California Cedar Products recognizes the importance of protecting the environment. We adopt practices that minimize our impact on the environment. We strive to offer environmentally responsible products, and conduct business in an environmentally responsible manner. The following products are just a few examples, which demonstrate CalCedar's long continued tradition of developing environmentally sound products and processes.

Cal Cedar's continued commitment to developing thin kerf sawing technologies has directly resulted in significantly increased yields of pencil slats from lumber thus conserving the Incense-cedar resource base.

Also, while the Incense-cedar we use has always come from some of the best managed, sustainable forests in the world, our ForestChoice™ products were the world's first pencil slats and pencils to be produced from wood sourced from forests managed under comprehensive environmental and social standards developed by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This voluntary program includes routine third party audits to insure compliance with FSC management practices. The FSC label can be used only by products that can be documented as having originated in a certified forest. The FSC "Chain-of-Custody" certification provides this paper trail.

The development of the Duraflame® firelog in 1969 replaced the burning of wood-fiber to manage our waste with a more efficient product using not only wood waste from internal operations, but also from the petroleum wax industry as well. Duraflame® firelogs have demonstrated to burn cleaner than natural firewood helping to reduce air pollution. More recently new formulations and production processes developed at Cal Cedar research have enabled the diversion of wax-coated cardboard from landfills into an environmentally safe new firelog product.