It is led by a steering group of representatives of the signatories (currently Greenpeace, WWF, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, FERN, Robin Wood, Terra and ARA).
Our objectives are:
The network formed through a collaborative process during 2005 to create our shared vision for a more sustainable paper industry. The vision was launched in Frankfurt in January 2006.
A similar vision and network has developed in North America (see environmentalpaper.org), and visioning processes are underway in several regions in the global south, including Indonesia, Australia and Latin America.
These evolving coalitions are civil society’s response to the multinational structure of the pulp and paper industry and reflect a growing global concern about the rapid growth of the industry and its impacts on local and indigenous communities, on forests, biodiversity, air, water, landfills and waste streams, and on the global climate.
Any non-governmental organisation that shares our vision is welcome to sign on and become part of this growing network of activism towards more sustainable paper production and consumption. Download our membership request form here.