Got Paper? Checking Up on the Paper “Check-Off” Program

Today is the bi-monthly meeting of the Paper and Packaging Board, or Paper Check-off. It’s a new initiative by the U.S. pulp and paper industry to encourage Americans and others to buy more paper and counter declining domestic consumption and its impact on sales. The Environmental Paper Network is the only civil society organisation monitoring […]

Infographic: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Stopping the Unwanted Flow of Junk Mail

Greenpeace, Kimberly-Clark Celebrate “Wood” Anniversary

It’s fitting that fifth year celebrations are known as “wood” anniversaries since that’s largely what this one is about. On August 5th, Kimberly-Clark and Greenpeace will mark five years of the company’s new fibre buying policyand the end of the “Kleercut” campaign. That day, conflict and confrontation turned into collaboration that continues to this day. The story of […]

New UK Government Science Report Confirms Burning Forests Bad for Climate

Conservation Groups Call on UK to Take Swift Action to Stop Destruction of Forests in the Southern US Asheville, NC, USA – Today the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) released its long-awaited Biomass Emissions and Counterfactual Model Calculator and an accompanying report Lifecycle Impacts of Biomass in 2020 report. The findings from the tool and associated report confirm what […]

As National Geographic Goes, So Goes the Industry (With Your Help)

Today, the Green America Better Paper Project and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are excited to announce that National Geographic is using recycled fibre in the pages of several of their publications – including their flagship publication that reaches over 4 million readers! National Geographic’s move was the result of several years of assistance from the Better […]

Our new Global Paper Vision

One hundred and twenty organisations share a vision for sustainable production and consumption of paper Today, together with our membership of more than one hundred twenty civil society organisations on six continents, we are proud to unveil a powerful new Global Paper Vision uniting a myriad voices currently challenging the paper industry to adopt more […]

Introducing a New Global Paper Vision + #whatsinyourpaper

Today, the Environmental Paper Network released a Global Paper Vision for social and environmental transformation in the pulp and paper industry. The new document articulates the common goals of more than 120 not-for-profit organisations from civil society around the world. It is a platform for global coordination and creates synergy between the many efforts to improve […]

How I’d Spend My $25 Million Campaign Warchest if I was the U.S. Paper Industry

I was cruising across South Carolina, Georgia and Florida at 70 miles per hour recently with my family in tow. We were on our way to see my 99 year-old grandmother, who everyone calls “Bart.” My four passengers were absorbed in a combination of digital and paper-based entertainment. We’d been passing massive clearcuts behind thin […]

Knotty Problems? There Are Solutions.

As Greenpeace launches Forest Solutions: An insider’s look at Greenpeace collaborations in forest regions around the world, Greenpeace B.C. Director Stephanie Goodwin offers her perspectives on forest-based collaborations. This blog post was originally published on the website of Greenpeace Canada. I have a saying: when you have a knotty problem, widen the circle of brains working on it […]