| Catalogues - Reducing Environmental Impact | 09 April 08 |
 ForestEthics, an environmental group, commends Canadian Tire for phasing out its paper catalogue - made from Canada's Boreal forest. Six million homes across Canada received the Canadian Tire catalogue each year. An estimated 20 billion catalogues by various companies are distributed to North Americans yearly. As part of their 'Do Not Mail' campaign, ForestEthics is urging the catalogue sector to reduce paper use, phase out endangered and boreal forest products and use post-consumer recycled paper sources, and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified papers. "Catalogues have a tremendous environmental impact, from forests that are clear-cut to produce them to the energy consumed during manufacturing and delivery," said Gillian McEachern of ForestEthics. "Canadian Tire demonstrates that dramatically reducing paper use makes good business sense." Canadian Tire, along with Victoria's Secret, Williams-Sonoma, and Staples Business Depot are changing their paper products and taking leadership roles catalog initiatives. View March 27, 2008 NewsWire article View March 11, 2008 GreenBiz article View Staples - Environmental Initiatives View Staples Paper Procurement Policy (PDF) View March 11, 2008 ForestEthics campaign article View November 28, 2007 ForestEthics Catalog Industry Environmental Scorecard (PDF) Sources: News Wire, Green Biz, Staples, ForestEthics |
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