Welcome to the Environmental Paper Network’s Reports & Publications page.
Find all reports, briefings, factsheets, and other publications authored, or co-authored, by the Environmental Paper Network or the Biomass Action Network. For additional resources on biomass, including from partner organisations, please see our Biomass Info Library.
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This report documents extensive deforestation, including clearance of forests on peatlands, in the concession area of PT Adindo Hutani Lestari (Adindo), one of APRIL’s top five wood suppliers. These findings represent significant violations of both APRIL’s and RGE Group’s commitments.
Date: October 2020
Topics: APRIL, Deforestation, Indonesia, Peatlands, Royal Golden Eagle
Pulp & paper is a large contributor to agrarian conflicts in Indonesia, with around 350,000 hectares affected, or around 10 percent of the total pulpwood plantation area. Impacts on communities include loss of land, loss of livelihoods, criminalisation and violence.
Date: May 2020
Topics: Agrarian Rights, Finance Risk, Indonesia, Pulp and Paper, Social Conflict
EPN evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria — the “Red Lines” — that all financial institutions should require of their clients to reduce social and environmental risk. The assessment finds that most Red Lines remain very poorly protected, with only 6% of banks scoring “well protected” on average, though some improvements were recorded since the first assessment in 2017.
Topics: Deforestation, Finance, Human Rights, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity
This briefing discusses the social and environmental risks associated with UPM Kymmene Oyj and its operations in Uruguay, highlighting the importance of strong social and environmental risk management policies and close scrutiny of individual investments.
Date: March 2020
Topics: Environmental Risk, Finance, Social Risk, UPM, Uruguay
This report maps the social conflicts associated with Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) across Indonesia.
Date: November 2019
Topics: APRIL, Conflict Plantations, Indonesia, Social Conflict
Asia Pulp & Paper and APRIL Groups continued in 2018 to source wood from a controversial supplier owned by Djarum Group, following up on a joint NGO report published in August 2018 about deforestation in East Kalimantan.
Date: October 2019
Topics: APRIL, Asia Pulp & Paper, Borneo, Deforestation, Djarum Group
This report maps the social conflicts associated with Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) across Indonesia.
Date: October 2019
Topics: Asia Pulp & Paper, Conflict Plantations, Indonesia, Social Conflict
An investor briefing examining the relationship between industrial tree plantations and green bonds.
Date: May 2019
Topics: Finance, Green Bonds, Investors, Plantations
This report examines the reputational and financial risks of investing in forest biomass energy.
Date: May 2019
Topics: Biomass, Finance, Investment, Reputational Risk
