Business Management - Sustainability

The 2014 Sustainability Report from International Paper features stories of the company’s key sustainability efforts.

A recent attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most trees planted in an hour was sponsored by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Almost 30 teams planted more than 200,000 trees in 28 different communities within 60 minutes. One team of 100 people even exceeded the existing record by planting 52,598 trees together.

Canopy, an international environmental nonprofit, has released a report profiling forest friendly printers in North America.

To help government agencies become more sustainable, New York established a State Green Procurement and Agency Sustainability Program.

AF&PA has revealed that 65.4 percent of paper consumed in the United States was recovered for recycling in 2014.

Gary Jones has been selected as 2015 recipient of the Gary R. Reniker Environmental Health and Safety Professional of the Year Award.

As many of you know, Two Sides has been working with several Fortune 500 companies in North America to encourage best practices for environmental marketing related to paper. Our ongoing campaign has been successful, with 33 companies out of 60 removing their claims—a 60 percent success rate to date. But our target is 80 percent and we continue to add new companies to our list regularly.

The Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council recognized Appleton Coated with an award at The Earth Day Business Sustainability Awards.

Today we take time out to honor the third rock from the sun with one of the lesser-heralded holidays: Earth Day. Naturally, the printing industry takes a lot of heat for using practices that are not conducive to Mother Earth.

In celebration of Earth Day, Allied Printing Services in Manchester, CT, is in the process of installing 4,591 solar panels on the roof of its 275,000-square-foot facility. This use of solar power will have the equivalent carbon offset effect of planting 27,000 acres of trees.