Ensure Transparency and Integrity
- Develop binding policies and targets and commit to a time-bound process for achieving them.
- Demonstrate and report on chains of custody for all paper and paper products and ensure all buyers have easy access to reliable information on fibre content, sustainability and production methods of individual paper and paper products.
- Eliminate greenwashing, or the practice of misleading consumers with false environmental claims.
- Ensure fair systems of economic rewards and liabilities that help reduce the impacts of pulp and paper production and use.
- Refuse investment and participation in business transactions (e.g., financing and trading) that are not fully consistent with this Vision.
- Commit to transparent, regular, publicly available and comprehensive reporting on progress.
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Earthsight investigative report: EU mills complicit in corruption and illegal logging in Ukraine
UPDATED 2-August-2018: International Paper has provided an updated statement which corrects a mistake in the figure for the volume of wood sourced from Ukraine in 2017. The corrected figure is in the statement below. An investigation released July 14th. reveals how...
China’s green Belt and Road tested at the Russian border
A pulp and paper mill in Siberia is a test case for China’s ecological vision, writes Eugene Simonov Facing growing demand for wood and shortages in domestic supply, Chinese authorities are pushing for greater imports from Russia, ignoring the fact that its neighbour...
Banks should demand high ESG criteria on Suzano-Fibria deal
The acquisition of Fibria by Suzano has created the world’s largest pulp company with a production capacity of 8.6 million tonnes a year. This can be both a threat and an opportunity from a social and environmental perspective. Big companies can have big impacts. But...
Report unmasks links between “independent” suppliers and Sinar Mas in Indonesia
Reposted from Auriga In 2015, following Indonesia’s disastrous forest and peatland fires, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) – Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper producer – denied owning or controlling two forest plantation companies in Sumatra that had experienced some of the...
Greenpeace ends all engagement with APP/Sinar Mas over links to deforestation
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), Indonesia’s largest pulp and paper company, is still linked to forest destruction, according to new mapping analysis completed by Greenpeace International. Almost 8,000 hectares of forest and peatland has been cleared since 2013 in two...
Why the toxic tampon issue isn’t going away
In the past year, scientists and health professionals have voiced growing concern over the potential risks of using tampons and other personal hygiene products such as diapers. A new briefing paper titled, Why the toxic tampon issue isn't going away, summarizes the...
NGOs Release Statement on 5 Year Anniversary of Asia Pulp and Paper Forest Conservation Policy
Jakarta, 5 February 2018 – On the eve of the fifth anniversary of Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), ten international and Indonesian NGOs have released a statement highlighting five issues that indicate the company is not yet on a...
A Land Grab for Pulp – a report on Portucel Mozambique
Our latest discussion document explores the plan by The Navigator Company to develop a new pulp mill in Mozambique. The Portuguese company, operating as Portucel Mozambique and with funding from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, is acquiring huge...
Paradise Papers for APRIL
An investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reveals that APRIL has shuffled billions of dollars through a web of offshore companies. Big banks such as Credit Suisse and ABN Amro have continued to lend to April’s offshore...
Fashion Pioneer Stella McCartney Shares New Study on the Impacts of 10 Sources for Manmade Cellulose Fiber
New study reveals lighter environmental footprint for fibres sourced from flax and recycled clothing.
Local NGOs and EPN send letter of concern over planned pulp mill and biorefinery in Estonia
A letter of concern has been sent to Estonian company Est-For, signed by a number of Estonian NGOs and by the Environmental Paper Network. The letter expresses concerns and seeks information about the planned Est-For biorefinery development, as there appear to be...
In the Red: Bank policies fail to ensure they will avoid irresponsible investment in the paper industry
A new assessment by the EPN of bank policies has been completed and published here: http://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...
