by Sergio Baffoni | Dec 3, 2020 | Media Release, Social Responsibilty
Jakarta/Berlin, 3 December 2020 – New evidence indicates that buyers and banks’ ineffective due diligence systems have allowed Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a global market paper supplier, to ignore its own forest conservation and human rights pledges, with the...
by Sergio Baffoni | Nov 3, 2020 | Media Release, Transparency and Integrity
Jakarta, Indonesia, 3 November 2020 – A coalition of 25 civil society groups published evidence (1) of pulp industry’s practices of profit shifting in order to reduce corporate tax bills (2). The organisations called on the Government of Indonesia to crack down on...
by Sergio Baffoni | Oct 6, 2020 | Media Release, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity
Today a coalition of civil society organisations published a report about deforestation and peatlands degradation on the rainforest-rich island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Based on analysis using satellite imagery, the report documents significant deforestation,...
by Sergio Baffoni | Jun 4, 2020 | Media Release, Social Responsibilty
Jakarta, 4 June 2020 – The National Coalition to Preserve Natural Resources (GN-PSDA) has called on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry to stop ignoring the environmental and criminal destruction caused by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the...
by Luisa Colasimone | Mar 24, 2020 | Media Release, Social Responsibilty, South America, Transparency and Integrity
Berlin, 24 March 2020 – A discussion document released by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) unveils the social and environmental risks associated with the Finnish company UPM-Kymmene and its operations in Uruguay, and highlights the importance of...
by Joshua Martin | Mar 21, 2020 | Media Release
*** 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...