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International NGOs come together to support Estonians challenging the proposed Est-For ‘biorefinery” and pulp mill

MEDIA RELEASE The people of Estonia struggling to prevent a huge ‘biorefinery’, which would consume a quarter of Estonia’s wood supply and pollute the country’s second largest river, have today received support from concerned organisations all over the world. Estonian civil society groups, the City of Tartu, the former prime minister and many prominent scientists have already […]

Skip the Slip Report Highlights Leaders and Laggards in Addressing Toxic Receipt Paper

The data are clear: Paper receipts coated in toxic chemicals pose risks to our health and have huge environmental impacts. That’s why Green America is advocating for a wider use of paperless solutions, while also ensuring recyclable, phenol-free paper will be used for customers who still request a paper receipt. Nearly every U.S. consumer handles […]

145 Organisations Jointly Release The State of the Global Paper Industry 2018

Report shows risks of a dangerously expanding global paper industry 26 April 2018 – A new report from the Environmental Paper Network reveals the social and environmental developments in an industry that is expanding to produce new products – such as tissue disposables, food service and e-commerce packaging – and into new markets, as global […]

Investigation links APP with fires and controversial suppliers

An Associated Press investigation has found that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and its parent company Sinarmas, now five years into ambitious forest conservation promises, “has extensive behind-the-scenes ties and significant influence over wood suppliers linked to fires and deforestation that have degraded Indonesia’s stunning natural environment.” Based on the information compiled by the Associated […]

Northern Pulp Controversy in Nova Scotia Community….Again

Northern Pulp, a company owned by Paper Excellence, an affiliated company of the Sinar Mas Group, has been making news for bad behavior again in Canada. Recently, the Globe and Mail reported on the story of how a the company successfully shut down a signing event by the Nova Scotia-born author of a new book entitled, […]

Indonesian NGOs Write to Banks: Stop Financing APRIL

Thirty Indonesian NGOs have sent a letter to twenty banks in China and Europe calling on them to divest from APRIL and its related companies. In 2015, after a long history of rainforest distraction and community rights abuses, APRIL announced a new commitment. Since then the company has failed at proper implementation. Its suppliers were […]

A Land Grab for Pulp – a report on Portucel Mozambique

Our latest discussion document explores the plan by The Navigator Company to develop a new pulp mill in Mozambique. The Portuguese company, operating as Portucel Mozambique and with funding from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, is acquiring huge areas of land for establishing eucalyptus tree plantations to supply the mill. Local NGOs monitoring the […]

A Land Grab for Pulp: Environmental Paper Network exposes problems with a new pulp project in Mozambique

MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 17 November 2017 A report released today by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) today highlights the environmental and social impacts of a new pulp mill project in Mozambique. Portucel Moçambique (a Mozambican company controlled by The Navigator Company, previously known as Portucel Soporcel) will build a pulp mill in Zambézia, Mozambique. […]

Evaluating the Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Performance of Sinar Mas Group (SMG) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Companies

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”] WWF-Indonesia together with Auriga, Forest Peoples Programme, Hutan Kita Institute, Jikalahari, KKI Warsi, Rainforest Action Network, Titian, Walhi Riau, Walhi Jambi, Wetlands International, and Woods & Wayside International have published Evaluating the Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Performance of Sinar Mas Group (SMG) […]