Why Recycled Paper & Environmental Paper is a Better Paper Choice for Magazines
Research and Reports About Environmental Paper
Topics
North American Issues
International Issues
Paper and Pulp Industry
Climate Change
Recycling
Forest Certification
Fact Sheets
Sustaining Our Defense (Dogwood Alliance, 2010) Explains the importance of Southern Forests in the fight against climate change and the negative impact of big pulp and paper mills on carbon sequestration of forests.
The Carbon Footprint of two virgin fiber paper packaging mills in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ecosystem (Climate for Ideas, 2009)
Turning up the Heat: Global Warming and the Degradation of Canada's Boreal Forest (Greenpeace, 2008)
Green Business Network Report (World Wildlife Fund, 2011)
The Green Business Network aims to provide tools and support to businesses willing to work towards a sustainable future for the Heart of Borneo.
Vital Sites: The contribution of protected areas to human health (World Wildlife Fund, 2010)
How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet (Green Peace, 2010)
Shows how major brands like Walmart, Auchan and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) are fueling climate change and pushing Sumatran tigers and orangutans towards the brink of extinction.
Turning the Page on Rainforest Destruction: Children's books and the future of Indonesia's rainforests (Rainforest Action Network, 2010)
Asia Pulp & Paper's Hidden Emissions: Calculating the Real Carbon Footprint of APP’s Paper White Paper (Rainforest Action Network, 2010)
Business as Usual in Riau, Sumatra: Pulp Industry Continues Clearance of Natural Forest (Green Press Initiative, 2010)
The Truth behind Tasmanian Forest Destruction and the Japanese Paper Industry (Rainforest Action Network, 2007)
Paper and Pulp Industry (general)
2010 Green Grades Report Card (ForestEthics and Dogwood Alliance, 2010)
ForestEthics and Dogwood Alliance present the '10 office supply report cards.
The State of the Paper Industry: Monitoring the Indicators of Environmental Performance (Environmental Paper Network, 2011)
An updated comprehensive resource for environmental advocates, charitable foundations, paper purchasers, academics/students, media and professionals in the the forest, paper and waste industries advancing a more responsible industry.
Banks Pulp and People (Green Press Initiative, 2007)
An In depth look at the pulp and paper industry, its social and environmental impacts around the world and the role banks play in financing and encouraging unsustainable practices
The Paper Task Force White Papers (1995)
Environmental Defense white papers, supporting documents, glossaries and appendices.
Turning the Page: Environmental Impacts of the Magazine Industry and Recommendations for Improvement (Green America, 2001)
Asia’s Pulp and Paper’s Hidden Emissions: Calculating the Real Carbon Footprint of APP’s Paper (Rainforest Action Network, 2010)
Carbon Neutral Paper, FACT or FICTION? (Environmental Paper Network, 2009)
A Report on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Paper Products.
Credit Check: An Evaluation of Tree-Planting and Fossil-Fuel Emission Reduction Offsets (David Suzuki Foundation, 2008)
Marketing & Business
Newsstand Marketing and Distribution: Green At Retail (Green America and Next Steps Marketing, 2009)
Details effective practices within the newsstand channel that can increase revenue and sales, reduce expenses, and improve environmental stewardship.
Green Innovation: Charting a New Course for North America's Struggling Pulp and Paper Industries (Canopy, 2009)
Different, Not Difficult: How to Make Sustainability Happen (Green America)
The business model for adopting sustainability principles and enhancing your publication’s overall image.
Consumers Will Spend More for Publications Using Recycled Paper (Book Business, 2006)
An article reporting on a survey which found nearly 80 percent of consumers will spend between $0.25 and $1.00 more for a book if it is printed on recycled paper.
Single Stream Recycling and Paper (Environmental Paper Network, 2003)
Reimagining Paper in the 21st Century (Environmental Paper Network, 2009)
Government policy options to support a thriving, environmentally sustainable paper industry in North America - founded in a recycling system which can support it.
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI): Certified Greenwash (Forest Ethics, 2010)
Analysis of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) Systems for Forest Certification Using the Forest Certification Assessment Guide (FCAG) 2008 (World Wildlife Fund, 2009)
On the Ground Forest Certification Report (Environmental Paper Network, 2003)
Guides and Toolkits
For Students: Paper Steps: On Campus (Environmental Paper Network, 2010)
For Consumers: Advocates Kit (Canopy, 2009)
The 2009 kit is designed to give paper customers the tools to engage and transform the paper supply chain, from the forest floor to the boardroom.
For Publishers: Resource Guide (Canopy, 2008)
The 2008 Resource Guide is a compendum of resources designed to simplify writing and implementing an Ancient Forest Friendly initiative.
For Magazines: Magazine EcoKit (Canopy, 2008)
The Magazine Eco Kit contains tips, terms, resources and papers for environmentally friendly magazine publishing.
For Magazines: Turning the Page (2001)
Environmental Impacts of the Magazine Industry and Recommendations for Improvement.
For Forest Products Companies: Exporting in a Shifting Legal Landscape (2010)
A guide for organizations that currently export, or intend to export, forest products to the US market and wish to assess their own performance in meeting the needs of their US customers.
Fact Sheet - Social Impacts of the Paper Industry
Fact Sheet - Understanding Recycled Fiber
Fact Sheet - Forest Stewardship Council Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet - Illegal Timber Fact Sheet
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