Neenah Paper Adds Carbon Neutral Papers

Neenah Paper has just announced that they have added carbon neutral papers to some of their best selling lines of paper. The six paper brands now offered as carbon neutral are, Classic Crest, Classic Laid, Classic Cotton and Starwhite. Starwhite was recently acquired by Neenah Paper during their purchase of Fox River Paper Company.

We have not received the specifics of the carbon offset purchased for these papers. I will follow up with more details when I receive them. I'll be meeting with the folks at Neenah Paper in a few days.

What we do know is that Neenah Paper is making real and substantive change to their business operations to lessen their impact on the environment. Just as an example Neenah Paper started buying Green-e offsets in 2006 and has since more than quadrupled their their purchases. Additionally this past May Neenah joined the Chicago Climate Exchange making commitments to further reduce their carbon output.

Follow Up On Wausau Paper's Eco-Initiatives

Earlier I had posted news about Wausua Paper's impressive initiatives in using less water. The improved water management conducted by Wausau Paper has had significant, meaningful and measurable positive impact on the surrounding community of Brokaw, Wisconsin. During the last 2 years the company reduced the water its takes from the Wisconsin River by more than 3.5 million gallons per day and reduced the amount of well water usage by as much as 98%. This has been accomplished through a major commitment to improve its processes and to re-use water when possible. Not only is this a great win for the friends of the Wisconsin River but also for the town of Brokaw where the town has been able to idle several of its wells.

Once again, nice job!