Transcript Achieving Reforms in Indonesia’s Pulp and Paper Sector; Information and Ideas for Publishers and Printers Lafcadio Cortesi Forest Campaign Director, RAN October 21, 2010

Achieving Reforms in Indonesia’s Pulp and
Paper Sector;
Information and Ideas for Publishers and Printers
Lafcadio Cortesi
Forest Campaign Director, RAN
October 21, 2010
Presentation Overview
1. Rainforest Action Network and RAN’s Forest Program
2. The Need for Pulp and Paper Sector Reforms
3. The Publishing Industry and Opportunity to Leverage Reform
through the Supply Chain
4. What Reform Looks Like
5. Pathway to Reform
RAN Background & Forest Program
 Founded in 1985 to help protect forests and forest peoples
rights – has added energy & climate
 Works with private sector to leverage purchasing power and
investment for change
 4.5 million budget & 32 person staff in SF, Tokyo, Edmonton
and DC
 Forest Program focused on helping protect Indonesia’s
forests and forest dependent peoples
 Working with local networks and engaging with customers
and investors in palm oil, pulp and paper and with policy
makers, influencers and the public
Pressing Controversy - the need for reforms to
Indonesia’s pulp and paper industry
Current industry practices
are unsustainable and are
having negative impacts on:
- Forest Communities
- The Climate
- Biodiversity
Police Fire Bomb and Evict Community
in Arara Abadi Concession
Continuing natural forest conversion on peat unsustainable and highly emissive
APRIL & APP practices
also pose significant
risks to supply chain
partners’ business and
brands
Fiber Testing in Coated Paper Children’s
Books
-Top 10 Children’s Book
Publishers
- 30 samples of color kid’s
books on coated paper
printed in China
- 60% found with Acacia
- 10% with MTH
Supply Chain Links and Opportunities for
Publishers & Printers to Secure Reforms
Controversial fiber/pulp (Acacia &
MTH) and suppliers (April & APP)
from Indonesia
Indonesia or China Paper Mills
Asian printers specify and use paper
in children’s and other books and
applications
Books sold in U.S., Europe and other
markets
What Reform Looks Like
 No sourcing from or conversion of natural forests
 No sourcing from or conversion of peatlands or high carbon
landscapes
 Resolve land disputes and social conflict
 Shift fiber production to “barren lands” on mineral soils with
free, prior and informed consent of indigenous and affected
communities
 No mill capacity expansion without wood supply in place
 Independent verification of the above
Pathway for Achieving Reforms
Goal:
Eliminate controversial fiber and suppliers from papers used. Initial
focus on eliminating controversial sources linked to deforestation
and degradation in Indonesia.
Action:
Publishers and printers establish purchasing requirements for
paper and suppliers
Require Transparency and Specify
Environmental Paper:
1. Disclosure from paper manufacturers/suppliers with detailed
description of (origin & species) break down of fiber basket to
concession level
2. No paper that contains natural forest (MTH) or plantation (e.g.
acacia) fiber from Indonesia or is from APP or April or affiliated
companies (e.g. Goldeast) until reforms achieved and
independently verified
3. Substitute with FSC certified, high recycled content or other non
controversial sheets
Timelines & Verification
Establish Timeline and benchmarks for current
vendors:
 If reforms are not undertaken within 6 months, require
printers to switch papers used or shift business elsewhere
 Work with stakeholders who develop benchmarks and
indicators that reforms are undertaken
 Require new vendors to comply with requirements before
doing business
Verify:
 Conduct systematic independent fiber testing
 Verify that reforms are achieved or business is withdrawn
using mutually agreed independent verifier.