TTO and wood declaration

Compliance with the Swiss Timber Trade Ordinance (TTO) and wood declaration requirements

Businesses first placing timber or wood products covered by the TTO on the Swiss market must exercise due diligence: gather information, assess risks and mitigate them where necessary. Traders keep records of their suppliers and the businesses to which they resell these products.

Those supplying consumers with products covered by wood declaration requirements must state the wood species and country of harvest. This information does not replace a due-diligence system under the TTO.

Support in a subscription model from a team of experts

• A single main point of contact who knows the company's context and challenges
• Helpdesk reachable by phone, with prompt call-backs
• Enquiries answered within 24 hours
• When needed, straightforward access to a team pool with specific expertise

Security

• Monitoring of political developments (legislative changes, regulators' focus areas, hot topics)
• Reminder function: e.g. updating the due-diligence (DD) system, assessments, training
• Naming of external specialist support in public communications and in the context of regulatory reviews
• Continuity
• External perspective

Annual services included in the subscription

• Regular update e-mails on the EUDR, EUTR, and Swiss regulations
• Quality checks of individual due-diligence cases
• Support with enquiries from the authorities
• Support in communicating with suppliers
• Once a year: training (in-house or with suppliers)
• Once a year: light-touch review of the due-diligence system, with recommendations
• Once a year: full due-diligence assessment of one supply chain

Costs

• Subscription term: 12 months, with a 3-month notice period at the end of the term
• Individual offers are available for micro-enterprises.

Additional services bookable individually

• Detailed review of the due-diligence system, with recommendations
• Due-diligence assessment of supply chains
• Courses, workshops, training sessions
• Internal audits for quality assurance
• Supplier onboarding
• Development and optimisation of the due-diligence system
• Extended workshops and training sessions
• Support in selecting IT due-diligence systems