Chain of Custody & Timber Legality Services
Venture Plus Consulting Ltd. provides assessment, consultation and training services covering the full scope of Chain of Custody certification and timber legality due diligence — built around your organisation’s actual supply chain, not a one-size-fits-all checklist.
Chain of Custody Certification
Chain of Custody (CoC) certification gives your customers independent, third-party verification that the timber or paper products you supply can be tracked back to certified, well-managed forest sources. It’s increasingly a market entry requirement, not just a nice-to-have — and getting it wrong costs time and money.
With over 25 years’ experience auditing Chain of Custody standards, we help your organisation prepare for certification and stay compliant afterwards.
Our Chain of Custody services include:
- Gap analysis against Chain of Custody requirements
- Preparation of management systems and procedures
- Training for internal staff and suppliers
- Pre-assessments and internal audits
- Support during certification body audits
- Corrective action support for non-conformances
Timber Legality and Due Diligence
The UK Timber Regulation (UKTR), EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and its successor the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) place legal due diligence obligations on organisations placing timber products on the market for the first time. That means gathering information about your products and their source, assessing risk, and putting in place real mitigation — not a filing-cabinet exercise.
We’ve built due diligence systems used by organisations across Europe, Africa and Asia, including systems for Monitoring Organisations that have received European Commission approval.
Our due diligence services include:
- Gathering and organising product and source information
- Risk assessment frameworks tailored to your supply chain
- Risk mitigation procedure development
- Ongoing intelligence on legality issues in the global timber trade
- Support liaising with certification bodies (we’ve worked alongside NQA Certification Limited, Interface NRM Limited, SGS United Kingdom Limited and Preferred By Nature UK Limited)
Training & Ongoing Support
Systems only work if the people running them understand them. We provide practical training for internal teams and suppliers, plus ongoing support between audits so small issues don’t become non-conformances.