ICFPA Announces Tool to Calculate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Pulp and Paper Mills

Washington, DC, November 28, 2002

The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) today announced the development of a methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from pulp and paper mills.  ICFPA recommends the calculation tool -- designed to serve as a simple and unified industry approach to calculate greenhouse gas emissions -- be recognized by governments and international organizations establishing protocols and developing calculation techniques as the appropriate tools for calculating greenhouse gas emissions for pulp and paper mills.       
 
“The development of this innovative calculation tool is another example of the forest products industry taking the worldwide lead in developing simple, transparent methods to calculate greenhouse gas emissions,” said ICFPA President W. Henson Moore, also President and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association.  “The tool can be used on any scale, from determining emissions from a specific mill, from a specific company, or for an industry as a whole."
 
In early 2001, ICFPA members began a project to develop an international methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions.  The project was undertaken to create a unified process to collect credible data that are comparable worldwide and to establish a method that addresses the industry's specific attributes.  The process assures that the assumptions and calculations used to estimate the industry’s emissions are consistent, accurate, and easily understood.
 
The industry-specific calculation tool was prepared by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), a U.S.-based research institute, with the support of industry experts from around the world.  It is based on protocols developed by the World Resources Institute/ World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WRI/WBCSD) and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was peer reviewed and endorsed by the GHG Protocol Initiative -- an international collaboration led by WRI and WBCSD.  Additionally, the tool will be available on WRI’s website (www.wri.org) as the pulp and paper mill module under the GHG Protocol Initiative.
 
The forest products industry plays an important and complex role in the global carbon cycle.  Forests, which supply the industry’s primary raw material, also store significant amounts of carbon and provide much- needed products for society.  Forests provide multiple environmental, social, and economic benefits, and the industry’s emissions should be viewed in the context of the overall forest products’ carbon cycle.
 
ICFPA is comprised of trade associations in 39 countries representing industries accounting for 75 percent of the world's paper and more than 50 percent of the world's wood production.  ICFPA serves as a forum for joint action in areas ranging from communications to data collection.  ICFPA is committed to the principles of sustainable development and to working with other stakeholders to ensure that environmental, social and economic benefits of our natural resources are available to current and future generations.  For more information, visit http://www.icfpa.org.
 

• American Forest & Paper Association
• Forest Products Association of Canada
• Confederation of European Paper Indus
• American Forest & Paper Association
• Forest Products Association of Canada
• Confederation of European Paper Industries representing:
  Austria:  AUSTROPAPIER - Vereinigung der Österreichischen Papierindustrie
  Belgium:  COBELPA – Association des Fabricants de Pâtes, Papiers et Cartons de Belgique
  Czech Republic:  SPPaC - Svaz Prumyslu Papíru a Celulózy
  Denmark:  Danish Paper, Board and Pulp Makers Association
  Finland:  FFIF - Finnish Forest Industries Federation
  France:  COPACEL - Confédération de l’Industrie Française des Papiers, Cartons et Celluloses
  Germany:  VDP - Verband Deutscher Papierfabriken
  Hungary:  Federation of Hungarian Printers
  Italy:  ASSOCARTA - Associazione Italiana fra gli Industriali della Carta, Cartoni e Paste per Carta
  Ireland:  Jefferson Smurfit Group/ Irish Paper Association
  Netherlands:  VNP - Vereniging van Nederlandse Papier- en kartonfabrieken
  Norway:  PIL - Prosessindustriens Landsforening
  Portugal:  CELPA - Associação da Indústria Papeleira
  Slovak Republic:  ZCPP SR  - Union of Pulp and Paper Industry of the Slovak Republic
  Spain:  ASPAPEL -Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Pastas, Papel y Cartón
  Sweden:  SFIF - Swedish Forest Industries Federation
  Switzerland:  ZPK - Verband der Schweizerischen Zellstoff-, Papier-und Kartonindustrie
  United Kingdom:  The Paper Federation of Great Britain
  

• Bracelpa - Brazilian Pulp and Paper Association 
• Associación  Nacional  De Industria (Colombia)*
• Japan Paper Association 
• Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa   
• Malaysia Pulp and Paper Manufacturers Association*
• Australian Paper Industry Council 
• New Zealand Forest Industries Council
• Thai Pulp and Paper Industry Association*
• Federation des Industries Forestieres des Arts Graphiques et de l’Emballage (Morocco)
• Association of Polish Papermakers*
• Confederation of Assoc., Enterprises and Organizations of the Forestry Industrial Complex of the North- Western Federal Area (Russia)*
• Corporacion Chilena de la Madera (Chile)
• Camara Nacional de las Industrias de la Celulosa y del Papel (Mexico)
• Confederación Industrial de la Celulosa y del Papel Latinoamericana  (Latin America)*

* Has no position on the report