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Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (President: Masatomo Nakamura)
is pleased to announce that under the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest
Certification Schemes (*1), an internationally recognized
forest certification system, the Company has acquired Chain of Custody certification (*2) making
it the Japanese first company to establish a consistent PEFC-certified paper
production system from chip procurement, to sale through manufacture.
Nippon
Paper Industries obtained PEFC-CoC certification for the import of woodchips
by the Forestry Department, the Raw Material & Purchasing Division, in December
2004. At the end of March 2007, the Company also acquired PEFC-CoC certification
at headquarters (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), Ishinomaki Mill (Ishinomaki, Miyagi) and
Iwakuni Mill (Iwakuni, Yamaguchi).
Nippon Paper Industries became Japan's first paper manufacturer that obtained
PEFC certification from chip procurement to sale through manufacture.
Forest Stewardship Council (*3) is also
an international organization for forest certification similar to PEFC. Suzukawa
Office of Fuji Mill (Fuji, Shizuoka) obtained CoC certification in January 2003
and Iwakuni Mill and Yatsushiro Mill (Yatsushiro, Kumamoto) obtained CoC certification
in April 2007.With the headquarters and domestic mills CoC certified, Nippon
Paper Industries will construct a consistent production and sales system for
paper production, using materials sourced from certified forests and tree farms
to satisfy the needs of our customers.
*1:
Programme for the Endorsement
of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) (http://pefc.org/)
Founded by private organizations from 14 European countries in 1999. Examines
forest certifications that each country plans and promotes mutual certifications
between the systems, based on inter-governmental processes for sustainable forest
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*2:
Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification
The system for certifying
that materials sourced from certified forests and tree farms are differentiated
from the uncertified in distribution and processing and they are also managed
with appropriate segmentation. It permits labeling and also allows consumers
to tell materials from certified sources.
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*3:
Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) (http://www.fsc.org/)
A certification system for responsible forest management, set up in 1993 with
the participation of a large number of stakeholders including WWF, a global environment-related
NGO. |
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