Paper Industry
The State of the Paper Industry
Monitoring the Indicators of Environmental Performance
A collaborative report by the Steering Committee of the Environmental Paper Network
T H E S TAT E O F T H E PA P E R I N D U S T RY
E D I T O R : Jennifer Roberts A U T H O R S : Susan Kinsella, Gerard Gleason, Victoria Mills, Nicole Rycroft, Jim Ford, Kelly Sheehan, Joshua Martin L E A D R E S E A R C H E R : Sarah Ives A D D I T I O N A L R E S E A R C H : Mary Lee Haughwout, Aimee Baxendell, Aaron Firestone A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S : The Environmental Paper Network would like to express our appreciation to the following experts who provided comments on a draft of this report: Janet Abramowitz, Peter Lee, Derek Smith, Judy Rodrigues, Delores Broten, Tyson Miller, Frank Locantore, Scot Quaranda, Peggy Bernard, Danna Smith, Jim Strittholt, Debbie Hammel, Eric Palola and Laura Hickey.
The authors would also like to acknowledge and thank for their help: Tracy Godfrey, Valerie Langer, Tracy London, Andrew Goldberg, Aaron Sanger, Sean Cadman, Orin Langelle, and Anne Petermann.
L AY O U T A N D D E S I G N : Serena Fox Design (www.serenafoxdesign.com)
The Environmental Paper Network links environmental organizations that collaborate to support the conversion of the pulp and paper industry to socially and environmentally sustainable processes. For more information visit: www.environmentalpaper.org Steering Committee of the Environmental Paper Network: As You Sow, Borealis Centre for Environmental and Trade Research, Conservatree, Co-op America, Green Press Initiative, Dogwood Alliance, ForestEthics, Environmental Defense, Markets Initiative, National Wildlife Federation. Copyright Environmental Paper Network, 2007 Executive Summary printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, processed chlorine free. In an effort to conserve resources, the full report is only available online at: www.environmentalpaper.org/stateofthepaperindustry. If printing the report or
Monitoring the Indicators of Environmental Performance
A collaborative report by the Steering Committee of the Environmental Paper Network
T H E S TAT E O F T H E PA P E R I N D U S T RY
E D I T O R : Jennifer Roberts A U T H O R S : Susan Kinsella, Gerard Gleason, Victoria Mills, Nicole Rycroft, Jim Ford, Kelly Sheehan, Joshua Martin L E A D R E S E A R C H E R : Sarah Ives A D D I T I O N A L R E S E A R C H : Mary Lee Haughwout, Aimee Baxendell, Aaron Firestone A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S : The Environmental Paper Network would like to express our appreciation to the following experts who provided comments on a draft of this report: Janet Abramowitz, Peter Lee, Derek Smith, Judy Rodrigues, Delores Broten, Tyson Miller, Frank Locantore, Scot Quaranda, Peggy Bernard, Danna Smith, Jim Strittholt, Debbie Hammel, Eric Palola and Laura Hickey.
The authors would also like to acknowledge and thank for their help: Tracy Godfrey, Valerie Langer, Tracy London, Andrew Goldberg, Aaron Sanger, Sean Cadman, Orin Langelle, and Anne Petermann.
L AY O U T A N D D E S I G N : Serena Fox Design (www.serenafoxdesign.com)
The Environmental Paper Network links environmental organizations that collaborate to support the conversion of the pulp and paper industry to socially and environmentally sustainable processes. For more information visit: www.environmentalpaper.org Steering Committee of the Environmental Paper Network: As You Sow, Borealis Centre for Environmental and Trade Research, Conservatree, Co-op America, Green Press Initiative, Dogwood Alliance, ForestEthics, Environmental Defense, Markets Initiative, National Wildlife Federation. Copyright Environmental Paper Network, 2007 Executive Summary printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, processed chlorine free. In an effort to conserve resources, the full report is only available online at: www.environmentalpaper.org/stateofthepaperindustry. If printing the report or
References: 1 Barry, J. and Kalman, J. Our Land Our Life. Taiga Rescue Network. 2005. This is a good overview of forest land rights issues. 10 Christian Cossalter and Charlie Pye-Smith (2003) “Fast-Wood Forestry: Myths and Realities”, CIFOR, Bogor, WWF, The Ideal Pulp and Paper Corporate Responsibility Report, 2006