New Labels Identify Sustainable Paper
PaperSpecs reports that the has distilled its 10 product labels to three:
1. The “Promoting Sustainable Forest Management” label indicates that a company is certified to SFI’s chain-of-custody standard. This tracks how much of the wood fiber in a product comes from a certified forest.
2. The “Certified Fiber Sourcing” label indicates that a company is certified to SFI’s fiber sourcing guidelines and/or Objectives 8-13 in the 2005-2009 SFI Standard.
3. The new combination label indicates the percent of fiber that sourced from a certified forest and the percent of recycled content.
SFI participants will fully implement the new labels by the end of 2009.
I’m concerned about this because SFC (Sustainable Forestry Council) certified paper is still being sources from old-growth forests.
GAIA GRAPHICS & ASSOCIATES
San Luis Obispo, California
http://www.gaiagraphics.com