The Domtar paper mill in Espanola is set to be shutdown by the end of the year, with hundreds of workers in the northern Ontario town being laid off in the coming weeks.
Canada’s largest pulp-and-paper company should lose its sustainability credentials because new information shows that it's closely tied to an Indonesian conglomerate that has destroyed vast stretches of tropical rainforest, Greenpeace Canada says.Paper Excellence has gobbled up mills in Canada in recent years, including the Domtar paper mill in Espanola, Ont., but now Greenpeace says one of its eco certifications needs another look.
Shane Moffatt, head of Greenpeace Canada's nature and food campaign, said the core of the complaint is that Paper Excellence is a sister company of APP and both are ultimately controlled by Sinar Mas. Greenpeace believes "there is very, very strong evidence" to back up its assertion, he added. Shane Moffatt of Greenpeace Canada says one of the main goals of the complaint against Paper Excellence is to get the company to be more transparent about its ownership and funding. state that within 30 days, it has to alert Paper Excellence about Greenpeace's complaint and convene the parties to attempt to mediate an informal resolution. If that doesn't work, a more formal investigative process kicks in.
The international certification, often seen on reams of printer paper or sheets of plywood, enables forestry companies to command higher prices for their output and attract environmentally conscious brands as customers. Losing it would be a blow to a resource giant that currently manages 22 million hectares of Canadian forest — an area four times the size of Nova Scotia — though Paper Excellence also certifies under two other systems considered less exacting.
APP has also denied it ever collaborated behind the scenes with Paper Excellence or shared confidential information with it. NDP MP Charlie Angus says Parliament needs more answers from Paper Excellence about its ownership structure.
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