Source Fibre Responsibly

• End sourcing of fibre from unknown and illegal sources, suppliers or operations.
• End the use of fibre from, and avoid suppliers associated with loss of, endangered forests and high conservation value forests, ecosystems and habitats.
• End the use of fibre from, and avoid suppliers associated with, conversion of natural forests or other high conservation value ecosystems into plantations for paper fibre.
• End the use of fibre from, and avoid suppliers associated with, loss or degradation of peatlands and high carbon stock forests.
• End the use of fibre, and avoid suppliers, associated with human or labor rights violations.
• Source any virgin wood fibre for paper from forest managers that have credible, independent, third-party certification for employing the most environmentally and socially responsible forest management and restoration practices. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is currently the only international certification programme that comes close to meeting this goal.
• Avoid sourcing from and promoting misleading and environmentally irresponsible forest certification programs.
• Support the development and use of sustainably grown and harvested alternative crops for paper where credible analysis indicates that they are environmentally and socially preferable to other virgin fibre sources and do not lead to loss of necessary food crops or high conservation value ecosystems.
• Eliminate use of toxic, bio-accumulative or persistent pesticides and herbicides in fibre production.
• Refuse fibre from genetically modified organisms.
• Replace ‘far’ with ‘near,’ using sustainably produced, locally-sourced fibre and minimising transportation wherever possible.

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