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identifying
priorities
for action
communication and collaboration
platform for
dialogue and increased awareness
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IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR ACTION
Innovation is a
necessary and vital part of any system whether it is an
ecosystem or an industrial sector. The paper that we touch every
day is a result of many variables, including market awareness
and demands, grassroots campaigns, government subsidies and
regulations, long-standing patterns of resource use, capital
investment, corporate social responsibility and lack thereof,
and much more.With a
system as complex as paper production and consumption, there are
many opportunities for advancing social and environmental
sustainability, including:
- market-based efforts to
increase demand and production of papers that are manufactured
with postconsumer recycled fibers, agricultural residues,
alternative crop fibers, and from credibly certified wood
fiber
- continued research and data
gathering
- identification of benchmarks
and indicators for industry improvements
- increased consumer awareness
- elimination of
government-based subsidies that support logging
The list goes on. Check the site
periodically and visit the what’s new or
get involved sections to find out
what the network and member organizations are doing
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