by Merel van der Mark | Mar 26, 2019 | Pulp Finance, Social Responsibilty, Transparency and Integrity, Uncategorized
Uruguayan and Finnish social and environmental organisations released a joint statement last week stating their opposition to the plans of the Finnish pulp and paper company UPM to build a new pulp mill in Uruguay (UPM also has an existing mill in Fray Bentos). This...
by Joshua Martin | Mar 13, 2019 | Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity, Uncategorized
Today, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) celebrates the sixth anniversary of APP’s Forest Conservation Policy (FCP). For six years NGOs have been monitoring the FCP implementation and providing suggestions for improvement of the policy as well as its implementation. With...
by Joshua Martin | Feb 12, 2019 | Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity
New report says pulp companies and government are not transparent with restoration plans for fire-prone peatlands, and its analysis shows the restoration obligations of pulp producers APP and APRIL. In 2016, the government of Indonesia announced a new regulation...
by Sergio Baffoni | Jan 16, 2019 | Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has been found in a new satellite imagery analysis by Foresthints.news to have exploited recovering tropical peatlands, which were previously drained by the company more than a decade ago, for pulpwood expansion. The practice of re-draining...
by Merel van der Mark | Oct 1, 2018 | EPN-International, Transparency and Integrity
It did not make the headlines. In fact, it was not even mentioned in most of the articles about the broken contract between J&F Investimentos and Paper Excellence on the sale of Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA. But the most interesting part in the otherwise...
by Sergio Baffoni | Aug 16, 2018 | EPN-International, Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity, Uncategorized
A new report from a coalition of non-profit organizations shows that global paper giants Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) are violating their zero-deforestation policy. In addition, a few days ago the Forest...
