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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Green bonds used to finance damaging industrial tree plantations
Green Bonds are used to finance business-as-usual tree plantations and operations of the paper & pulp industry and claiming exaggerated CO2 savings, a new briefing by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN) shows. The briefing presents a case study of a Green Bond...
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...
Warning issued to investors: Forest biomass is risky business
Briefing by environmental groups highlights serious financial, legal and reputational risks 02 May 2019 – The Environmental Paper Network, Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch have today issued a Briefing to investors that highlights the serious reputational,...
Uruguayan and Finnish organisations issue statement against UPM’s plans for new pulp mill in Uruguay
Uruguayan and Finnish social and environmental organisations released a joint statement last week stating their opposition to the plans of the Finnish pulp and paper company UPM to build a new pulp mill in Uruguay (UPM also has an existing mill in Fray Bentos). This...
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...
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...
China Development Bank backs out of financing Sinar Mas purchase of Eldorado
It did not make the headlines. In fact, it was not even mentioned in most of the articles about the broken contract between J&F Investimentos and Paper Excellence on the sale of Eldorado Brasil Celulose SA. But the most interesting part in the otherwise...
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...
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...
