grateful for your input. For further information about the ALIGNED project, please visit our website. 

You are participating as a member of the whole sector, not as a representative of a company. We will only publish your input in an anonymized, aggregated format. For more information on our privacy policy, click here.

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The following questions are about the woodworking sector as a whole. 
1. What are, in your view, the most important environmental impacts of the woodworking sector as a whole? 

Please grade the following impacts on a scale of 1-4 (least important to most important).
1 (Least important)
2
3
4 (Most important)
Not sure
Deforestation and forest degradation
Pollution (of water, air and land)
Global Warming Potential (GWP)
Biodiversity losses
Soil erosion
End-of-life waste
Toxicity of wood modification chemicals
Clear selection
2. If you wish to elaborate, why do you think your selected impacts are the most important? Are there any other impacts not mentioned here?
3. Which environmental (impact) assessment methods are you currently using? 
4. If you are working with any of these assessment methods, what are - in your opinion - the advantages, if any?
5. If you are working with any of these assessment methods, what are - in your opinion - the drawbacks, if any?
6. What (sustainability) certifications are you currently using?
7. What are the main challenges when it comes to verifying environmental sustainability in the woodworking sector?

Please grade the following challenges on a scale of 1-4 (least important to most important).
1 (Least important)
2
3
4 (Most important)
Not sure
The costs
The definitions are unclear
It is unclear for customers
Many different standards and systems
Time
Data availability
Data reliability
Inability for outsiders to confirm claims
Clear selection
8. What are the main challenges when it comes to improving environmental sustainability in the woodworking sector?

Please grade the following challenges on a scale of 1-4 (least important to most important).
1 (Least important)
2
3
4 (Most important)
Not sure
The costs
Availability of sustainable feedstocks
Performance
Management of co-products
Need to change production process
Lack of competitive advantage
Lack of economy of scale
Energy consumption/sustainable energy
Land use
Clear selection
9. Are there any other challenges to verifying or improving environmental sustainability or would you like to elaborate on your answers?
10. What are - in your opinion - the main drivers towards improving environmental sustainability in the woodworking sector?

Please grade the following drivers on a scale of 1-4 (least important to most important).
1 (Least important)
2
3
4 (Most important)
Not sure
Government policies
Customer demand
Climate change
Company values
Competitive advantage
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11.  If you wish to elaborate, why do you think your selected drivers are the most important? Are there any other drivers not mentioned here?
12. What are - in your opinion - the most relevant priorities for companies in the woodworking sector?

Please grade the following priorities on a scale of 1-4 (least important to most important).
1 (Least important)
2
3
4 (Most important)
Personnel
Logistics
R&D
Increasing functionality
Environmental performance
Social responsibility
Exploration of new markets
Clear selection
Wood additives

As wood is the main material within the woodworking sector, the sector is already largely bio-based. However, most woodworking products include additives. These could be preservatives to protect the wood against biological degradation or fire, coatings for protection or for appearance, adhesives to join wood products and give greater dimensions of wood available, and other non-wood materials to improve the performance of the product. The following questions will give us an indication of the current status of bio-based additives in the woodworking sector. 

13. What are possible opportunities to increasing the use of bio-based additives within the woodworking sector? Please explain why you think so.

14. What would be needed, in terms of research and innovation, to boost the use of bio-based additives in the woodworking sector?

15. The ALIGNED project is looking at the woodworking sector and at LCA methodology. What - in your view -, could the ALIGNED project do to improve environmental assessment of bio-based products?
Optional: What is your field of occupation within woodworking?
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Optional: Which country are you working in?
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