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Final Paper Reduction Rules by U.S. Department of Labor Will Save Billions of Dollars, Preserve Right to a Paper Option

The Environmental Paper Network supports the efforts of the United States Department of Labor to modernize the delivery of retirement plan information and the final rule: Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The adoption of the rule will benefit retirees, save billions of dollars, achieve environmental […]

Statement in Solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives

The Environmental Paper Network joins with our member organizations to unequivocally speak and stand in solidarity and support of Black lives, and against racism, oppression and inequality in all forms. We join with those demanding action and justice and who are outraged by the institutional injustice in the killing of George Floyd and so many […]

Global Finance Sector Failing to Apply Conservation Criteria to Pulp and Paper Funding

*** The Environmental Paper Network and our 156 member organisations want to acknowledge the extraordinary circumstances of this moment, given the terrible impacts of COVID-19 for people around the world. The urgent need to respond to the pandemic and its impacts is rightly taking priority. However, climate change and deforestation remain existential threats, they make […]

Canopy’s EcoPaper Database Updated and Expanded for 2020

More and more companies are searching for products that support the solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis, including in their paper and packaging. To support their success and the marketplace of Next Generation Solutions, Canopy has released the updated EcoPaper Database for 2020. Bigger, better and easier-to-use than ever, the EcoPaper Database features more […]

#JOBS: EPN-International seeks candidates for Coordinator for the Finance Working Group

JUNE 2020 – THIS VACANCY HAS BEEN FILLED The Environmental Paper Network – International is looking for a Coordinator for the Finance Working Group. The vacancy will run until the position is filled. The Finance Working Group Coordinator will be a member of the EPN International Steering Committee, in charge of two working sub-groups, one […]

Complaint Challenges Certification of Djarum Group Company by Forest Stewardship Council

On December 4, 2019, Yayasan Auriga Nusantara submitted a complaint to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) about PT Bukit Muria Jaya, a paper and packaging processor based in Karawang, West Java, owned by Djarum Group. The complaint indicates that the majority shareholder of PT Bukit Muria Jaya, Mr. Robert Budi Hartono, is a shareholder of two pulpwood plantation […]

The Fascinating and Useful Science of Human Behavior and Paper Reduction

From 2017-2019, Root Solutions trained more than 20 higher education institutions in how to use behavioral insights to save paper. The behavioral sciences – including research from the fields of cognitive science, conservation psychology, behavioral economics, social marketing, design thinking, and strategic communication – use an evidence-based approach to encouraging behavior change. Root Solutions is […]

Reclaiming A’se’k: Boat Harbour and the Next Generation

On the shoreline of the Northumberland Strait in Nova Scotia, in the 1960’s, an important area for culture and sustenance known as A’se’k to the Mi’kmaq, was stolen to construct an effluent treatment facility for a pulp mill. They were told it would be safe. It was a lie. The pristine, tidal bay of Boat […]

Introducing #UnwrapTheTruth, A Call to Action to End Wasteful Use of Paper and Packaging

I don’t know if you’re like me…I love holding and reading a good paperback book, and then passing it on to a friend. All of us probably appreciate other high value uses of paper too, for art, education, sanitation and more. But having walked through enough landscapes around the world ravaged by the reckless elements […]