Pendaflex® shows environmental leadership with SFI® Fiber Sourcing CertificationMelville, NY, May 01, 2008
“At Pendaflex, we have a strong commitment to the environment, and so do
our customers,” said Candie Harris, Vice President of Marketing. “SFI®
fiber sourcing certification plays a critical role in our environmental
policy, and empowers our customers to make an educated environmental
choice about the office organization products they buy.”
Pendaflex has a long standing commitment to the environment. In the
early 1990’s Pendaflex developed a line of products made from 100 %
recycled papers called Earthwise®. Earthwise was the first line of
filing supplies to meet or exceed the EPA’s revised guidelines of 30%
for post consumer and recycled content. Earthwise products are made from
papers that contain 50% post consumer materials. In addition, all
Pendaflex paper filing supplies contain at least 10% post consumer
materials. For more than 15 years Pendaflex has stood strong on
delivering products with superior performance while helping our
customers make a world of difference in protecting the planet.
“With SFI fiber sourcing certification Pendaflex is strengthening our
environmental commitment and helping our customers demonstrate their own
environmental commitment,” said Gary Brooks, President and CEO of
Esselte Corporation. “Certification to the SFI Standard means we can
meet the increasing market demand for environmentally-friendly products
which is good for our business and good for our forests.”
With 152 million acres certified across North America, SFI’s
certification program is one of the largest in the world, with a
standard based on principles and measures that promote responsible
environmental behavior and sound forest management including measures to
protect water quality, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, species at risk
and forests of exceptional conservation value. Fiber sourcing
certification means a company has verified that at least 66% of their
supply comes from a SFI certified procurement operation.
SFI’s program stands apart from other certification programs by
addressing the fact that 90 per cent of the world’s forests are not
certified. SFI participants must track uncertified content and promote
responsible forestry by encouraging landowners to reforest areas that
have been harvested, use best management practices for protecting water
quality and identify and protect important habitat elements for
wildlife, including imperiled and critically imperiled species and
communities. For areas outside of North America, SFI participants must
take measures to procure fiber from known and legal sources, complete a
risk assessment to avoid illegal sources and promote conservation of
biodiversity hotspots and major tropical wilderness areas as defined by
Conservation International.
“Demand for products from responsibly-managed forests is increasing
worldwide and with today’s announcement, Pendaflex joins a number of
companies that are demonstrating environmental commitment through
certification,” said SFI Inc. President and CEO Kathy Abusow. “With just
10 per cent of the world’s forests certified, Pendaflex has taken a
leadership role by supporting global efforts to improve forest
practices.”
About Pendaflex
Pendaflex is one of the world's premier manufacturers of organizational
solutions, bringing innovation, efficiency and style to workplace and
home settings. Committed to simplifying consumers' lives, Pendaflex
produces a broad range of filing and organizational products, as well as
provides solutions and resources through our website www.pendaflex.com
and www.PendaflexLearningCenter.com. Located in Melville, NY, Pendaflex
is the principal U.S. brand of Esselte Corporation, a $1.2 billion
office products company with subsidiaries in 27 countries and
distribution in
About SFI Inc.
SFI Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit organization and is solely responsible
for maintaining, overseeing and improving the Sustainable Forestry
Initiative program. SFI Inc. directs all elements of the Sustainable
Forestry Initiative program including the SFI Standard, fiber sourcing
requirements, chain-of-custody certification, labeling and marketing.
SFI Inc. is overseen by a three-chamber Board of Directors representing
social, environmental and economic sectors.
For more information about the SFI program, visit www.sfiprogram.org.
