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54 Appendix C: Procurement Policies Greenpeace Procurement policies are increasingly incorporating language around ethical and sustainable standards that guide the purchasing decisions pertaining to certain products. More and more companies are formulating procurement policies that reflect a desire to use products that are more forest-friendly and to outline their commitment to recycled fibre, FSC-certified fibre and fibre from a non-forest source. The result of a number of companies taking leadership roles in forest protection and imple- menting procurement policies to reflect this is a surge in demand for recycled and FSC-certified fibre. 1 This is good news for Boreal Forest protection but to truly protect our forests, demand needs to continue to grow. Sample of Forest Leaders on Procurement Policies Limited Brands, parent company of Victoria’s Secret, has promised to give preference to products endorsed by the FSC certification program and to shift its catalogues to ten per cent post-consumer recycled fibre or FSC-certified fibre over 2007 and 2008. In 2006, Random House Group UK pledged a commitment to utilize papers obtained from well-managed and certified forests. For titles printed elsewhere in the world, Random House ensures that printers provide detailed accounts of the chain of custody for all papers. Harper Collins UK has committed to using post-consumer recycled fibre wherever possible, and gives preference to FSC-certified virgin fibres when necessary. In 2004, Dell announced a long-term goal of ensuring all its forest suppliers be certified to FSC standards. As of the beginning of the 2006 school year, the Montreal School Board had pledged to use only paper products containing a minimum of 30 per cent post-consumer recycled content. As of autumn 2007, Raincoast Books, publisher of the Harry Potter novels in Canada, plans to complete transition to 100 per cent post-consumer content papers for most of its publications. The publisher has promised to demand chain-of-custody for any remaining nonrecycled paper content. Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest: The chain of destruction from logging companies to consumers
Greenpeace Forty per cent of the UK book industry has now introduced forest-friendly procurement policies, including Random House, Harper Collins, Penguin, Bloomsbury and Egmont Press. Such policies mean they are committed to maximizing recycled fibre and ensuring their virgin fibre comes from FSC-certified sources. In 2006, Hydro Quebec pledged to ensure that the 650 yearly tonnes of paper it purchases be chlorine-free, FSC-certified and 100 per cent recycled. Hydro Quebec planned to enact this policy in all of its facilities as of 2007. In 2004, Cascades Tissue Group promised to ensure that, within three years, 90 per cent of its purchased virgin fibres would be FSC-certified. The 2007 Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC) spring catalogue will have most of its pages printed on 40 per cent post-consumer recycled content paper. MEC also continues to actively advocate the adoption of proper logging practices to its suppliers. In 2005, JP Morgan Chase adopted a rigorous environmental policy, in which it commits to protect high conservation values in forests, and states its preference to invest in FSC-certified forestry projects. The University of Toronto Magazine currently prints on a paper containing 85 per cent postconsumer waste and 15 per cent pre-consumer waste. This achievement makes the magazine the largest Canadian magazine with an endangered forest policy to print on 100 per cent forest-friendly paper. NOW magazine is dedicated to printing its weekly paper on 100 per cent recycled paper. Whenever this is not possible, NOW has pledged to print on the most ancient forest–friendly paper available, as certified by the FSC. Consuming Canada's Boreal Forest: The chain of destruction from logging companies to consumers 55
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