Environment

An ancestral roofing material resolutely turned towards the future and sustainable development   Always concerned with the optimization of using oak raw material as much as possible, the Charlois group values staves that are too short for the cooperage into oak tiles* for roofing buildings.   Formerly used in countries where there was a lot […]

An Ancestral Roofing Material Firmly Focused on Sustainability and the Future   With a constant commitment to optimizing the use of oak as a raw material, the Charlois Group repurposes oak staves that are too short for cooperage into oak tiles for building roofs.   Historically used in regions abundant with wood, wooden tiles eventually […]

The Charlois group is the first forestry company by volume of French oaks (nearly 10% of the total volume of French oaks marketed each year) and the undisputed leader on the French staves market. Due to particularly selective quality criteria for the manufacture of staves, only half of the volume purchased is used in stave-mills. […]

The Groupe Charlois is the largest oak forestry operator in France, managing nearly 10% of the total annual market volume of French oaks. It is also the undisputed leader in the French oak stave (merrain) market. Due to the highly selective quality standards required for stave production, only half of the purchased volume meets the […]

Bees actively contribute to the pollination of plants whose fruits we consume daily. In France, around 70% of the 6,000 plant species recorded, both wild and cultivated, are pollinated by pollinating insects, and some plants are entirely dependent on them.   The Charlois Group wanted to reintroduce beehives at Murlin, in close proximity to the […]

Bees take an active part in pollinating plants which produce fruits we daily consume. In France, around 70% of the 6000 plants species listed are pollinating by the pollinating insects and some of them fully depend on that.   Charlois Group wishes to reintroduce hives in Murlin, in close proximity to the Bertranges forest. To complete […]

In Murlin, Groupe Charlois undertakes daily actions to protect and to support biodiversity. The creation of flowering areas and vegetable garden for the restaurant, the non-utilization of phytosanitary products, the installation of beehives, the establishment of a Land art Promenade… are thus converging to an active effort for the protection of fau [...]

In Murlin, the daily initiatives undertaken by the Charlois Group aim to protect and promote biodiversity. These efforts include the creation of numerous flower-filled areas and a vegetable garden for the restaurant, the avoidance of phytosanitary products, the installation of beehives, and the establishment of a Land Art walk. All these actions ac [...]

Committed to sustainable forest management, the Fonds Charlois pour l’Art et la Forêt Fund launched an ambitious tree-planting initiative in 2019, averaging 40,000 plants per year. This program, designed to span nearly 10 years, considers biodiversity, its healthy development, and the impacts of climate change. The planting program covers several f [...]

The Groupe Charlois has chosen to favour a renewable electricity to mark its commitment to sustainable development.   We opted for the contract “Green electricity” by EDF. This contract ensures that 50% of renewable electricity is injected into the electrical grid during the subscription period.   For more information, click here.

In 2019 the Charlois Group, which has been actively engaged in sustainable forest management for many years, launched a vast tree-planting operation of some 40,000 young trees each year for 10 years, taking into consideration the local biodiversity and its evolution as well as climate change. This programme, spread across 7 forests in France, repre [...]

Since 2004, Groupe Charlois has been involved in the sustainable forest management programme (PEFC) and Bureau Veritas Certification certified each year the compliance with PEFC standards.   What is PEFC certification? PEFC is an international NGO. Forest certification is a voluntary, market-based instrument, implemented through two separate but li [...]