Construction firm Carillion has signed up to WWF-UK's new forest campaign.

The WWF campaign aims to close the legal loopholes in the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) which means less than 50% of the value of timber products coming into Europe are confirmed as coming from legal sources. Everyday objects such as chairs, books and musical instruments are currently not included in the legislation.

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Illegal and unsustainable logging contributes to deforestation and degradation across the world's most important forest regions such as Russia's Far East, Central Africa, Latin America and South East Asia and has massive impacts on the habitats of some of the world's most endangered species, as well as local people and indigenous communities in some of the world's poorest countries.

David Picton, Carillion's chief sustainability officer, said: "Carillion is fully committed to supporting the WWF Forest Campaign and to the importance of sourcing timber from sustainably managed forests."

(CD/JP)