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Environmental Certifications
When you think green, Unisource is your one source for products and information. Unisource is proud to be able to offer you a full range of products that allow you to communicate your environmentally responsible policies and practices. By choosing from the Unisource catalogue of FSC®, SFI®, PEFC and recycled paper products, designers, agencies, printers and their corporate clients can contribute significantly to global environmental protection.
Know too, that Unisource was the first paper merchant to attain tri-certification and has allied with major paper mills around the world that have invested millions of dollars to minimize the environmental impact of their production cycles.
Our customers want to make a positive difference and they know that the entire life cycle of a printed product can serve as a prominent reminder of environmentally progressive business practices. The origins of the wood fibre, the amount of recycled content, the manufacturing process and renewable energy sources are all important considerations in making a smart paper choice.
Your Unisource representative has the knowledge and expertise to ensure your paper choice answers your environmental and production requirements.
FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®) Directive on Registration of Percentage Based Papers
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FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®), established in 1993 as the world’s first independent labeling scheme for forest products, promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. FSC® is a not-for-profit international organization that has developed a system for identifying and that has developed a system for identifying and labeling products from well-managed forests. The objective of FSC® is responsible forest management means forests are managed in a way that protects water soil and managed in a way that protects water, soil, and wildlife. It means stakeholders such as communities, Indigenous Peoples, forest workers industry forest owners who are affected workers, industry, forest owners who are affected by what happens to forests – agree how the forest will be managed. And it means people can continue to work live and earn an income from the forest to work, live and earn an income from the forest. To date over 113 million hectares of forests are FSC® certified, and this area is increasing. FSC® is active in 81 countries on 5 continents. |
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The Objective of SFI® (Sustainable Forestry Initiative®) - Responsible forest management means forests are managed in a way that protects water soil are managed in a way that protects water, soil, and wildlife. Involves all forest stakeholders: Indigenous Peoples, Forest workers, Industry, Forest owners. (58.1 million hectares in North America, Third party monitored). |
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Founded in 1999, the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) schemes is a non-profit non-governmental organization that supports sustainable forest management globally. PEFC is the world's largest forest certification umbrella organization with members from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. 203 million hectares (65 million hectares in Canada) certified in 35 countries, Third party monitored. |
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