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NewPage Anthem(R) and Fortune(R) Now FSC Chain-of-Custody Certified
Thursday 05. February 2009 - NewPage Corporation announced today that Anthem(R) and Fortune(R) sheetfed products are now Forest Stewardship Council(R) (FSC) chain-of-custody certified (BV-COC-953662). FSC is an international, nonprofit organization that develops standards for responsible forest management, and accredits independent third-party organizations to certify forest managers and forest product producers to these standards.
Anthem and Fortune already carry chain-of-custody certification with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R) (SFI) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification(TM) (PEFC) schemes. Fortune also contains 10% post-consumer recycled fiber. When ordering these products please specify the desired chain-of-custody.
“In addition to today’s announcement on Anthem and Fortune products, we are also introducing FSC chain-of-custody certification for Sterling(R) Ultra Digital(TM) sheets. This will give our customers a wide variety of tri-certified chain-of-custody products, covering a full range from economy sheets to our high-performance Centura line-up,” says Kris Morrow, NewPage business manager – sheets & caliper. These changes are effective with orders placed on or after February 2, 2009, and customers with specific questions should contact their NewPage sales representative.
“Chain-of-custody” is the traceable path logs take from the forest, through the pulp manufacturing process, to the paper mill, all the way through to the certified product sold to an end user. Compliance with this standard means that NewPage is engaged in “best practices” to obtain wood and pulp from legal sources while avoiding wood from areas where human rights have been violated, from high conservation value forests, from plantations that have been converted from natural forests, and from genetically modified trees. Chain-of-custody must be in place at all steps along the supply chain in order for Anthem, Fortune or Sterling Ultra Digital printed labels or packaging to carry an FSC chain-of-custody label.