The committee
The Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) consists of four independent members and the chair. TPAC is composed in such a way that knowledge of the three P’s of sustainability, people, planet and profit, is present within the Committee.
From left to right:
Erik Lammerts van Bueren MSc, director of ISAFOR consultancy (forest certification)
Tieme Wanders MSc, senior consultant at Form International (planet)
Prof. Helias Udo de Haes, former president of the Leiden University Institute of Environmental Sciences (chair)
Myrthe Haase MSc, programme manager TPAC at SMK (secretary)
Kees Burger PhD, Associate professor at Wageningen University (profit)
Prof. Gerard Persoon PhD, Associate professor at Leiden University (people)