C16 Softwood Undercuts Imports on Carbon — TDUK Has the Data to Prove It!

Timber Development UKs dataset now covers 11 product categories, with the new UK C16 softwood EPD recording a 69kgCO₂e/m³ reduction — the biggest single fall in the dataset’s history.

Locally sourced timber has a far lower embodied carbon footprint than imported timber across most product categories. That is according to Timber Development UK (TDUK), which last week published its 2026 Embodied Carbon Data for Timber Products, calculating embodied carbon across the 11 most widely used timber product categories in the UK.

The standout figure is UK-sourced softwood, which dropped from 107kgCO₂e/m³ to just 38kgCO₂e/m³ — a fall of 69kgCO₂e/m³ thanks to a new EPD targeting UK C16 softwood. It is the biggest single reduction in the dataset’s history.

Article created by our partner – Jason Ross – Wood Central

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