by Joshua Martin | Mar 21, 2020 | Media Release
*** The Environmental Paper Network and our 156 member organisations want to acknowledge the extraordinary circumstances of this moment, given the terrible impacts of COVID-19 for people around the world. The urgent need to respond to the pandemic and its impacts is...
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 Merel van der Mark | May 2, 2019 | EPN-International, Pulp Finance, Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Transparency and Integrity
Briefing by environmental groups highlights serious financial, legal and reputational risks 02 May 2019 – The Environmental Paper Network, Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch have today issued a Briefing to investors that highlights the serious reputational,...
by Peter Gerhardt | May 1, 2018 | EPN-International, Responsible Virgin Fibre
A new pulp mill is planned in Tartu, Estonia, the second largest city in the country. The mill will produce 700,000 tonnes of pulp and it will consume around a quarter of the total country’s timber production. This increase threatens to be the fatal stroke for...
by Environmental Paper Network | Jul 19, 2017 | Media Release, Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Responsible Virgin Fibre, Social Responsibilty, Transparency and Integrity
A new assessment by the EPN of bank policies has been completed and published here: https://environmentalpaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/In-the-Red.pdf The assessment studied how ready the financial sector is to manage the environmental and social risks of...