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Our common vision
Our Common VisionThe European Environmental Paper Network formed through a collaborative process during 2005 to create a Common Vision for Transforming the European Paper Industry. The vision was launched in Frankfurt in January 2006. It has 5 pillars: reduce paper consumption reduce reliance on virgin fibre ensure social responsibility source fibre responsibly ensure clean production.A similar vision and network has developed in North America (see www.environmentalpaper.org), and visioning processes are underway in several regions in the global south, including Indonesia, Australia and Latin America. Download the Common Vision:Common Vision Sign the Common Vision and become a member.
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Paper Vapour event on link between paper and climate change
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Did you know that the carbon emissions from paper production, use and disposal exceed the emissions from the aviation industry? We call these emissions paper vapour. The EEPN is organising a seminar in London on 9 July to explore the links between paper and climate change. It will include the latest research into paper’s carbon footprint and presentations on paper …
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Welcome to the RSPB
We are delighted to welcome the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB) into our network. Europe’s biggest environmental organisation, with more than a million members, the RSPB is dedicated to saving threatened birds and wildlife across the UK and overseas. It is part of the global partnership, Birdlife International, and its membership will undoubtedly strengthen our coalition. RSPB has …
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We are not anti-paper, we are anti-low-utility-paper
The EEPN’s vision includes wanting to see paper use by Europeans cut by half, and we are sometimes taken to task by people who think this means we are ‘anti-paper’. We are not. We believe that paper is a precious resource and some of it brings enormous benefit to society. However, some paper uses are pointless, wasteful and stupid, and …
Read MoreOur forest hero
We’re very proud to be able to say that Sergio Baffoni, our Indonesian forests campaign co-ordinator, has been nominated to the UN as a Forest Hero. An excerpt of the nomination follows. Sergio has developed a highly effective approach to help many of the EEPN’s member organisations to work together to protect Indonesian forests and communities and to educate European …
Read MoreEEPN issues statement on recycled paper
The European Environmental Paper Network is frequently asked what we think about recycled paper, so the steering group has issued a statement making clear that our commitment in our vision remains firm, and efforts must continue to reduce reliance on fresh tree fibres. Europe has a good record on paper recycling, and achieving a 70% recycling rate is something to …
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2012 Annual Report
The European Environmental Paper Network had a good year in 2012, and better is to come, as the 2012 Annual Report makes clear. It summarises our priority work co-ordinating campaigning to protect the Indonesian rainforests and their communities from the ravages of the paper industry. It also introduces our work to reduce paper consumption. It includes a fully transparent statement …
Read MoreJoint Effort on Indonesian Rainforests Pays Off
After years of campaigning by Indonesian and international environmental and social non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the largest paper company in Asia, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has announced a new Forest Conservation Policy which – among other commitments – extends an immediate moratorium on logging in natural forests to all its suppliers. The controversial paper company was blamed for causing the …
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Will Paper Tigers Savage Your Brand Reputation?
Will paper tigers savage your brand reputation? Media Release, for immediate release Monday 28 February 2013 (also available here) At the opening of the Paper World business fair in Frankfurt, the Federal German Paper Network Papierwende and the European Environmental Paper Network (EEPN) are calling on the paper industry to stop dealing with paper linked to deforestation in Indonesia …
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More or less paperless? There’s a middle way!
It has been fascinating to watch the flurry of activity on Twitter since the new year concerning an industry initiative, ‘Paperless 2013′, led by GoogleDrive and other digital companies. The idea is that people can sign up to resolve to make this a ‘paperless’ year, presumably by adopting the technologies on offer from the various companies involved, who promise to …
Read MoreGoodbye Doreen
We are saddened to report the tragic death of Doreen MacIntyre at the end of 2012. Doreen joined our team just a few months ago, to help us to produce a scorecard rating UK organisations on their paper saving efforts. We are still shocked and stunned by her death, but we know she would have wanted us to continue working …
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