Forests

Why Velvet’s claim of protecting forests should be flushed away

Posted by Jamie Woolley - 10th October 2017
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Velvet claim to protect forests, but their suppliers are clearcutting critical areas of the Great Northern Forest
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Comments have been flooding onto Velvet’s Facebook page, admonishing the company for using pulp from vital parts of the Great Northern Forest in their toilet paper. Customers are appalled that spectacular and important forests are being wiped away for luxury loo roll. Velvet has been forced to post a… Read More

Tell Velvet to Stop Wiping Away the Great Northern Forest

Posted by Charlotte Gill - 10th October 2017
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We’re papering Velvet’s Facebook page to tell them to stop wiping away forests, here’s how you can get involved.  Velvet are using trees from some of the most precious parts of the Great Northern Forests to make their toilet paper. Over 100,000 of us are calling on them… Read More

In pictures: the Great Northern Forest – beauty and destruction

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 28th September 2017
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Brown bear in Swedish forest.
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We have just launched a campaign showing how Essity, a Swedish tissue producer of well-known brands like Velvet and Cushelle, is linked to the destruction of parts of the Great Northern Forest. The tissue giant uses pulp from mills that are supplied by logging companies which clearcut some of Sweden’s… Read More

Is your loo roll flushing the forests down the toilet?

Posted by Lina Burnelius - 27th September 2017
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Critical forests are being destroyed to make toilet paper
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You smell it first – the smell of recently splintered trees is so strong that it hits me long before I reach the logging site. Tree stumps are still sticky with resin. A few hours ago this was a lush forest with trees that had stood tall for over a… Read More

In pictures: The orangutan, man of the woods, on International Orangutan Day 2017

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 19th August 2017
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An adult orangutan stands on the ground at Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan.
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On August the 19th the orangutan gets our full attention. With only about 7000 Sumatran orangutans left in the wild and the Bornean orangutan population in steep decline there is no denying that the existence of these clever primates is under threat. Climbing rates in deforestation and the increasing expansion… Read More

Standard Chartered fails to protect forests

Posted by Jamie Woolley - 9th August 2017
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Standard Chartered has missed a golden opportunity to protect forests
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Some bad news, I’m afraid – Standard Chartered’s new palm oil policy is out and it fails to protect forests. They’ve updated their commitments on lending money to palm oil companies. But there are so many loopholes, it won’t stop their customers tearing down forests in Indonesia and elsewhere. Read More