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Office Depot Offers EarthChoice Paper
July
2007 Office Depot and Domtar, the largest maker and marketer of office
and printing paper in North America, announced that Domtar EarthChoice
Office Paper is now widely available to customers in the U.S. through
http://www.officedepot.com and through Office Depot’s North America Business
Solutions Division. The product will also be available in Office Depot
retail stores in the U.S. in late July.Domtar EarthChoice Office Paper
meets the rigorous standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC),
which is regarded as the “gold standard” of forest management by many
businesses and environmental groups. FSC certification helps ensure
forests are conserved through responsible management practices, such as
legal wood harvesting, respect for the rights of workers and indigenous
communities, and protection of wildlife habitats.Domtar EarthChoice
Office Paper is endorsed by the Rainforest Alliance, an organization
that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods
by transforming land-use practices and developing markets for
sustainable products. EarthChoice Office Paper is also quality-tested
and competitively priced.”Today, businesses are taking action to reduce
their environmental footprint, and consumers are rewarding those
companies,” said Steve Barker, Senior Vice President of Marketing at
Domtar. “EarthChoice Office Paper offers the highest forest management
standard, while offering excellent value in terms of quality and
price.””Office Depot supports a number of major third-party forest
certification programs,” said Yalmaz Siddiqui, Environmental Strategy
Advisor for Office Depot. “By adding FSC-certified office paper to our
assortment of environmentally-preferable products, we reinforce our
vision to increasingly.buy
green, be green and sell green.”Support from the Environmental
Community — Tensie Whelan, Executive Director of the Rainforest
Alliance“The Rainforest Alliance applauds this
development that makes it simpler than ever for consumers and
businesses to buy paper that comes from responsibly managed forests.
Domtar should also be commended for its bold commitment to work toward
FSC-certification of all its forests and operations.”– Steve
McCormick, President of The Nature ConservancE.”We and our conservation
partners count on certification to verify and facilitate responsible
forest management. Office Depot’s introduction of FSC-certified office
paper sends a very strong, positive market signal to industry and
consumers alike. Office Depot is to be congratulated for its
leadership.”FSC-Certified paper is also supported by a number of other
environmental groups, including Greenpeace, ForestEthics and Dogwood
Alliance.Domtar EarthChoice Office Paper is available at
http://www.officedepot.com and Office Depot’s new Buy Green website at
http://www.officedepot.com/buygreen.
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