Kimberly-Clark Agrees to Stop Using Wood Fiber from Canada's Boreal Forest. By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, August 5, 2009. "Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp joined forces with Greenpeace on Wednesday, pledging to conserve forests by getting wood fiber from environmentally responsible sources. In an announcement with the environmental group, which waged a nearly 5-year campaign against the company for clear-cutting in Canada's boreal forest, Kimberly-Clark said it would stop buying wood fiber from the vast woodland which stretches across the country unless it is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council... The trees and soil of Canada's boreal forest store some 186 billion tonnes of carbon, equivalent to 27 years of global greenhouse gas emissions, said Richard Brooks of Greenpeace Canada. 'Canada's boreal forest is the largest ancient forest left in North America,' Brooks said in a statement. 'Though vast, already 60% is allocated to logging companies for development. Less than 10 percent of the forest is permanently protected.' Kimberly-Clark's new standards could bring some of the unspoiled areas of the forest closer to permanent conservation, Brooks said."
2009-08-11
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