Make Forest Products More Sustainable
The Opportunity
The world’s forests support our environment, economy, and way of life. Yet, the world’s forests face immense pressure with an increasing world population.
Informed decision-making around forest product sourcing, manufacturing, end-use, and recovery can help address climate change, improve soil and water quality, enhance biodiversity, and protect and conserve one of earth’s most critical natural resources.
GreenBlue develops resources and seeks solutions for issues that span across the entire life cycle of forest products:
- Responsible sourcing
- Efficient use and conservation of raw materials
- Conservation of natural systems
- Clean production
- Community and human well-being
- Credible reporting and verification
- Affordability
Our Approach
GreenBlue provides significant expertise and a proven track record of innovative, collaborative work with the forest products industry. In 2009, we acquired Metafore, a nonprofit focused on environmentally preferable wood and paper products. Building on this work, GreenBlue has brought together leading forest products buyers and sellers to promote greater understanding of the key issues throughout the supply chain and to develop resources to help companies take practical steps to meet these challenges.
Activities
Forest Products Working Group
Positive transformation through supply chain collaboration. The Forest Products Working Group brings together cross-industry representation of leading companies to address unmet needs in the forest products sector.
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EPAT
Improving performance through smarter purchasing. EPAT® (Environmental Paper Assessment Tool) is a web-based application that allows buyers and sellers of paper products to evaluate the environmental performance of paper along the supply chain.
www.epat.org
Paper Life Cycle
Promoting education and understanding. The Paper Life Cycle is an online resource that provides key environmental information about the sourcing, production, use, and end-of-life of paper, including analyses, trend reports, white papers, case studies, and fact sheets.
www.thepaperlifecycle.org
Corporate Forum for Paper and the Environment
Progress through partnership. In collaboration with the Forest Products Association of Canada, the Corporate Forum on Paper and the Environment brings together paper and pulp buyers and sellers to provide information about market factors affecting the cycle of fiber.