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News Release from: Xerox
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 December 2007
Xerox Earns FSC Award Across 17
Countries
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification from the Rainforest Alliance's Smartwood programme has been awarded to Xerox Corporation.
Xerox said that the certification will allow the company to buy and sell FSC-certified paper at 77 distribution centres in 17 countries in North America and Europe The company claimed that such a wide application of the standard covers the greatest geographical area of any FSC chain-of-custody certification to date
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Xerox has also earned Programme for the Endorsement of Forest certification.
The Connecticut (USA) company said it earned chain-of-custody certification, which ensures that paper bearing the FSC logo is properly tracked throughout processing, from the forest to the final recipient after passing audits conducted by the Rainforest Alliance at 11 facilities in four countries.
The audits verified that the company was complying with the standards of the FSC, the global standard-setter for responsible forest management, and had a system in place for tracking and segregating FSC-certified paper.
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Tensie Whelan, executive director of the Rainforest Alliance, said: "The scale of Xerox's commitment to FSC certification shows how large corporations are making serious commitments to greening their supply chains.
Supporting FSC certification helps ensure the conservation of the world's working forests for generations to come." Paper and other wood products that bear the FSC logo originate from forestlands that have met criteria covering the maintenance of high conservation value forests and the protection of soils, waterways, wildlife and the rights and welfare of workers and local communities.
Steve Simpson, vice president and general manager for Xerox's Paper and Supplies Business Unit, commented: "Xerox sees sustainability as not only a value we talk about but as a real behaviour we strive to practice.
FSC and PEFC certification are important steps in our effort to ensure that the production of paper is not a drain on our natural resources and that we use these resources wisely and efficiently.
There's also an increasing demand from customers that want to make sustainable purchasing decisions." He added that at a time when climate change issues are on many people's minds, as in the global climate change conference in Bali, it is important to recognise that, by supporting sustainable forestry and forest conservation, Xerox is making a positive contribution.
Heiko Liedeker, executive director of FSC International, said: "The FSC applauds Xerox's commitment to responsible purchasing.
Well-known companies, such as Xerox, wield a great deal of power and responsibility to lead positive change.
We are confident that an increasing number of multinational companies will choose to become certified with the development of this new multi-site standard." Xerox added that large forest products companies are increasingly seeking FSC certification and that according to a 2007 Price Waterhouse Coopers global survey, 61 of the 100 largest forest, paper and packaging companies worldwide publish some kind of sustainability report.
Of those, 49 per cent have earned FSC certification for at least one of their operations.
Many pulp providers, mills, merchants and printers have earned FSC chain-of-custody certification and many publishers - most recently Simon and Schuster - have committed to increasing their use of FSC-certified paper.
Also in the past year, Nordstrom, Williams-Sonoma and Limited Brands (the parent company of Victoria's Secret) all began using FSC-certified paper in their catalogues and other printed materials.
The area of FSC-certified forestlands has nearly doubled in the past three years to a total of more than 224 million acres (more than 90 million hectares), making a growing supply of certified wood products available to companies and consumers.
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