Climate

Uses the WRI/WBCSD 10 key questions framework, to provide buyers with information to reassure them about the social and environmental qualities of Canada’s forest products. Includes sample forest products procurement/financing policy, environmental performance data of FPAC members, as well as additional resources including a glossary.

An online information-support tool for companies and paper products buyers to weigh and analyze the trade-offs and co-benefits of managing the environmental footprint of papermaking. The tool focuses benefits and tradeoffs of using recycled fiber, water and energy use, and emissions to water and air.

A joint initiative from twenty-three publishers to promote responsible paper supply chains. In 2012, PREPS membership was also opened to printers. PREPS has developed a database focusing on various aspects of the pulp and paper manufacturing processes, the forests from where the raw materials originate, as well as CO2 emissions and water use at the paper mill level. Members interested in adding new information to the database must ask the PREPS Secretariat, and PREPS will contact the mills directly and ask for technical specifications and forest source information.

Companion to WWF Paper Scorecard. Provides guidance on various issues and showcases examples of companies taking action on issues covered.

Two Sides is an initiative of a number of companies from the graphic communications supply chain. The initiative includes actors involved in forest, pulp, paper, inks and chemicals, and printing and publishing industries. The objective of the initiative is (i) to promote the responsible production and use of print and paper products; and (ii) to make information about industry sustainability and performance available to all stakeholders.

Voluntary system to provide information to the consumer about various environmental parameters of specific paper products.

A network of organizations providing information and guidance on various aspects of paper. Information and guidance is based on a common framework (common vision) for environmental and social sustainability in the production and consumption of pulp and paper products. The Network maintains and promotes various internet-based applications where its environmental and social goals are evaluated, and where guidance and practical tools for paper purchasers are provided.

Comprehensive, online decision-support tool to facilitate direct dialogue and collaboration between producers and buyers on various issues; allows users to evaluate trade-offs in purchasing decisions.

Framework provides a comprehensive structure, overview and guidance for individual CEPI member companies to estimate--and communicate with stakeholders--the net greenhouse gas emissions associated with their products (carbon footprint). Evaluation of carbon footprint is based on 10 elements throughout the products’ supply chain.

The Coalition – founded by European retailers Kingfisher, Marks & Spencer, IKEA and Carrefour Group – seeks to raise awareness and support clear and pragmatic regulations and legislation to ensure that timber and timber products in the European markets are legal, responsibly sourced, and sustainable. The Coalition also seeks to raise awareness of other environmental issues such as deforestation and climate change. The European Retail Roundtable serves as the Coalition Secretariat.