Forests
Forests includes up-to-date articles on forests, forest policy, deforestation, and sustainable forestry products. We examine industry efforts to reduce paper use through recycling and through the growth of electronic documentation.
Kimberly-Clark Sustainability Report: 99.9% of Virgin Fiber From Certified Sources
Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent ...
APP to Suspend Natural Forest Clearance
Asia Pulp & Paper is suspending natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia, effective June 1, as part of a new commitment ...
PepsiCo, Walmart Partner to Manage Ecosystem Risks
Anglo American, Grupo Andre Maggi, PepsiCo, Vale, Votorantim and Walmart have partnered to develop business strategies that protect the ecosystems in which they operate in ...
A Papermaker’s Perspective on Sustainable Forestry
There is not a single matter related to papermaking that touches each of us as personally and emotionally as forestry. Simply ...
West Fraser Timber Company to Install 13 MW Biomass Plant, Sell Power to Utility
West Fraser Timber Company will generate 13 MW of power for its British Columbia plant and the province as a whole, using wood chips converted ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, Energy Star, SFI, eRecyclingCorps, IEEE
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items.
Brookfield Canada Office Properties said that its Exchange ...
The Problem with Pallets
Dr. Suess's Lorax is getting a lot of publicity these days, starring in his own feature movie. The creature "speaks for the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in Packaging
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 13 items.
The EPA approved the first applications for ...
Xerox, Danone Drop Asia Pulp & Paper after Greenpeace Pressure
Danone and Xerox are among a list of companies that have pledged to suspend purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper following a Greenpeace exposé on ...
Kimberly-Clark to Launch Bamboo Toilet Paper
Kimberly-Clark's U.K. line of Andrex toilet tissue will launch Andrex Eco, made with 90 percent recycled fiber and 10 percent bamboo, the company said.
All ...
Xerox, Barnes & Noble, Walmart Complicit in Pulping Protected Tree, Greenpeace Says
Xerox, National Geographic, Danone, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and many other companies are using illegal wood pulp from an internationally protected tree species, according to ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Trial, Forest Emissions, FTC Hits Window Claims
BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing a $14 billion settlement that appears to be nearing completion. ...
Forest Footprint Disclosure Annual Review Shames BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Others
Forest Footprint Disclosure has criticized leading oil and gas companies including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Valero Energy for their lack ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CSAPR Signed & Adjusted, New Nukes, Keystone XL, Fracking Tax
The EPA has made a few adjustments to its cross-state air pollution rules (CSAPR), which were signed Tuesday. The adjustments increase budgets in 17 ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED, Clean Truck Program, Green Mill Index
Caribou Coffee coffees and espresso are now all sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, and it is the first major U.S. coffeehouse to meet this ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 50001, ISO 14001, Mexican Sustainability Index, LEED, FSC
Bureau Veritas has issued the world's first ISO 50001 certification for a shipping company. This was awarded to Stena’s ship management division, Northern Marine Management, ...
WWF Accuses APP Supplier of Clear-Cutting in Tiger Sanctuary
WWF and non-profit coalition Eyes on the Forest have alleged that one of Asia Pulp & Paper’s wood suppliers is clear cutting in a ...
TD Bank Aims to Go ‘Paper Neutral’
TD Bank Group has announced a commitment to become “paper neutral” within its North American operations by the end of 2012.
The bank says ...
Improving Supply Chain Profit, Production & Sustainability
Elevating the discussion around sustainable supply chains, Microsoft recently announced it will mandate supplier sustainability disclosure in 2013. As Environmental Leader reported, Ford ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, SolarWorld, Better Buildings Challenge, Boiler MACT
Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters ...
