Dogwood Alliance Materials from the Center for Retail Excellence Conference in Bentonville, AR on September 4, 2008.

Every business uses paper, it is a universal product. As the corporate world considers the "environmental footprint" of its paper choices, visibility as to the ultimate source of your paper's fiber and transparency regarding the environmental impacts of your choices is critical.

As you move forward with your internal sustainability goals and objectives, your efforts can not only create the expectation for more environmentally responsible pulp, paper and wood from your suppliers but if you act strategically can work to drive more responsible forestry practices and forest protection on the ground in the woods around the globe and in the Southern US.

The following materials serve to illustrate how Dogwood Alliance works to harness the market power of your sustainability efforts to create real and lasting forest protection.

“Understories” Summer 2008 Newsletter
The latest of our quarterly “Understories” newsletter reports on our ongoing No Free Refills fast food packaging reform campaign as well as our work in support of Domini Social Investments shareholder resolution at the International Paper annual general meeting regarding improved forestry practices.

Green Grades
The Green Grades report card evaluates the leading office supply companies on five categories crucial to forest protection: post-consumer recycled content; sustainable forest management; Endangered Forest protection; establishing chain-of-custody to determine origin of paper products; and prohibiting the conversion of native forests into tree farms or other non-forest land uses.

Bowater Report
Our report, “Southern Forests & Bowater, Inc.: Progress Report” details the leap forward Bowater (now AbitibiBowater) made in honoring its commitment to improve forestry practices in the Southern US and in protecting forests of ecological significance on the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern Kentucky, Central Tennessee and Northern Alabama.

10th Anniversary Report
The 10th Anniversary Report tells the story of Dogwood Alliance’s emergence as the leading world-class expert in holding corporations accountable for the impact of unsustainable forestry practices on Southern forests.