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Investigation by NGO coalition stops deforestation in Papua

One year ago, Environmental Paper Network, Mighty Earth, Pusaka, Solutions for Our Climate, Korean Federation for Environmental Movement and Advocates for Public Interest Law released a report exposing the devastation of pristine forests in the remote province of Papua, Indonesia, by the Korean company, Moorim Paper. Immediately after the release of the report, the company […]

Pulping Borneo

Jakarta, 23 May 2023 – A new investigative report, Pulping Borneo, finds that the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group, the world’s largest viscose producer and major paper products company, continues to rely on deforestation in its supply chain despite a high-profile commitment to “No-Deforestation”. The report, co-published by five organizations, also reveals a chain of […]

Unwrapping a disaster – The human cost of overpackaging

The human cost of overpackaging

Flushing the Climate 2023: A Follow Up Scorecard on Which U.S. Stores are Still Selling the World’s Most Destructive Toilet Paper

Three major brands of toilet paper in the United States – Fiora, Livi, and LoCor – manufactured by Solaris Paper, are made from fiber supplied by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) or affiliated companies. Fiora, Livi, and LoCor tissue brands are high-risk products linked to Asia Pulp and Paper’s destruction of tropical forests, climate […]

Paper Excellence whistleblowers and investigative journalism project lead to calls for parliamentary hearings in Canada

In November 2021, the relatively small and privately owned company, Paper Excellence, acquired Domtar, a major, publicly-traded North American uncoated freesheet paper and packaging producer that today has 11 pulp and paper mills and 9 manufacturing and converting facilities in the U.S.and Canada, in a transaction valued at $3 billion USD. Not long after, in […]

World Bank affiliate IFC approves loan for Suzano’s unsustainable project in Cerrado, ignoring warning from 40+ environmental groups

Christmas came early for Suzano, but at the cost of the world’s most biodiverse savannah: the Cerrado biome in Brazil. Last Friday, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, approved a USD 725 million loan to Suzano to build a new giant pulp mill project in Mato Grosso do Sul, in […]

Pulp & paper industry expansion in Cerrado risks fires, water shortage and climate damage, says new EPN report

New research released today by the Environmental Paper Network reveals the impacts of the ongoing and massive expansion of the pulp & paper industry in Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil’s Cerrado biome. Pulp production in the area around Três Lagoas, in the eastern corner of Mato Grosso do Sul,has exploded from zero to more […]

Investigation reveals giant North America pulp and forestry company’s links to deforestation and social conflicts through ownership structure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2022 ASHEVILLE/TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO – A new report released today by the Environmental Paper Network, together with Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network and Woods & Wayside International reveals in new detail the corporate ownership of Paper Excellence, which is about to become the largest pulp and forestry company in Canada. The investigation […]

Don’t let our future go up in smoke! NGOs Call on UN Climate Conference to Fix Flawed Carbon Accounting Rules

A worldwide network of environmental groups take a stand against large scale Forest Biomass burning to produce energy, a False Climate Solution. Sydney/Hobart/Tokyo/Kathmandu/Jakarta/London/Berlin/Lisbon/Atlanta and more, 21st October 2022 – Leading up to COP27, a network of more than 190 non-government organisations worldwide took action on the International Day of Action on Biomass – to highlight […]