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  • Greenpeace welcomes halt to APRIL's forest clearing activities in Indonesia pending permit review

    Greenpeace today welcomed Indonesia's Forest Minister, Mr. Zulkifli Hasan's, statement ordering APRIL (RAPP) to halt its forest clearing activities on the carbon-rich peatlands of the Kampar Peninsula, Riau, Sumatra, pending review of their permits. Minister Zulkifli's statement follows a Greenpeace non-violent direct action on November 12 at More

  • IFC launches program to help create forest plantations on degraded Indonesian lands

    IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched the Sustainable Forestry Program in Indonesia to support the creation of viable forest plantations on degraded lands, helping reduce the impact of climate change and create jobs in rural areas. IFC's Sustainable Forestry Program was launched More

  • Indonesian authorities cancel plan to evict Greenpeace activists following community protest

    Mass protest in support of Greenpeace by forest communities led police to cancel plans to forcibly shut down the Greenpeace Climate Defenders' camp in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest today. Over 300 people from the nearby Teluk Meranti community arrived to stop police removing Greenpeace activists More

  • UPM recognised for climate change disclosure

    UPM is featured in Nordic Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI 2009 Nordic). This index is based on Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) analysis on 200 Nordic companies. Companies are scored on their climate change disclosure based on the responses to CDP's questionnaire which focuses on greenhouse gas emissions, More

  • M-real highly commended for climate change disclosure in CDP Nordic Report

    M-real Corporation was the second best company in the materials sector including e.g. forest industry companies in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), Nordic Report 2009. CDLI highlights the companies that provided the most comprehensive response to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) information request. "Companies recognised in More

  • European Council position on climate change major step forward

    European leaders at the recent European Council meeting set out a clear and concise position on climate change and what the European Union expects from the Copenhagen discussions in December. It confirmed the earlier conclusions of the Environment Council of 21 October. The European paper industry More

  • SCA Ortviken wins PPI's Environmental Strategy of the Year Award

    On the evening of Wednesday, 28 October, SCA Ortviken received one of the most prestigious prizes in the paper industry, PPI's Environmental Strategy of the Year Award - Mill Prize. The Environmental Strategy of the Year Award is presented by industry magazine Pulp & Paper International (PPI) More

  • Torraspapel reaffirms commitment to sustainability with new environmental report

    Torraspapel's new Environmental Report details progress made in protecting the environment and establishes new objectives and commitments for sustainable practices. One of the pillars supporting the environmental policy of Torraspapel, part of the Lecta Group, is transparent, periodic communication of the Company's environmental practices. Since 2005, the More

  • Norske Skog ranked first in Nordic region climate change report

    Norske Skog has been ranked the best company in the Nordic region in terms of climate reporting and openness about the climate challenges facing the company. Norske Skog was named best in class by the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) 2009 Nordic report ranking companies based on their More

  • Unifoil achieves PEFC chain-of-custody certification

    Unifoil Corporation is pleased to announce that it has achieved chain-of-custody certification to the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC). The international endorsement follows Unifoil's receipt of chain-of-custody certifications from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) program. PEFC certification More



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