It has come to the notice
of Two Sides that the EEPN, European Environmental Paper Network, who claim to
be ‘a network of non-profit organizations working together to accelerate social
and environmental transformation in the paper industry’, is making claims about
the sustainability of the paper and associated industries which either require
substantiation or retraction. ‘EEPN Paper Facts’
EEPN, amongst a number of questionable assertions and claims, falsely states that the paper industry is “one of the most destructive industries of our time’ and responsible for ‘a wide range of harmful environmental impacts’, ‘negative social impacts’ and ‘human rights abuses’. Whilst recognising that isolated problems can be found in any large industry Two Sides firmly disputes the implied scale of the impacts raised and, in the European context of the EEPN’s focus, questions the origin and accuracy of these assertions.
EEPN, amongst a number of questionable assertions and claims, falsely states that the paper industry is “one of the most destructive industries of our time’ and responsible for ‘a wide range of harmful environmental impacts’, ‘negative social impacts’ and ‘human rights abuses’. Whilst recognising that isolated problems can be found in any large industry Two Sides firmly disputes the implied scale of the impacts raised and, in the European context of the EEPN’s focus, questions the origin and accuracy of these assertions.
