Your Choice of Paper and Printing Services Can Make a Difference

As customers and shareholders become increasingly concernedabout environmental and social issues, they are requesting thatcorporate policies reflect their concerns. As a result, many companies arepromoting sustainable forest management, the use of recycled paper andavoiding products from forests with special values. The RainforestAlliance, a leading conservation organization with offices aroundthe world, can help your company develop a responsible sourcingpolicy for paper and other forest products.

By selecting papers and printers that have been certified by theRainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program for meeting the strictstandards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), your companycan demonstrate its commitment to responsible forest managementand sound business practices.

Certified paper products are available for office use, books, news-print, magazines, packaging, annual reports, cups and many otheruses. You can also find certified paper that:

• contains post consumer waste (PCW) recycled content• is produced using alternative energy sources• uses little or no chlorine processing

The following is a list of sources for products that are certified by Rainforest Alliance’sSmartWood program for meeting the FSC’s standards. This list is growing quickly. Be sureto check our Web site for new sources and more information on each of the companieslisted here. For more information on certified products and purchasing, please visitwww.rainforest-alliance.org or call Liza Murphy at 212-677-1900.

Pulp Providers• Cascades• Stora Enso (Celbi)• Suzano Bahia Sul Papel e Celulose• Tembec

Paper Mills• Cascades• Dalum Papir• Domtar• Finch Pruyn• Himalayan Bio Trade – Handmade

Artisinal Papers• Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc.• Monadnock Paper Mills• Neenah Paper• Potlatch• St. Marys Paper, Ltd.• Suzano Bahia Sul• Tembec

Paper Merchants• Bahia Sul America• Cascades Resources• Central Lewmar South• Coast Paper• Domtar Paper Merchants Group• Frank Parsons Paper Company• Gould Paper Corporation• Lindenmeyr• Midland Paper Company• Mitsubishi Imaging, Inc.• Papyrus Denmark A/S• Papyrus Sweden AB• Ris Paper Company• Strategic Paper Group, LLC• Sun Paper• UniSource Canada, Inc• Unisource (Chicago & Seattle)

Printers• The AIIM Group• Allied Printing Services • Anishinabe Printing • Bowne of Canada • Bresler Printing• Computershare Trust Company of Canada• Crites & Riddell• Friesens Corporation• Graphic Alternatives & Communications• Harris LithoGraphics• JKG Group• Les Impressions IntraMedia• Litho Acme Group of Transcontinental

Printing• Lowe-Martin Company• McGregor Printing & Graphics• MPH Graphics• Pictorial Offset Corporation• Primrose Printing/Allegra Print Imaging• Quad Graphics• Quebecor World• Smellies• Speedfast Color Press• St. Joseph Print Group• Thistle Printing• Tri-Graphic Printing• Warrens Imaging• Wendling Printing

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5/05. This document is updated regularly. Please check our website for the most up to date listing of certified paper and print companies.*Some stores may onlycarry certified paper by special request. Please ask individual retail outlets or work with your account manager to obtain SmartWood/FSC-certified products.

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The mission of the Rainforest Alliance is to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Companies, cooperatives and landowners that participate in our programs meet rigorous standards that conserve biodiversity and provide sustainable livelihoods.

The production floor of one of the many certified print operations in North America.

Why Buy Certified Products?

Third-party certification by SmartWood provides independent assurance toconsumers that the products they are purchasing meet the standards of theFSC, which are widely regarded as the most rigorous anywhere. Productsbearing the FSC/SmartWood seal are guaranteed to come from forest landsmanaged to conserve biodiversity and support local communities.

The Rainforest Alliance Can Help You Develop a Sound Purchasing Policy

With field offices around the world and programs in more than 50 countries,the Rainforest Alliance can help you to develop realistic, cost-effectivesourcing strategies and procedures for securing a reliable supply of sustain-ably produced certified paper. To talk with us about developing sourcingprocedures, to obtain an up-to-date listing of paper sources and for furtherinformation on our activities, please visit our Web site at www.rainforest-alliance.org or contact Liza Murphy at (212) 677-1900.

About Rainforest Alliance and the SmartWood Program

Headquartered in New York with offices around the world, the RainforestAlliance works hand-in-hand with land owners and operators in the forestry,agriculture and tourism sectors to make their practices environmentallyand socially responsible. SmartWood is the forestry certification arm of theRainforest Alliance and is accredited by the FSC, an international body thatestablishes certification standards and accredits and monitors certifiers.SmartWood works with land owners and managers in over 50 countries toensure that the wood and pulp they harvest come from well managed forestswhere wildlife and wildlands are protected, and workers and neighboringcommunities are treated with respect.

About the Forest Stewardship Council

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was founded by adiverse group of industry and environmental stakeholders,including the Rainforest Alliance, to develop a consistent,

comprehensive and reliable set of third-party certifica-tion standards, and to ensure that they are universallyrecognized. Central to our certification efforts is a seal

of approval that assures customers that the wood and paper productsthey are purchasing come from forests managed to conserve biodiversityand support local communities. FSC certification, whether of large forest-management companies, small non-industrial landowners, indigenous land-holders, community operations or public lands, is carried out by theSmartWood’s global network of regional offices and partners, as well asother certifiers.

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An aerial view of a portion of an FSC-certified forest. Products from this forest are used to

produce certified paper.

View of a paper mill that produces certified paper products.