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From Paper-First to Digital-First: Securities & Exchange Commission Takes a Major Step Forward

At a Glance The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new approach to delivering required investor disclosures electronically. The proposal would allow electronic delivery by default while preserving investors’ ability to request paper documents, free of charge. An analysis published by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) estimated that more […]

Billions of pages and dollars saved. One simple policy change.

A new Environmental Paper Network analysis finds that modernizing outdated ERISA health plan disclosure rules by allowing electronic delivery by default, while preserving consumers’ right to receive paper communications, could save the equivalent of 366,000 tons of wood (more than 2 million trees) every year, reduce more than 1 billion pounds of greenhouse gas […]

Who counts carbon?

The climate crisis was driven by corporate power. Why are we letting it shape the solutions? The world relies on carbon accounting to track progress toward climate goals. From corporate net-zero commitments to government regulations and investor disclosures, one framework is an important disclosure tool: the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Developed by the […]

Wrap up: BAN reflects on the Climate Negotiations in Bonn, 2026

The Biomass Action Network’s COP Biomass Taskforce recently completed two weeks of intensive advocacy at the UNFCCC SB64 intersessional climate negotiations in June 2026, held in Bonn, Germany. The Taskforce’s primary goal is to increase pressure and drive action to ensure biomass energy is excluded as a method for meeting international climate targets. Their efforts […]

Bioenergy in Countries’ Climate Plans

An Analysis of Biomass, Bioenergy and BECCS in Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies Biomass energy is increasingly common in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Long Term Strategies (LTS). These documents – submitted to the UNFCCC by national governments – are important because they set out the high-level and detailed pathways countries plan to take […]

A Simple SEC Reform With Big Benefits for Investors, Environment

This article was originally published in DC Journal on June 1, 2026, and is republished here with permission. By Elizabeth S. Underwood, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Paper Network North America A simple regulatory change at the Securities and Exchange Commission could eliminate hundreds of millions of pages of paper waste each year while improving how investors […]

Put a forest in your tank: Why e-fuels aren’t necessarily a climate solution

E-fuels are being promoted as a climate solution for aviation, shipping, and road transport. There are a variety of e-fuels, but beware! Some of them use woody biomass in their production and are another manifestation of the failed industrial biomass energy model – dressed up as innovation. A new brief from BAN exposes the flaws […]

Greenwashing, deforestation and more emissions. The Indonesian paper giant is setting the tune in Baku.

To see how a global climate summit is going, it is not necessary to take note of the number of polluting companies showing up there, but this may help. All kinds of companies travelled to Baku, one of the largest global oil hubs. They register for meetings and panels, present their beautiful glossy image, and […]

Enough with peat fires! Indonesia protesters denounce APP’s subsidiaries

Residents in South Sumatra, Indonesia, took three subsidiaries of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) to court over the chronic smoke haze. Their pulpwood concessions are accused of repeatedly causing haze pollution due to fires on their concessions during the dry seasons. Twelve South Sumatra residents visited the Palembang District Court on Thursday to register a […]