EPN-International - Environmental Paper Network

Joint statement to stop Irresponsible Est-For Pulp Mill

A new pulp mill is planned in Tartu, Estonia, the second largest city in the country. The mill will produce 700,000 tonnes of pulp and it will consume around a quarter of the total country’s timber production. This increase threatens to be the fatal stroke for Estonian forests, which are already being exhausted by the increasing rate […]

Sustainability in the case of tissue

At a high level congress “Tissue – Moving Towards Sustainability”, major environmental NGOs had discussions with manufacturers and retailers about steps towards responsible production of products like paper for baby nappies (diapers), toilet paper and tissues. The biggest issue for debate was whether significant savings in tissue consumption could be a realistic option for the […]

Discussion document on genetically modified trees

The Global Paper Vision contains the goal that stakeholders in the pulp and paper industry should commit to ‘Refuse fibre from genetically modified organisms.’ Yet the pulp and paper industry is actively involved in developing plantations of genetically modified (GM) or genetically engineered (GE) trees. A new EPN discussion document has been produced in order […]

Robin Wood’s Campaign on Cups at BackWerk

Robin Wood is a German environmental organisation that has a strong track record on forest campaigning. They have recently run successful actions focusing on Germany’s biggest bakery chain, BackWerk, including street actions and customer education. They are one of the organisations taking part in the international day of action on throwaway cups, on 22 March […]

EPN-International’s 2016 Annual Report now available

The annual report summarising the activities of the Environmental Paper Network – International is now online here: EPN-International 2016 annual report final This report summarises our activities around the world, excluding North America and China, where are sister networks manage their own affairs. It was a good year for the network, with more resources and […]

Please don’t pulp the last Swedish old-growth forests!

Sweden produces more paper than any other country in Europe, but at what cost? A letter signed by 45 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has asked the Swedish government to introduce tighter legislation to improve forestry practices in the country. It expresses concern that clearcut forestry threatens some of the last remaining fragments of old-growth forests in […]