Schou Establishes Learning Center in Borneo

November 4, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on November 2007 Schou USA, Greensboro, N.C., the U.S. subsidiary of Danish teakwood furnishings vendor Schou Co., has announced the establishment of the Schou Learning Centre in Semporna, Borneo. The Schou-financed facility was created in cooperation with the Borneo Child Aid Society to promote better living conditions for children whose families live and work on Indonesian plantations.

Children at the new school will be given an education similar to that of Western society. The Schou Learning Centre will enroll 50 students, fully paid, every year for the next 50 years.

“The activities of the Schou Learning Centre help ensure that these children receive a basic education and the chance for a better life,” says Christopher Curran, President of Schou USA. “We can help by making the right decisions on a local basis to help them achieve those goals, and part of that is opening up schools for them.”

Schou’s insistence on maintaining the highest social and ethical standards has a direct impact on the way it chooses to run its business. For example, SCHOU uses only plantation timbers from Indonesia in its hardwood teak furniture. The company’s chain-of-custody certification verifies that any piece of teak used to manufacture Schou furniture can be traced to the number of a seedling planted on a government-approved and monitored plantation in Indonesia.