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Not a lot of companies can say they have such a positive relationship with Greenpeace. Here are 5 lessons from building a sustainable supply chain.
by Lisa Morden
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Paper makers use a staggering amount of energy, but by slashing this along with CO2 emissions, they also save jobs. Here's a case study.
by Nate Aden
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Greenpeace welcomes a new “Forest Conservation Policy” as major breakthrough for the controversial company.
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If the company's partnership with a tiny biotech upstart delivers on its promises, it could start sourcing and processing the material at commercial scale in the southeastern U.S.
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The company's U.K. arm revises policy to exclude suppliers using wood from protected forests.
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A paper company veteran becomes its VP for sustainability -- and gets a quick education in issues ranging from deforestation to dealing with NGOs.
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The recently announced planned ban on plastic shopping bags in L.A. is creating a ripple effect across the manufacturing and retail industries.
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In advance of his new film with Universal Pictures, The Lorax is promoting environmentally friendly sponsors such as HP, Seventh Generation and Whole Foods. He's also advertising a Mazda SUV.
by Marc Gunther
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The Victoria's Secret catalogs are known for stirring up many thoughts, but forest preservation usually isn't the first one that comes to mind -- though ForestEthics thinks it should be.
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The new feature on the company's website allows customers to see the environmental impact of their orders and learn about what it takes to make paper.<br />
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Activists from the Rainforest Action Network are targeting The Walt Disney Company for a slack paper-buying policy that allows children's books to be printed from rainforest-destroying pulp.
by Marc Gunther
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The chief executive of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative responds to the latest developments in the controversy over rival certification standards for the sourcing of wood and paper products.
by Kathy Abusow
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With its first combined CSR report, the American Forest and Paper Association aims to boost the industry's paper recovery and recycling rates while cutting emission and increasing energy efficiency.
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With this week's news of seven major companies dropping their support for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a war of words has heated up between SFI and the Forest Stewardship Council, the other wood products certification on the market.
by Marc Gunther
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The controversy over wood certifications standards fired up again today with an announcement from the advocacy group ForestEthics that Office Depot, Symantec, wholesale business products distributor United Stationers and four other companies are backing away from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative -- a report that left SFI unfazed.
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New Leaf Paper and Office Depot will soon take consumers on a virtual carbon trail of New Leaf's 100 percent recycled paper in hopes of encouraging them to think and act sustainably.
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Georgia Pacific's recent commitment to expand its sustainable forestry practices could help transform the entire paper industry; even if the company's overally environmental performance isn't flawless, it's an important project for the NRDC to get behind.
by Peter Lehner
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A number of products purchased in the U.S. were found to include wood products that violate the Lacey Act. Here are five ways to stay on top of your paper procurement.
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Enforcement of the amended Lacey Act has begun, both on and off the public radar. A recent seizure of Peruvian tropical hardwood provides several insights into how companies can stay in compliance with the amended Lacey Act.
by Craig Hanson
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Half of U.K. residents surveyed don't realize that the paper and wood products they buy could come from unsustainable or illegal sources, according to WWF-UK.
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FedEx Office, Office Depot and Staples received the highest grades for paper practices in the office supply industry for a second year, according to the latest Green Grade Report Card issued by the environmental groups Dogwood Alliance and ForestEthics.
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In a partnership with paper manufacturer Boise, the bank will recycled used paper back to Boise, then re-purchase paper made from the same recycled pulp for use in its operations.
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The American Forest & Paper Association this week released its annual paper recovery statistics for 2009, with a record-breaking with 63.4 percent beating the group's goal three years ahead of schedule.
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The first-ever effort to get companies to disclose their forest impacts just as they might disclose carbon impacts finds limited awareness, though some firms are clearly ahead of the pack.