Deforestation - Environmental Paper Network

How is Asia Pulp and Paper Doing on Its New Forest Conservation Policy?

A Working Group of international and Indonesian NGOs has coalesced within the Environmental Paper Network to monitor the integrity and robustness of Asia Pulp and Paper’s recent commitments and ensure the success of this critical opportunity for all stakeholders. Conservation organisations worldwide are invested in the outcome of this process for its implication on global […]

An Open Letter From RAN: What Do APP’s New Commitments on Forests, Peatlands and Community Rights Mean for Buyers and Investors?

RAN has been campaigning since 2009 to persuade Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) to reform its destructive business practices. To that end, we have worked with dozens of major companies to develop policies that eliminate paper associated with rainforest destruction from their supply chains, including, most recently, Disney and HarperCollins. With APP’s newly announced Forest Conservation Policy, paper […]

RELEASE: WWF urges Indonesian pulp producer APRIL to immediately stop pulping tropical forests

Originally posted on WWF website – 12 February 2013 JAKARTA – Following the announcement by Asia Pulp & Paper that it has stopped all clearance of Indonesian forests, WWF is now calling on its competitor Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) to stop pulping tropical rainforest. “APRIL is now the single largest converter of natural forest […]

KFC’s Packaging Policy Increases Protection for Southern Forests

By SCOT QUARANDA, CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR, DOGWOOD ALLIANCE Exciting news! In late October, KFC released a new sustainable packaging policy that we can get behind. We’ve been studying the implications of the policy and talking with the company’s biggest suppliers to ensure that there’s real change on the ground for our forests. After much analysis, we […]