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Nicole Rycroft

Canopy’s New Guide for Business Ranks North American Printers on Forest Sourcing and Sustainability Performance

International environmental not-for-profit, Canopy, has released a report that profiles the environmental performance of North America’s largest printers at Sustainable Brands, a conference where major print customers are gathered. “The Blueline Report 2015: North American Printers: Sustainability, Transparency, Paper Sourcing and Forest Conservation” ranks major printers on a set of twenty-nine key criteria and directs […]

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Release: Conservation Group Withdraws from Boreal Forest Agreement with Industry

Vancouver: Canopy, a leading forest conservation group, today announced its withdrawal from the once praised Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), endorsed by forest industry and environmental groups to protect Canada’s Boreal forest. After almost three years since the agreement was announced, not one hectare of Canada’s Boreal forest has been protected. Canopy has determined more […]

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RELEASE: Canopy Recognizes Torstar Corporation’s New Commitment to Global Forests

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Apr 2, 2013) – Torstar Corporation (TS-B.TO) has launched corporate-wide Environmental Purchasing Principles to encourage suppliers to eliminate the use of fibre from ancient and endangered forests, empower business units with the option of choosing to preference post-consumer recycled fibre and encourage improvement of all forest certification systems with Forest Stewardship Council certification […]

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RELEASE: Alice Munro and Yann Martel sign rare collectors’ editions made from straw paper

For immediate release – March 6, 2013 Vancouver – Celebrated authors Alice Munro and Yann Martel have collaborated with award-winning environmental group Canopy to print collectors’ editions of their bestselling books Dear Life and Life of Pi. Printed specially on forest-saving paper made from straw rather than trees, the books highlight a viable solution to logging carbon-rich forests for paper. […]

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RELEASE: Search Launched for the World’s Greenest Newspapers

TORONTO (February 7 2013): Today Canopy announces the launch of a search for global newspaper publishers and media companies who are leading the way on environmental issues. The International Newspaper Environmental Leadership Survey will be circulated to the world’s most influential newspaper companies, representing over 60 titles, and is also open to any newspaper company […]

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