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Javan Rhino Conservation Partnership Continues for the 2nd Year
A unique public-private partnership to conserve the highly endangered Javan rhino will continue for the second year following a signing ceremony in Jakarta. Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has made the agreement with Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK) to extend the Javan rhino conservation partnership with Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK) for another twelve months
APP Achieves Highest Standards of Timber Legality Certification
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has received the SVLK timber legality certification on its ninth and final mill, confirming that it meets the highest standards of Indonesian wood legality throughout its entire manufacturing facilities.
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Achieves Highest Standards of Timber Legality Certification: Certifications Address U.S. and EU Legality Standards
This week, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) announced it has secured SVLK certification for all of its nine mills. SVLK is the Indonesian Wood Legality Verification System, and APP today confirmed that the full scope of its operations is now SVLK certified, meeting the highest global standards for wood legality.
Tjiwi Kimia's Educational Houses Inaugurated by The United Indonesia Cabinet Wives' Solidarity Association
Creating ample opportunities to gain access to education is crucial to empower the community. Early education is important to develop the full potential of people. Statistics shows that Indonesia has 28 million children under the age of 10 years old, however, only 7% have access to formal education.
CSR Initiative to Raise Children's Awareness of Personal Hygiene
The world’s leading pulp and paper manufacturer Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) and China Business News, one of the top business publications in China, have jointly initiated a new corporate social responsibility initiative aiming to enhance awareness of personal hygiene and help cultivate healthier lifestyle habits among youths living in China’s rural areas.
Prima Indonesia Exporter Community to Optimize National Exports
In the midst of the global economic crisis, Indonesia has good reason to be proud with its high growth rate. However, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has said that Indonesia is not yet safe from the crisis.
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) Advances with ISO 26000 Standard
sia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has received an Advanced level rating in SGS’s independent assessment for ISO 26000 social responsibility standards, making it the first in its sector in Asia-Pacific to receive this recognition from leading independent global industry auditor Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS).
Notion of forest plantations as the future of the industry
Last week, Ian Lifshitz, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) Director of Sustainability of North America, presented at the 27th annual RISI North American Forest Products Conference. RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, and this year’s event witnessed record-breaking attendance from paper industry participants, technology companies, financial institutions, industrial conglomerates, government and NGOs.
APP statementreports into FCP implementation in Riau and South Sumatra
In February 2013, APP launched its Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), in which the company committed to an immediate halt to all natural forest clearance. This moratorium is in place while a series of assessments are carried out to determine which areas of APP’s suppliers’ concessions are of High Carbon Stock (HCS) and/or High Conservation Value (HCV), all of which will be protected.
APP Honored for Sustainable Breakthroughs in China
The world’s leading pulp and paper manufacturer Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has been recognized for its use of innovative technologies with Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper’s waste water treatment project as a Key Technology R&D Programme of China by the Guangxi Province’s Science and Technology Bureau¹.
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) takes a leadership role in sustainability tree farms (plantations)
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) today confirmed that by 2015 it will source 100 percent of its Indonesian pulpwood from plantations (tree farms), as part of its recently-launched Sustainability Roadmap for 2020 and beyond. The company’s prediction that it will be wholly plantation-reliant by 2015 puts APP 10 years ahead of the publicly-stated goals coming out of other global paper industry players.
Asia Pulp & Paper Delivers Milestone for Wood Legality
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has now received a fourth SVLK certification from the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, providing an official stamp of approval that it meets the highest global standards on wood legality.
APP meets tough new standards on wood legality
Asia Pulp & Paper Group’s (APP) announcement that its production mills are achieving SVLK certification under Indonesia’s new Wood Legality Verification System is a major stride in addressing the most stringent requirements for legality around the world, including those in the European Union.
Asia Pulp & Paper Mill's announcement New SVLK Certifications
Asia Pulp & Paper Group’s (APP) announcement that its production mills are achieving SVLK certification under Indonesia’s new Wood Legality Verification System is a major stride in addressing the most stringent requirements for legality around the world, including those in the U.S. and E.U. Thus far, three APP mills have secured certifications, and the company’s remaining Indonesian mills anticipate securing certifications before year’s end.
Asia Pulp & Paper Mills Achieve SVLK Certification
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) today announced that three of its mills have secured SVLK certification, marking the first pulp and paper mills in Indonesia to achieve certification under the country’s new Wood Legality Verification System. The certifications were granted in a ceremony hosted by Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry in Jakarta today.
China Committed to Fully Promote CFCC Certification Standards
The Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) hosted the ‘Responsible Procurement in China’s Forest Products (Pulp and Paper), Certification Workshop 2012’ in Shenzhen, China on June 29, along with PEFC China, the DNV Sustainability Center, as well as Green China magazine. At the event, representatives from the State Forestry Administration of China (SFA) stressed that the nation’s forest certification standard – the China Forest Certification Council (CFCC) – has been established and remains adhered to the highest standards of sustainable forest management, and called on countries worldwide to adopt CFCC-certified products in their national procurement policies.
APP Statement on Forest Fires and Haze
We are deeply concerned about the forest fires and the resulting haze in Riau province Sumatra, which affects our employees and communities as well as neighbouring countries.
APP Quarterly Update on Vision 2020 Sustainability Roadmap
On June 5th, 2012, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) announced its Sustainability Roadmap for the next decade and beyond. The Sustainability Roadmap extends APP’s commitments on further improving environmental performance, biodiversity conservation and protection of community rights.
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) charts industry standards in sustainable business
Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has today published its Sustainability Roadmap for 2020 and beyond, a period in which it aims to put conserving Indonesia’s natural resources at the heart of its business strategy.
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Our ‘Tomorrow’ Learns Conservation Today
Remember that we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, but we borrow it from our children. Read more on how APP Sinar Mas contribute to the next generation by teaching the next generation about medicinal plants.