From Greenpeace International – Jakarta, 17 January 2014 – APRIL, the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia, has today been threatened with expulsion from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a coalition of some 200 international companies committed to sustainability (1), unless it can demonstrate that it has ended its role […]
Read MoreComprehensive, searchable resource lists hundreds of ecopapers Vancouver, – The premiere, independent resource for finding North America’s leading environmental papers is newly updated and ready to serve you better. With so many mills making ecopaper claims it’s essential that companies promoting sustainable brands choose and use ecopapers that have earned the Environmentally Superior designation from […]
Read More‘+ + + ROBIN WOOD press release + + + The furniture store wants to change the product range of its Paper Shop* to FSC-certified or recycled paper products. After ROBIN WOOD’s criticism of IKEA because of their sale of paper produced by the destruction of tropical forests the furniture store has announced consequences: Until […]
Read MoreNewspapers’ Paper Choices Helping to Save Forests The Guardian, New York Times, Toronto Star and Tampa Bay Times environmental commitments highlight of Canopy’s International Newspaper Environmental Leaders in 2013 Report Dec. 19, 2013, Vancouver: Today, Canopy, the award winning environmental not-for-profit organisation, released “Place Your Ad Here”, a comprehensive new report profiling major newspapers and […]
Read More12-18-2013 After ten years as PPI, leading environmental organisation changes brand to engage broader audiences. TODAY, the Product Policy Institute announced that the organisation has adopted UPSTREAM as its new name. UPSTREAM unveiled its updated brand through a webinar to launch their new website – www.upstreampolicy.org, and an updated mission statement: UPSTREAM is a national […]
Read MoreMEDIA CONTACTS: Lauren Stansbury, 402-540-1208, lauren@mintwood.com; Ryan Fletcher, 202-641-0277, ryan@mintwood.com * * B-roll/photos/interviews with climber and campaigners available * * MINNEAPOLIS, MN—ForestEthics, an environmental group with a proven track record of helping to transform the environmental practices of more than 100 companies including Walgreens, Staples, Home Depot and many others, deployed a 1,600 square foot […]
Read MoreNewsstand Sales Increase Up to 137 Percent for Green Magazines During Barnes & Noble Sales Push WASHINGTON, DC — Contrary to the declining single copy sales for most magazine publishers, members of the Green America Better Paper Project have seen their newsstand sales increase between 85 to 137 percent. By contrast, the magazine industry has […]
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The EPN is posting this release due to its relevancy to Forest Carbon Counts our collaborative project to determine a full and accurate accounting for biogenic carbon emissions for forest products. ——– For Immediate Release, July 12, 2013 Contact: Kevin Bundy, (415) 632-5313, kbundy@biologicaldiversity.org WASHINGTON— A key federal court ruling today confirmed that Clean […]
Read MoreFor Immediate Release June 25, 2013 Contact: Kim Porter, Environmental Paper Network, 828-645-5340 Environmental Paper Network Welcomes Four New Corporate “Power Users” of the Paper Calculator Life Cycle Tool Asheville, NC – Four more corporate sustainability leaders have joined the Power User program of the Environmental Paper Network’s Paper Calculator. The Paper Calculator is the premiere, independent life […]
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