The European Environmental Paper Network has published a new report, Mapping Pulp Mill Expansion: Risks and Recommendations. The report offers a resource for investors and large volume paper buyers concerned about climate and deforestation risk and reflects a rising global demand for pulp and paper products. Maps featured in the report serve as a threat atlas for visualizing the […]
Read MoreFor immediate release Contact: Joshua Martin, Environmental Paper Network, 828-242-4238 Emeryville, CA – The North American Environmental Paper Network (EPN) today announced that SCS Global Services (SCS), a leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification and standards development, will serve as the Program Operator for the development of Product Category Rules (PCR) Modules for Roundwood, […]
Read More[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18.8″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Today Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) announced it is committing to retire approximately 7,000 hectares of commercial plantation areas to protect threatened carbon-rich peatlands. At a live event in Jakarta earlier today, APP, along with independent research institute Deltares, presented its […]
Read MoreInternational environmental not-for-profit, Canopy, has released a report that profiles the environmental performance of North America’s largest printers at Sustainable Brands, a conference where major print customers are gathered. “The Blueline Report 2015: North American Printers: Sustainability, Transparency, Paper Sourcing and Forest Conservation” ranks major printers on a set of twenty-nine key criteria and directs […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s second biggest pulp and paper company announced today an immediate moratorium on logging in natural forests. After many years of environmental and social conflicts, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) released a version 2.0 of its forest policy that includes a halt of deforestation as of May 15, 2015, together with a number of measures that […]
Read MoreOver recent months we have been drawing the attention of banks known to finance Indonesian paper company, APRIL, to the company’s dire record of deforestation and social conflicts in Sumatra, and its failure to restrain its activity to conform even with its own weak policy. Some European banks have listened, and have committed to avoid […]
Read MoreGaps in Indonesia’s Forest Legality Verification System Put Forest Products’ Customers at Material Risk A new briefing for international buyers and customs authorities finds legality system does not provide adequate assurance that Indonesian or international human rights laws are being met — Additional due diligence is needed. San Francisco, CA — Indonesia’s wood products audit […]
Read MoreWith today’s launch of the online Environmental Self-check, WWF provides an improved service to pulp and paper manufacturers globally for company internal usage. The five online steps to check the environmental footprint of pulp and paper brands can be filled out confidentially. The Environmental Self-check is a new feature of WWF´s Check Your Paper, a public database […]
Read MoreThe paper industry has an important role to play in the conservation and stewardship of the world’s forests. Dogwood Alliance, a conservation organisation working to protect the forests of the Southern US from destructive logging practices, released a report today assessing the forest management practices of top five paper producers in the US South which […]
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