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.
Relevant Reports
News and Resources Related to Responsible Sourcing
Tree plantation wildfires in Spain are a warning sign
Temperatures have peaked at record highs in many parts of Europe this week, and the consequences are being felt severely in Europe’s forests. As highlighted in a discussion document published by the EPN earlier this year, there is an increasingly clear link between...
Uruguayan citizens opposing UPM’s new pulp mill appeal to the Finnish government
In Uruguay, the citizen opposition to a new pulp mill planned by the Finnish paper giant UPM continues to grow. Last Friday, a citizen movement calling itself as the "national coordination of social organisations against UPM", representing more than 40 organisations...
UPM’s Paso de los Toros mill poses financial and reputational risks
In Uruguay, protests are rising against the installation of UPM’s planned new pulp mill project in Paso de los Toros. There has been strong social criticism on the conditions of the contract that the government signed with UPM, on the expected impacts of the pulp mill...
Chilean pulp mill’s major expansion could fuel conflicts
In Chile, Arauco, the country’s second largest pulp producer, has started building a new 1.56 million tonnes/year pulp line at its Horcones mill, in the Biobío region. This project, called MAPA, is problematic as it is likely to fuel land conflicts, especially with...
Asia Pulp and Paper is planning a massive expansion of production in India. Where will the timber come from?
The growing demand for paper products in India has attracted the attention of the major Indonesian paper company, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) which is now planning to build new pulp & paper mill with the capacity of 5 million tons per year in Andhra Pradesh,...
Asia Pulp and Paper admits links to controversial suppliers, but still fails to be transparent
A coalition of Indonesian and international NGOs released a report today bringing to light that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has acknowledged links to controversial suppliers but continues to fail to be transparent. The Indonesian paper giant recently released a document...
NGOs raise serious concerns six years into Asia Pulp and Paper’s commitment to reforms
Today, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) celebrates the sixth anniversary of APP’s Forest Conservation Policy (FCP). For six years NGOs have been monitoring the FCP implementation and providing suggestions for improvement of the policy as well as its implementation. With...
The Paper and Packaging Boom: A Growing Wave Of Pulp Production Threatens The World’s Forests And Climate
At a time when forest protection to fight climate change is a clear and critical opportunity, we are seeing plans and investments for quite the opposite. After over two years of stagnation, the virgin pulp industry is booming. The list that follows below, highlights...
More peatland fire disasters for Indonesia?
New report says pulp companies and government are not transparent with restoration plans for fire-prone peatlands, and its analysis shows the restoration obligations of pulp producers APP and APRIL. In 2016, the government of Indonesia announced a new regulation...
New analysis of satellite images shows APP clearing reforested land and draining peat
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has been found in a new satellite imagery analysis by Foresthints.news to have exploited recovering tropical peatlands, which were previously drained by the company more than a decade ago, for pulpwood expansion. The practice of re-draining...
Indonesian communities say Asia Pacific Rayon represents a new threat to Riau peatlands
Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), a new company developed to produce viscose for the textile industry, is the sister company of the Indonesian pulp & paper giant APRIL (Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd) and part of the conglomerate Royal Golden Eagle...
APP and APRIL violate zero-deforestation policies with wood purchases from Djarum Group concessions in East Kalimantan
A new report from a coalition of non-profit organizations shows that global paper giants Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) are violating their zero-deforestation policy. In addition, a few days ago the Forest...
