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Are your tissues wiping away the last remaining forests?
Posted by jamie on 18 October 2007.
Tissues: not something many of us spend a great deal of time thinking about. As long as they does the job, what more do you need? But when you begin to consider where that paper has come from and the impact it has on forest areas, it starts to become a lot more interesting. That's why we've produced a new tissue product guide - search the guide to discover which brands of toilet roll, kitchen towel, and tissues are kind to forests as well as your nose.
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Tissue paper league table
A new Greenpeace tissue league table released today reveals how Boots and Somerfield are fuelling the destruction of forests around the world. These companies are bottom of the table, because they sell few if any environmentally responsible tissue products.
omerfield have told Greenpeace that it has no plans to start using forest friendly fibre, while Boots stock only one environmentally friendly tissue product across their entire range. This is despite Boots having publicly committed to move towards sourcing all timber and paper products from well managed forests in 1992.
Meanwhile, many of their competitors, such as Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's are only selling ‘green' products and ASDA is not far behind. Others - like Morrisons - have committed to going forest friendly in the near future.
This league table is based on the analysis of each company’s own brand of toilet rolls, issues and kitchen towels, in stores as of September 2007.
Tissue product guide: how the products were rated
Each item in our tissue product guide has been rated according to information supplied by the retailers and manufacturers themselves.
Those containing a high percentage of recycled material or virgin fibre certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) appear in the top two green categories. Those with lower recycled and FSC content get an amber rating while products that struggled to prove their environmental credentials or whose manufacturers refused to give us any information at given a red rating. Some of the terms are a bit technical so there's a glossary below.
Lights go on at Sainsbury's
Posted by jamie on 28 August 2007.
Something that happened a few weeks ago but has slipped through the net is that Sainsbury's has announced an improved policy on light bulbs. By committing to phasing out those wasteful incandescent bulbs by 2010, they join Asda and Morrisons (who also recently shifted their stance) further up our league table. That still only gives them a D, but it leaves three supermarkets lower down - Tesco and the Co-op at E and Somerfield a disappointing F.
Meanwhile, there's been no further word from wooden spoon winners Woolworths since their CEO's response to our day of action, but we're still working on them. You may have been invited to sign a 'Seize the Light' flag outside you local branch, as groups of Greenpeace volunteers (like the Blackburn group pictured) have been collecting signatures to show Woolworths that their customers want them to help everyone improve their energy efficiency by getting rid of out-dated, inefficient light bulbs.
If you haven't emailed Woolworth CEO Trevor Bish-Jones, now's the time - everyone who's done so has received a personal response, and you could be one of those lucky people. Or if you fancy a bit of flag-signing, contact your local Greenpeace volunteer group and find out how you can help everyone make the switch.
Garden furniture league table 2006
Note: The information provided in this league table is based on data provided by companies before May 2006. Please be aware that changes in company practices may have occurred since that time.
Garden Furniture Guide 2006
Posted by admin on 20 April 2006.
It's back - the guide that shows which retailers are stocking forest-friendly garden furniture and how they rate against each other in our annual league table.
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Garden furniture campaign history
Posted by admin on 20 April 2006.
Now in its third year, the Greenpeace Garden Furniture campaign has been shaking up retailers and manufacturers alike and resulted in sweeping changes to the industry.
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