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To help promote forest conservation and environmental responsibility, Staples will launch a new brand of paper supplied by Domtar Corporation marking the first time the office products company's brand of paper carries the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Seal.

 

The new Domtar EarthChoice Office Paper by Staples, available to Staples Advantage and Staples.com customers in the U.S., will be manufactured by Domtar, whose EarthChoice(R) products are the broadest and most flexible collection of environmentally responsible papers available in the marketplace. Since its launch, more than a million tons of EarthChoice papers have been sold, all of which have been certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC(R)) and are publicly supported by the Rainforest Alliance.

 

The Rainforest Alliance pioneered the concept of responsible forestry certification in 1989 and has since certified to FSC standards more than 65 million hectares (155 million acres) of forestland in 70 countries around the world. By encouraging better on-the-ground forestry practices, which benefit the environment and protect the rights and welfare of workers and their communities, the Rainforest Alliance helps meet the ever-increasing demand for responsibly harvested forest products.

 

"We are proud to expand our environmentally responsible portfolio to include paper that not only meets FSC standards but also is certified by the Rainforest Alliance," said Mark Buckley, Staples' Vice President of Sustainability. "We have a strong partnership with Domtar, and this is another example of how Domtar is helping Staples work toward our sustainability goals."

 

Domtar has previously earned the Staples Supplier Soul Award, which honors suppliers who help advance Staples' Soul by strengthening its four cornerstones - community, diversity, ethics and the environment. Part of the recognition stems from Domtar's environmental policies, its commitment to minimizing its environmental footprint, its responsible sourcing of fiber, and its work to promote credible forest certification.

 

"We work hard to keep the forests as forests," said Lewis Fix, Domtar's Vice-President of Brand Management and Sustainable Product Development. "Well-managed forests provide renewable resources, respect biodiversity and bring a wealth of socio-economic benefits to neighboring communities, including the potential for employment and recreational activities. Third-party certification is the best way to ensure that sound forest management practices are implemented and that all environmental and social aspects of forest use are considered."

 

"We are thrilled to continue our work with Staples and Domtar," said Tensie Whelan, President of the Rainforest Alliance. "Their commitments to FSC certification have helped the Rainforest Alliance work to ensure that thousands of acres of forests are responsibly managed. We're happy to see another product added to the EarthChoice line, making FSC certified paper more readily available to consumers."

 

Domtar EarthChoice Office Paper by Staples is a 20 lb., 92 brightness paper, ideal for everyday printing on inkjet and laser printers, and will feature ColorLok(R) Technology. HP's ColorLok Technology provides for a better printing surface, delivering more vivid colors, bolder blacks and faster drying times when printing on inkjet printers, consistent imaging and a longer printer life for laser printers1.

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Staples, Inc., a company committed to making it easy for customers, demonstrates as much with their comprehensive environmental program, EcoEasy™, the topic of a new episode in the popular On Paper sustainability podcast series. Sponsored by NewPage Corporation, North America’s largest coated paper manufacturer, all On Paper podcasts are available for download free-of-charge at http://www.onpaperseries.com.

Featuring Mark Buckley, vice president of environmental affairs for Staples, Inc., this episode addresses ways in which companies, as well as individuals, can make a difference in protecting the environment. “We make it very easy for folks to find products that have a better environmental attribute,” Buckley shares.

Through EcoEasy™, Staples focuses their environmental efforts on three major areas including products, recycling services and internal operations. By offering customers innovative environmental products and services, to implementing energy conservation, waste reduction, recycling and green building initiatives in their own internal operations, they’ve been able to achieve measurable results and capture accolades from some of the nation’s top green business lists.

When discussing the concept of democratizing sustainability, making it accessible to the general public, Buckley explains to On Paper listeners, “Our strategy is to fundamentally change the way that products get brought to market. {We ask} how can we create more opportunities across other categories in our business, where customers don’t necessarily have to make that trade-off in terms of price?”

In an Entrepreneur magazine article published earlier this year, Staples illustrated for readers how to “green” an existing office space by making smarter choices in their product selection and processes. During this On Paper episode, Buckley further explains that process to listeners and provides tangible actions to pursue.

To download this On Paper episode, visit http://www.onpaperseries.com/. Three seasons of conversations with some of the most innovative businesses and organizations in America are catalogued on this site for easy access and reference. Visitors to the site may also sign up to receive alerts when new sustainability episodes are released. In addition to http://www.onpaperseries.com/, this podcast is available at http://www.itunes.com/ and http://www.zune.net/.

About NewPage Corporation
Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009. The company’s product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.

NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nova Scotia, Canada. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper. To learn more, visit http://www.newpagecorp.com/

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