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25.01.2022 "[The] message is: get real. It’s 2020. Why are you still logging old-growth and threatened species habitat? The auditors are alive to it, the courts are alive to it, the marketplace is alive to it. The Australian public don’t want to see old-growth forests logged and threatened species sent to extinction. - Amelia Young, Wilderness Society

25.01.2022 The Wilderness Society has filed a case under Australia’s illegal logging laws outlining how illegally processed native forest logs are being used to manufacture Reflex paper. The complaint alleges that consumers of Reflex paper have unwittingly been exposed to an illegally produced product. It is clear that any person or organisation wanting to steer clear of unethical products must avoid Reflex and only use paper that is 100% post consumer recycled, FSC certified, and free from illegally processed native wood fibre. Learn more about the case here:

23.01.2022 Why Ethical Paper? People, businesses and organisations are making the switch to sustainable products as, right around the world, we become increasingly aware of the impacts of our purchasing choices. By choosing an Ethical Paper, you’re helping ensure a sustainable future for you, your family and community, and for the natural world that supports us. To learn more visit https://ethicalpaper.com.au/... Take the pledge today by clicking the link below.

22.01.2022 The Victorian Government has finally acted on the crisis in our living forests! Firstly a big thank you to all those amazing people, businesses and organisations who have already signed the Ethical Paper Pledge. By choosing to purchase an Ethical Paper you’re doing the right thing. Secondly the Victorian Government says that it will end native forest logging by 2030. While this timeline needs to be brought forward it's an important step in the right direction. In the meanti...me, purchasing an Ethical Paper confirms the best future for the industryas some of Australia’s best known paper brands will still be made from Victoria’s Critically Endangered forests. You should be proud of your Pledge, which is helping ensure a sustainable future for yourself, your family and your community, and for the natural world that supports us. If you haven’t already, visit the Ethical Paper website and take the Pledge today. See more

21.01.2022 This is a fantastic source for easily understanding what you’re protecting when you take the Ethical Paper pledge. Vic Forests has been procuring timber by logging outside its legally allocated areas. Hold those responsible accountable by saying no to illegally sourced products.Take the Ethical Paper pledge to ensure that your paper is 100% post consumer recycled, FSC certified, and free from illegally processed native wood fibre.

20.01.2022 Did you hear about the Leadbeater's possum court case? Here's a video from Amelia Young, National Campaigns Director of the Wilderness Society, in which she discusses the significance of this momentous finding by the Federal Court, including the implication that processors, manufacturers, and retailers of paper and packaging products have been exposed to illegal native forest logging.

17.01.2022 Bunnings has advised it will stop selling wood sourced from VicForests, the Victorian government logging agency. This follows last month’s Federal Court ruling that VicForests is logging in breach of federal and state laws. Bunnings has taken a leadership role in reducing its supply chain risk, in line with customer expectations there is no place for illegally logged timber on Australian shelves. Build your social license, take the Ethical Paper pledge to ensure that your paper is 100% post consumer recycled, FSC certified, and free from illegally processed native wood fibre.

16.01.2022 A welcome judgment in Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum vs VicForests This is the Franklin Dam of forest legal judgments. The case has laid bare the staggering unsustainability of industrial native forest logging The courts have found that VicForests has broken the law, and is unlikely to follow the laws and regulations in the future. The landmark ruling further reinforces that native forest logging is driving our forests and threatened species to extinction. ... It is clear that any person or organisation wanting to steer clear of unethical products must only use paper that is 100% post consumer recycled, FSC certified, and free from illegally processed native wood fibre.

11.01.2022 The Victorian Government has announced an end to all native forest logging by 2030by taking the Ethical Paper Pledge, you have helped to make this change possible! In the meantime, we must continue to demonstrate that destroying native forest to make paper is not acceptable anywhere, especially not in this day and age. So, between now and 2030, make sure you’re not implicated in the logging of the last of Victoria’s great Ash forests. It’s easy to avoid the paper products that are made from these forests. Visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

11.01.2022 Check out the November 2019 Ethical Paper Guide to stay up to date on papers that are native forest free, 100% recycled and FSC certified! You can download our latest guide at: https://ethicalpaper.com.au//Ethical-Paper-Guide-November- Using our Ethical Paper Guide, you can be assured that you’re making a sustainable and ethical choice every time you purchase copy paper.... After all, printing shouldn’t cost the Earth.

11.01.2022 It’s now overwhelming clear that logging makes forests more flammable. Logging dries out the forest floor, reduces the canopy cover which increases wind speed, and creates denser forests of smaller saplings which burn more severely. Logging our endangered native forests is leading to an increase in fire risk. Say no to paper products that are made from our endangered native forests, visit the Ethical Paper website and take the Pledge! https://ethicalpaper.com.au/

08.01.2022 serious and irreversible damage The Victorian Supreme Court has granted an injunction to stop logging in 13 unburnt forest areas due to the risk of serious and irreversible damage. These areas are home to the greater glider, the smoky mouse, the sooty owl and the powerful owl. The 2019-2020 bushfires destroyed swathes of habitat for these species, so the court recognised the heightened risks of logging. It’s a positive step and awareness is growing. It’s easy to avoid the paper products that are still being made from the forests.. Visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

07.01.2022 International complaints have been lodged with regulators in the EU and America over Australian wood products that are in breach of these country’s illegal logging laws. Assessment of VicForests operations by the Wilderness Society found that it has repeatedly harvested in areas where it holds no right to do so, has breached legally mandated logging prescriptions, has illegally built roads and that the state regulator has failed to act as a sufficient deterrent or enforce the law. Complaints have been lodged after Opal Australian Paper products were tracked to international markets. Sign the Ethical Paper pledge today to avoid illegally and unsustainably sourced paper products. Printing shouldn’t cost the earth.

06.01.2022 The Federal and Victorian governments have re-signed logging agreements for another 10 years, despite the devastating 2019-2020 bushfires. Bushfire-affected forests need care and support for recovery, not more logging for single use products.There is an urgent need to bring forward the Victorian Government’s commitment for planned industry transition out of native forests by 2030.You can do something about it right now, sign the Ethical Paper pledge to prevent the further loss of habitat. It’s easy to avoid the paper products that are made from these forests. Visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

06.01.2022 Victoria’s species, many of them rare and threatened, have already been affected by the devastating summer fires. Looking forward, the Victorian state government announcement for an emergency first aid response to recover Victoria’s affected wildlife is a welcome first step. Forest animals need forest homes so it’s critical the government protect forestsnow. You can help too, visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and protect Victoria's Critically Endangered Forests.

04.01.2022 Recovering trees can still offer habitat for animals like gliding possums, which may survive the blaze only to be killed by logging operations. Significant scientific research spanning hundreds of studies from Australia and around the world over the past 20 years shows that scavenge logging is the most substantially damaging form of logging in native forests. It’s easy to avoid the paper products that are made from the forest habitats of fire affected wildlife. Visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

03.01.2022 Despite the fires, the logging of Critically Endangered native forest to make Reflex paper continues. Learn more about what’s happening in the Valley of the Giants near Toolangi in this article from last weekend’s Saturday Paper: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au//after-/15834996009499

03.01.2022 Timber mills and processors of logs from VicForests may be subject to legal exposure, following the Federal Court ruling that VicForests has breached requirements under regional forest agreements and conducted unlawful logging operations. Astoundingly VicForests now wants to log 59 new coupes, within areas of forest that are still recovering from the summers devastating bushfires. It’s easy to avoid the paper products that are made from these forests. Visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

03.01.2022 VicForests has once again had an injunction placed upon its operations after the Federal Court heard that it breached logging regulations in 14 coupes in the Central Highlands. This is just weeks after the Court found that VicForests had been unlawfully logging in areas of critically endangered possum habitat. Don't risk a potentially illegal supply of wood and paper products. To avoid a potentially contaminated supply chain steer clear of unethical products and only use paper that is 100% post consumer recycled, FSC certified, and free from illegally processed native wood fibre. To find out more visit the Ethical Paper website today!

02.01.2022 Thanks to our amazing friends at 2040 for supporting Ethical Paper! Victoria's Critically Endangered native forests are important for storing and absorbing carbon dioxide. However logging damages this ability to draw down and store carbon. By visiting the links below and signing the Pledge you can protect crucial parts of the natural world which help reduce the impacts of climate change. If you haven’t heard about our action partners at 2040 they have a fantastic film about solutions to improve the health of our planet and the societies that operate within it.

01.01.2022 As the devastation from the bushfires continues to unfold, there’s no question Australia is facing an unprecedented climate and bushfire emergency -- but not one that was unpredicted. The events unfolding around our nation have resulted in the tragic loss of life, and thousands of livelihoods and homes. The blazes have already impacted millions hectares of bushland and killing nearly a billion animals around Australia. Like all Australians, we cannot thank enough the first ...responders to the fires, who are sacrificing so much to protect the communities and areas impacted by the bushfires. The Ethical Paper team extends our condolences and support to the people and communities in bushfire affected areas. If you would like to help organisations at the forefront of relief and recovery of communities and wildlife, the Wilderness Society has compiled a list of groups that would welcome your support, which can be found in the link below: If you or someone you know needs help: Lifeline on 13 11 14 Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800 MensLine Australia on 1300 789 978 Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 Headspace on 1800 650 890 ReachOut at au.reachout.com Care Leavers Australasia Network (CLAN) on 1800 008 774

01.01.2022 231 hectares of steep slopes in Victoria's Central Highlands have been clear-felled an area larger than Melbourne's Docklands. Thompson catchment, which provides 60% of Melbourne's drinking water, has fifty coupes where VicForests have been engaging in the illegal and risky logging of steep slopes. These steep sloped areas provide vital ecosystem services for local water catchments, reducing salinity and balancing nutrient levels. Protect your drinking water by saying no to illegally produced paper products. Visit the Ethical Paper website to take the Pledge, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues!