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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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There is a growing body of evidence showing that sustainability certification is spawning far-reaching changes in production and land use practices, supply chains and in the way businesses operate.
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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 third annual review from the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project finds that many more big companies are starting to measure and report their forest-related impacts and risks, but Big Oil as an industry falls far short of transparency.
by Steve Zwick
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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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ForestEthics ranks credit card, telecom and insurance companies on their paper use and policies.
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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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The Forest Footprint Disclosure's second Annual Review singled out the Drax Group, J Sainsbury Plc, Marks and Spencer, and British Airways for their work proactively addressing the business risks of deforestation. British companies were leaders in six of 13 sectors
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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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General Mills became the latest company to declare it would only buy palm oil produced through environmentally and socially responsible means.
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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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Burger King has become the latest company to stop buying palm oil from Sinar Mas, an embattled Indonesian company its critics accuse of deforestation.
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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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Cargill, with the help of the World Wildlife Fund, will begin a review of its palm oil suppliers later this year to see how they are progressing toward more sustainable practices.
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Nestle moved aggressively to clean up its palm oil supply chain Monday, following months of heated social media campaigns drawing attention to its supply chain ties to illegal deforestation practices.