by Merel van der Mark | Jul 1, 2019 | EPN-International, Pulp Finance, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Social Responsibilty, South America, Transparency and Integrity, Uncategorized
In Uruguay, the citizen opposition to a new pulp mill planned by the Finnish paper giant UPM continues to grow. Last Friday, a citizen movement calling itself as the “national coordination of social organisations against UPM”, representing more than 40...
by Merel van der Mark | Jun 18, 2019 | EPN-International, Pulp Finance, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Social Responsibilty, South America, Transparency and Integrity
In Uruguay, protests are rising against the installation of UPM’s planned new pulp mill project in Paso de los Toros. There has been strong social criticism on the conditions of the contract that the government signed with UPM, on the expected impacts of the pulp mill...
by Merel van der Mark | Jun 13, 2019 | Responsible Virgin Fibre, Social Responsibilty, South America, Transparency and Integrity
In Chile, Arauco, the country’s second largest pulp producer, has started building a new 1.56 million tonnes/year pulp line at its Horcones mill, in the Biobío region. This project, called MAPA, is problematic as it is likely to fuel land conflicts, especially with...
by Merel van der Mark | Jun 10, 2019 | Transparency and Integrity
Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) one of the world’s largest pulp-and-paper companies, has been under spotlight because extensive rainforest destruction and a large number of social conflicts. Since 2014, a number of Indonesian and international...
by Merel van der Mark | May 14, 2019 | EPN-International, Pulp Finance, South America, Transparency and Integrity
Green Bonds are used to finance business-as-usual tree plantations and operations of the paper & pulp industry and claiming exaggerated CO2 savings, a new briefing by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) shows. The briefing presents a case study of a Green Bond...
