1. Counting the full environmental cost of buildings. 
The full environmental cost of buildings is considered before new development is commenced and the potential for existing structures to be repurposed, renovated, and/or extended using low-carbon materials is prioritised over demolition. 

2. Accounting for Whole Life Carbon emissions. 
All new buildings are designed and constructed in ways that minimise Whole Life Carbon emissions, optimising operational efficiency and minimising embodied carbon in materials. Carbon is accounted for transparently and in timber buildings there is clear differentiation between biogenic carbon stored and fossil carbon emissions.

3. Ensuring Sustainable Forest Management. 
Wood-based construction materials are sourced from forests where best practice sustainable management ensures legality, transparency and a balance of optimal outcomes for biological diversity, carbon storage and local communities.

4. Maximising the carbon storage potential of wood. 
Wood is harvested efficiently to minimise waste and its carbon storage value is maximised by incentivising its use for durable products such as construction. Circularity of wood use for buildings is promoted, including design for disassembly to facilitate re-use and subsequent cascading of timber components in successive buildings to maximise the material’s lifespan.

5. Promoting a timber building bioeconomy. 
Information, education and training is provided for architects, engineers, builders and consumers on the benefits and practices of responsible timber use in construction. Innovation, research and development is supported and encouraged to enable a timber construction economy to thrive.