A sustainable industry requires accountability and transparency. Accountable and comprehensive certifications, designations & achievements are essential to ensure legitimacy of environmental claims, generate trust and demonstrate leadership.
New Leaf Paper is proud to be a founding Public Benefit Corporation, choosing to support business that aligns with our values. And as a founding B Corporation, New Leaf Paper is held to comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards. We joined this movement to help the growth and success of a business community that is focused on the common good, not just profits. We believe that business has become more powerful than governments in shaping civilization and affecting our impact on the planet.
Ancient Forest Friendly
The Ancient Forest Friendly™ logo represents the highest and most comprehensive standards for environmental responsibility in the paper industry. In order to be Ancient Forest Friendly™, a paper must be manufactured with a high percentage of post-consumer waste and contain no virgin fiber from old-growth, ancient or endangered forests. Any virgin fiber used in the paper must be both FSC® certified and assessed to not originate from endangered forests. Bleaching must be chlorine free, without the use of chlorine or chlorine compounds.
The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is a global, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of responsible forest management worldwide. FSC defines standards based on agreed principles for responsible forest stewardship that are supported by environmental, social, and economic stakeholders. Ask about our FSC® certified products. To learn more, visit www.fsc.org
License Code: FSC-C155499 | Certificate Code: SCS-COC-000565
The Climate Pledge is a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040 that forms a cross-sector community of companies and organizations, working together to crack the climate crisis and solve the challenges of decarbonizing our economy.
New Leaf Paper believes healthy forests mean a healthy future for us all. SFI® certified forests play an important role in water conservation, healthy animal and plant populations, and climate solutions. For additional information, visit.
ANCIENT and ENDANGERED FOREST CONSERVATION &
ECO-PAPER PRODUCTION POLICY
Canopy collaborates throughout the supply chain to advise pulp and paper suppliers and customers in their work to create and source paper and packaging made from low-footprint materials.
New Leaf Paper is committed to the development and use of papers and packaging with fiber that does not come from ancient and endangered forests. Recognizing that the number of high quality and affordable eco-papers have increased sustainability in part due to New Leaf Paper’s Leadership, we will continue to collaborate throughout the supply chain and advise our pulp suppliers and customers to ensure continued support and creation of paper and packaging made from low-footprint sources.
SmartWay is an innovative, voluntary, public-private, market-driven partnership. SmartWay helps companies improve their transportation supply chains – to move more ton-miles of freight with lower emissions and less energy, and at a lower cost.
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
New Leaf Paper® commissioned a life cycle assessment (LCA) study that compares the environmental and human health impact levels of Reincarnation 100, to paper made in three paper mills from virgin fiber sources. This study considered the full range of environmental and human-health issues associated with the production of paper products, to ensure a complete and fair comparison.
Processed Chlorine Free
“Processed chlorine-free” refers to recycled paper in which the recycled content is unbleached or bleached without chlorine or chlorine derivatives. Dioxins and other toxins and pollutants created by chlorine and its derivatives are often referred to as chlorinated organic compounds. The dioxins have been associated with adverse effects on the immune and reproductive systems of humans as well as those of fish and wildlife species. The term Processed Chlorine Free (PCF) is applied only to post-consumer recycled fiber.
One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to global reforestation. They plant trees to restore nature and biodiversity. They also raise awareness about the importance of trees, offer businesses like ours a simple sustainability solution, and motivate younger generations to do something positive for the environment.
SME Climate Hub is a global initiative that empowers small to medium sized companies to take climate action and build more resilient businesses. Through the SME Climate Hub, we commit to lowering our impact on the environment through authentic action, halving our emissions by 2030. In making the commitment, we have joined the United Nations Race to Zero campaign.
The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is breeding chestnut trees for ability to survive the blight disease, which killed almost all our native American chestnut. TACF’s goal is to confer on American chestnut the ability to thrive in our nation’s woodlands.
The Gettysburg Nature Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to educating about and preserving our habitat and our heritage. The Alliance operates the Gettysburg Heritage Center in Gettysburg’s popular Steinwehr Avenue neighborhood and will be expanding habitat and heritage programming this year.
The Environmental Paper Network (EPN) is a world-wide network of over 150 civil society organizations working together towards the Global Paper Vision. This Vision expresses our common goal to create transformational change in the pulp and paper industry and wider society, so that paper production and use contributes to a clean, healthy, just and sustainable future for life on earth.
The Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council’s (WSBC) mission is to advance sustainable principles and practices forward through the power of business. Their Green Masters Program is a tool to define, prioritize, measure, and manage sustainability performance in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics that are meaningful to individual organizations and their stakeholders.