As far as is recognise , Van der Sar Import is the first company in the world to successfully certify the production process for rattan products . Under the firebrand name Terima Kasih , the Dutch society from De Lier has been ply sustainably produce rattan hoop for yr . The certification mental process took four years . Van der Sar Import harvests the rattan in a responsible for room in Indonesia . The tropic climb plants are then processed into baskets in Van der Sar ’s own factory on the island of Java .
Customers are demand more selective information about the stemma of products , and this inspired owner Gerard van der Sar to ferment towards certification . Director , Gerard van der Sar was powerfully committed to obtain certification for the rattan production process . ‘ tropic rainforests are under pressure partly due to the large - scale harvest of the mount rattan plant . prole need to harvest a certain amount of rattan per daytime to have sufficient income . As a resultant role , rattan is disappearing much faster than it can grow . ’
Gerard van der Sar shows logotype of sustainable brand Terima Kasih
Rattan , just harvest in the rainforest
Deforestation of virgin forestThe disappearance of rattan from forest plots eventually direct to the deforestation of virgin forest , as Gerard van der Sar get laid . Van der Sar spent four year working to achieve a responsible production process with steering from an official certification soundbox . ‘ The certification process has been try out before , but no one has ever win . ’ worker on islands such as Sulawesi and Kalimantan now glean the rattan based on a restricted number of plots in the jungle . Young cutting of the climb plant are now protected .
Transporting bundles of rattan from the hobo camp to the C.P.U.
Fair pay and wellness insuranceUnder the demonstrate unconscious process , a piece - rate worker can glean few kilos of rattan . In return , Van der Sar Import pays a better kilo price and undertake them class - one shot employment . The certification also includes a socially responsible personnel policy . Employees in Indonesia receive a fair wage and two meal a day . employee are also insured against medical expenses . tyke labor and discrimination do not take place at the company ’s certified production sites . Gerard van der Sar : ‘ Every piece of rattan is now fully traceable , from harvest home to the arriver of production in De Lier . Every transaction is immortalize . ’
Training on how to register batches of rattan for traceability intent .
Ladies do the last inspection and small haunt of basket before lading .
Other certifications in the pipelineVan der Sar Import supplies the rattan baskets under the brand name Terima Kasih , Indonesian for ‘ thank you ’ . product are mainly sell outside the Netherlands , with the most important markets being Scandinavia , Germany , Austria and Switzerland . Van der Sar ’s cardinal customer are grower , garden centres , middleman for florists and works exporter . The company also supply products made from ocean grass , jute and recycled cotton . Van der Sar Import aims to certify the process for these raw materials too .
Production of baskets in the factory of Van der Sar Import
For more information : Van der SarGerard van der SarLeemolen 702678 MH De Lier , Netherlands+31 6 53 25 69 14[email protected]www.vandersar.nl
