Press Releases 2010

Metafore Releases Paper Life Cycle Website as Sustainability Resource for Paper Purchasing Decision

Online Resource Developed Collaboratively by Paper Manufacturers and Buyers, Industry Associations, Nonprofit Organizations and Academics 

Charlottesville, VA (July 7, 2010) – Metafore, along with a unique collaboration of stakeholders across the paper supply chain, has created a comprehensive online resource that will enable companies and customers to make more informed environmental decisions about the paper products they purchase, use and sell. 

FPAC Welcomes Focus on Improvements in Education for Aboriginal Youth

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is greatly encouraged by recent announcements made by both the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations to strengthen and enhance the education of Aboriginal youth in Canada. 

CANADIAN FOREST INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SIGN WORLD’S LARGEST CONSERVATION AGREEMENT

CANADIAN FOREST INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SIGN WORLD’S LARGEST CONSERVATION AGREEMENT APPLYING TO AREA TWICE THE SIZE OF GERMANY

Today 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations, unveiled an unprecedented agreement – the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement – that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members. The Agreement, when fully implemented, will conserve significant areas of Canada’s vast Boreal Forest, protect threatened woodland caribou and provide a competitive market edge for participating companies.

FPAC Updates Industry Guidance for Reporting GHG Emissions In Wake of New Federal Regulations

OTTAWA – April 28, 2010 – The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today released its FPAC Guidance on 2009 GHG Reporting, an updated guidance document intended to help forest product companies calculate and report their 2009 GHG emissions; a procedure that has been mandated under federal regulations since 2004.

Budget Measures Support the Next Generation Forest Products Industry

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today welcomed the spending initiatives and direction announced in the Federal Budget saying it will strengthen the industry’s plans for renewal.

SPEECH FROM THE THRONE POINTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SAYS FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today welcomed the government’s invitation in the Speech from the Throne to “partner with the forest products industry to enter new markets and deploy new technologies”.

New Study Points to Promising Bio-Future for Canada’s Forest Products Industry

The Study: TRANSFORMING CANADA’S FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY: Summary   of findings from the Future Bio-pathways Project

THE BACKGROUNDER TRANSFORMING CANADA’S FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today released a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind study that shows how the forest products industry can build on its world-class forest management practices to emerge from the current recession as an engine of growth in the bio-economy.

FPAC to Release Results of New Study on Future Directions of Industry

Avrim Lazar, President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), will release the findings of a comprehensive, year-long study that sets the course for the forest industry’s emergence from one of the worst economic periods in its history. FPAC will call on the Government of Canada to support the industry in taking full advantage of the energy, environmental and economic opportunities the study identifies.

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