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 Stewardship Council (FSC) announced that it has decided to suspend the process to design a roadmap […]
Read MoreWe’ve got two new resources from the Environmental Paper Network this week to support efforts at reducing wasteful paper consumption. The first is our new Fact Sheet: Paper Saving Opportunities, Benefits, and Leaders (updated in April 2019). This update to our original paper saving fact sheet includes new research showing the many sustainability, social justice, and […]
Read MoreThe annual report summarising the international activities of the Environmental Paper Network – International is now online here. This report summarises our activities around the world, excluding North America and China, where our sister networks manage their own affairs. Our budget for the year was slightly down on the previous year, and it is amazing […]
Read MoreThe Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) joined the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) in 2017 when its community was confronted by a proposal for a major new pulp mill in Tartu. ELF is a non-governmental organization that was founded 1991 and whose mission is to preserve endangered species and their habitats, natural landscapes and natural associations […]
Read MoreChina began enforcing new, very strict standards on what recycling materials are accepted into the country at the beginning of January. The new policy, known as the “National Sword,” bans 24 types of solid waste, including various plastics and unsorted mixed papers, and sets a much tougher standard for contamination levels. Much of what the […]
Read MoreA new assessment by the EPN of bank policies has been completed and published here: http://www.environmentalpaper.eu/in-the-red/ The assessment studied how ready the financial sector is to manage the environmental and social risks of financial involvement with the pulp and paper industry. From 2016 to 2017 we carried out a benchmark assessment of the pulp and […]
Read MoreCivil society organisations around the world are taking action on Wednesday 22 March 2017 (23 March in Australia) to show growing consciousness of the need to avoid using throwaway cups, which cause harm to people, forests, water and the climate. On this international day of action, we invite people all around the world to take […]
Read MoreAsia Pulp & Paper (APP) and APRIL are managing 38% of the BRG’s restoration total target or 1 million hectare. Analysing a previous analysis by Eyes on the Forest, Auriga says that in order to implement the full restoration mandated by the government, APP and APRIL must restore respectively 1,1 million hectare and 0,6 million […]
Read MoreBy the end of December 2016, Indonesia’s Ministry of the Environment and Forestry issued two official letters iorderig five more Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to remove all the acacia they have recently replanted in burned peat. The companies are PT RHM, PT TPJ, PT SH, PT BPP and PT SPM.Previously, the Ministry had sent […]
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