Sustainability
How Drums for Schools ensures all instruments are sourced from legal, sustainable and endangered species-friendly sources.
SVLK Certified
All our djembe timber holds the Indonesian SVLK V-Legal certification, guaranteeing it comes from legally and sustainably managed forests.
CITES Compliant
Our sourcing complies with CITES — the international agreement protecting wild fauna and flora — so no endangered species are threatened by our supply chain.
Natural Materials
We use natural, sustainable and recycled materials wherever we can, and try to reuse packaging and minimise wastage at every opportunity.
SVLK — Legal & Sustainable Timber
The wood used for all our djembe drums is mahogany, and it's all certified under the Indonesian Timber Legality Assurance System (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu — SVLK).
The SVLK scheme is a mandatory national system requiring all timber from state-owned and private forests to obtain verification of legality — a guarantee that the timber originates from legal, sustainably-managed sources.
Assesses and verifies all parties involved in the production, processing, transportation and trade of timber and wood products.
Traces the origin of all timber and wood products from forest to finished instrument.
Issues documentation and licences that certify the legality of timber exports.
Our V-Legal Licence number
24.00145-00030.015-ID-GB
Legal, Sustainable, Endangered Species-Friendly
Every djembe drum we supply is traceable from forest to finished instrument — certified sustainable, legally sourced, and CITES compliant.
CITES — Protecting Endangered Species
Because our wood is sustainably managed, single-species mahogany and SVLK certified, it also complies with the CITES agreement.
CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — an international agreement between governments whose aim is to ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.
Our commitment to SVLK-certified sourcing means you can be confident that no instrument you buy from Drums for Schools contributes to deforestation or the decline of endangered species.
A small firm with a clear conscience
We use natural, sustainable and recycled materials wherever we can, and we put music-making — not money-making — first in everything we do.
