by Karen Vermeer | Sep 21, 2020 | Responsible Virgin Fibre, Transparency and Integrity
Agriculture and cattle ranching are the notorious drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. But the cattle and soy industry are only one side of the coin, with pulp & paper companies refusing to carry the blame because they do not directly burn the land –...
by Luisa Colasimone | Apr 22, 2020 | Responsible Virgin Fibre, Social Responsibilty
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a symbolic date celebrated around the world to show support for environmental action. But this year is different. 2020 carried high expectations in the fight against climate change, but people were caught by surprise by the...
by Merel van der Mark | Dec 6, 2019 | Our Network, South America, Transparency and Integrity
Yesterday, at an event organized by EPN and its partners at the People’s Summit, in Santiago de Chile, people from different regions and countries denounced the impacts caused by plantations for the pulp and paper industry, and discussed their similarities. In Chile,...
by Merel van der Mark | May 14, 2019 | EPN-International, Pulp Finance, South America, Transparency and Integrity
Green Bonds are used to finance business-as-usual tree plantations and operations of the paper & pulp industry and claiming exaggerated CO2 savings, a new briefing by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) shows. The briefing presents a case study of a Green Bond...
by Joshua Martin | Mar 5, 2019 | Social Responsibilty, South America
The Environmental Paper Network and its members are extremely concerned by the torture and murder of Rosane Santiago Silveira, a mother and environmental and human rights activist who was killed in Brazil on January 29, 2019, and send our deepest condolences to her...
