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SCA wins award for best sustainability report 2012 from Swedish environment publication MiljöRapporten
SCA has once more been awarded for its sustainability reporting. In a large independent comparison of companies listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Large Cap-list SCA was awarded "Best Sustainability Report 2012". The comparison was done by Swedish independent environment publication MiljöRapporten together with an expert More
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Smurfit Kappa publishes its vision on sustainability and establishes additional sustainability objectives up to 2020
Smurfit Kappa Group plc (‘SKG' or the ‘Group'), one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and the Americas, announces the publication of its vision on sustainability which establishes additional objectives for the business up to 2020 and which extends More
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Resolute to remain committed to sustainable forestry despite breakdown of discussions under Canadian boreal forest agreement
Resolute Forest Products Inc. today expressed the Company's disappointment that negotiations under the auspices of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) have broken down after three years of collaborative efforts. Parties were unable to reach mutual agreement on a workable plan to jointly further conservation efforts while More
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Environmental groups suspend further work with Resolute Forest Products under Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
On the third anniversary of the signing of the historic Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), environmental signatories are suspending further work with Resolute Forest Products. They remain committed to continuing their work with other signatory companies to plan for protection of critical Boreal woodland caribou habitat and More
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FPAC CEO: We will encourage environmental groups to return to table with Resolute on Boreal Agreement
As the President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), on behalf of the companies who signed the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), we regret that environmental groups have suspended negotiations in northwest Ontario and Quebec but we are pleased that they remain committed More
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SAICA's bold steps into the UK
The UK's Manchester Ship Canal officially opened in January 1894 after a seven year construction period. It is an engineering feat of monumental proportions and is clearly one of the greatest technological achievements of the Victorian age. The canal connects the City of Manchester to the open More
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PPC member companies distribute 13,500 saplings across North America as part of TICCIT education program
From April 20-26, 2013, a record 22 member companies of the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) distributed 13,500 saplings to students and community members through TICCIT ("Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees"), an educational program sponsored by PPC that promotes planting trees in recycled cartons or paperboard boxes More
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International Paper secures EU Eco-label status for its HP Everyday Paper range
International Paper, the world's largest paper and packaging company, has demonstrated its commitment to environmental sustainability by achieving EU Eco-label status for its HP Everyday Papers range. International Paper has the Global Exclusive Agreement to manufacture HP Everyday Papers. The grade is manufactured at International Paper's paper More
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Resolute Forest Products inaugurates power island producing green energy at Thunder Bay, ON, pulp and paper mill
Resolute Forest Products Inc. today officially inaugurated a major power island producing green energy at its pulp and paper operation located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The power island includes a refurbished and upgraded woodwaste boiler and a new 65-megawatt condensing turbine. Approved by Resolute in early 2011, More
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Bureau Veritas Certification launches due diligence solution for compliance with European Union Timber Regulation
Bureau Veritas Certification has launched a dedicated Due Diligence Solution for the forest, pulp and paper, packaging and wood products industries in response to the recent entry in application of the European Union Timber Regulation 995/2010 (EUTR). Forty clients in key areas such as China, South East More
