On 7 March 2017, our webinar series continued with our most popular topic yet – Chinese Finance. Katharine Lu, of Friends of the Earth USA, gave a presentation demonstrating through examples, and with great humour, how it is possible to influence the outcome of international projects that are financed by Chinese banks. She explained how […]
Read MoreEMERYVILLE, CA, Jan 26, 2017 – An innovative Product Category Rule (PCR) specifying rules for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) focused on wood and paper has been developed by the North American Environmental Paper Network (EPN), an independent not-for-profit coalition with diverse expertise in forest and paper sustainability issues, and SCS Global Services (SCS), a leader in […]
Read More‘Green Paper, Red Lines’ is a set of requirements for financiers to avoid financing pulp and paper companies that are unsustainable or unethical. This webinar explains them, gives an example of the situation they are intended to avoid, and describes our process for assessing bank policies against them, which is being undertaken in partnership with […]
Read MoreEarlier this year, we published Green Paper, Red Lines, a briefing for financiers, which sets out minimum requirements for pulp and paper companies. We ask all those involved in financing the industry to avoid any projects or companies that do not meet these Red Lines. To help explain this important document, we are running a […]
Read MoreThe Environmental Paper Network* (EPN), and BankTrack** today published a short document, Green Paper, Red Lines, setting out minimum requirements for the pulp and paper industry to avoid harming people and the environment. This document urges banks and investors who consider financially supporting pulp and paper companies to thoroughly check whether these companies are on the […]
Read MoreThe Environmental Paper Network sent a letter to Aida Greenbury of Asia Pulp on Paper prior to a Stakeholder Advisory Forum in Jakarta hosted by the company. The EPN was part of a Solutions Working Group with APP and other NGOs that was dissolved by APP and replaced by a new and less constructive process to achieve […]
Read MoreWe are often asked whether it is OK to buy paper from Indonesia, now that the biggest Indonesian pulp and papers have committed to a moratorium on rainforest logging. Here, Sergio Baffoni explains why it is still too early. On February 5, 2013, after decades of environmental and social conflicts in Indonesia, Asia Pulp & […]
Read MoreA group of NGOs sent a letter to Asia Pulp and Paper Director, Linda Wijaya, after a stakeholder engagement forum in Jakarta on October 5th. At the forum, APP presented information on how it is attempting to implement its Forest Conservation Policy and associated plans. NGO’s raised the issues contained in this letter and sought […]
Read MoreAt this week’s meeting in New Delhi of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 207 (TC 207) on Environmental Management, 25 NGOs from 6 countries submitted a letter supporting critical updates to ISO 14044, the requirements and guidelines for life-cycle assessment and the climate metrics used throughout ISO standards. These standards are used by an […]
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