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.
Relevant Reports
News and Resources Related to Transparency & Integrity
New evidence of profit shifting in Indonesia’s pulp sector
Jakarta, Indonesia, 3 November 2020 – A coalition of 25 civil society groups published evidence (1) of pulp industry’s practices of profit shifting in order to reduce corporate tax bills (2). The organisations called on the Government of Indonesia to crack down on...
APRIL’s Links with Supplier in Borneo Undercut “No Deforestation” Pledge
Today a coalition of civil society organisations published a report about deforestation and peatlands degradation on the rainforest-rich island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Based on analysis using satellite imagery, the report documents significant deforestation,...
Two sides of the same coin: How the pulp and paper industry is profiting from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest
Agriculture and cattle ranching are the notorious drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. But the cattle and soy industry are only one side of the coin, with pulp & paper companies refusing to carry the blame because they do not directly burn the land –...
Social conflict, abuses and intimidation in the Jambi region, Indonesia – a chronology of pulp industry actions and events
Tension is increasing around global paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) pulpwood concessions in Indonesia. Lately, Indigenous communities have been facing recurrent acts of intimidation, criminalisation and episodes of violence have escalated, contributing to a...
It’s Time for the U.S. Paper and Packaging Board to Tell the Whole Story
Applauding the growing call for more transparency in US commodity checkoff programs Tyson Miller, Forests Campaign Director, Stand.earth Anne Pernick, Reducing Consumption Coordinator, Environmental Paper Network Beth Porter, Climate Campaigns Director, Green America...
Pulp and Bioenergy Company’s Claim of Green Leadership Fails Fact Check
Berlin, 24 March 2020 - A discussion document released by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) unveils the social and environmental risks associated with the Finnish company UPM-Kymmene and its operations in Uruguay, and highlights the importance of strong...
Organizations question UPM’s greenwashing campaign
Social organizations from Uruguay, Finland and other countries, have published a letter which questions UPM's greenwashing campaign. The company presents itself as a leading global corporation in the fight against climate change, but the letter provides the results of...
#JOBS: EPN-International seeks candidates for Coordinator for the Finance Working Group
JUNE 2020 - THIS VACANCY HAS BEEN FILLED The Environmental Paper Network - International is looking for a Coordinator for the Finance Working Group. The vacancy will run until the position is filled. The Finance Working Group Coordinator will be a member of the EPN...
The end of the misguided Amazar pulp mill project?
Kiu Hung International Holdings Limited has announced the decision of its Board of Directors that it will not proceed with the project. Of the many pulp and paper capacity expansions around the world, few were are as misguided and as threatening to native and intact...
Complaint Challenges Certification of Djarum Group Company by Forest Stewardship Council
On December 4, 2019, Yayasan Auriga Nusantara submitted a complaint to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) about PT Bukit Muria Jaya, a paper and packaging processor based in Karawang, West Java, owned by Djarum Group. The complaint indicates that the majority...
Testimonies of impacts from pulp and plantations, at the People’s Summit
Yesterday, at an event organized by EPN and its partners at the People’s Summit, in Santiago de Chile, people from different regions and countries denounced the impacts caused by plantations for the pulp and paper industry, and discussed their similarities. In Chile,...
Newly Published Investigative Research Reveals Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) Involved in Hundreds of Conflicts with Local Communities in Indonesia
New research conducted by a coalition of Indonesian organisations and the Environmental Paper Network has found that the second-largest Indonesian paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) is involved in hundreds of conflicts with communities...
