Forest Products Working Group Meeting This October
Last month, we announced that GreenBlue’s new Forest Products Working Group is officially kicking off with eight founding members from across the forest products supply chain. The group held their first conference call in early July, and the inaugural Forest Products Working Group meeting will be taking place in Boston on October 6 for founding members, so stay tuned for more updates from the group. In the meantime, please contact us for more information about the Forest Products Working Group and to find out how your organization can get involved.
FSC General Assembly Update
Every three years, members of the social, environmental, and economic chambers of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) come together to discuss a sustainable future for the world’s forests and the people who inhabit them. The 6th FSC General Assembly 2011 took place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, from June 25 to July 1. The FSC reports that 38 motions were voted on during the meeting, of which 27 passed and 11 failed. One of the most closely watched issues, Motion 51 on “Strengthening the Controlled Wood System” passed unanimously after several days of negotiation.
Corporate Forum for Paper and the Environment Fall Meeting
As we mentioned last month, this year’s first Corporate Forum for Paper and the Environment (CFPE) was held in June at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC. The next CFPE meeting, held in collaboration with the Forest Products Association of Canada, will likely take place this upcoming November. CFPE members can expect to receive further details on the meeting in the coming weeks.
New Content on Paper Life Cycle
We recently added new content to the Paper Life Cycle website from GreenBlue’s Closing the Loop Design for Recovery Guidelines for Paper Packaging, which were released last month. This report, which encourages recycling or composting of paper packaging, is part of a comprehensive suite of reports that focus on the compatibility of packaging design with common recovery methods for various packaging materials. You can find these recent additions to the Paper Life Cycle here or download the full Design for Recovery Guidelines for Paper Packaging report here.
In the Loop
The Win-Win Myth of Sustainability?
The following is an excerpt from a blog post by Director of External Relations Erin Malec on GreenBlue's blog, In the Loop. Read all recent posts.
During a recent conversation with a senior vice president at a well-known multinational corporation, he said something that made me question how we make the business case for sustainability. The problem with the sustainability movement, he said, is we promise companies a “win-win” situation. Do the right thing by making significant changes to your operations and you’ll cut costs or gain market share. Any money you invest in sustainability will be returned. But the inconvenient truth is we can’t guarantee that’s the case. While the case for sustainability is almost always presented in terms of the ROI, should it be? Read More
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