It would seem that Tesco has been helping to keep prices low at the cost of one of the most delicate eco-systems on the planet by sourcing its own-brand stationery items from a discredited paper mill that uses rainforest trees to make paper - and it has known about it for years!
More environmentally focused Sainsburys and Marks & Spencer have chosen previously to cease buying their own-brand paper products from the Asia Pulp & Paper group (which lost is Forest Stewardship Certificate 3 years ago) but, accordingly to The Times, Tesco seems to feel that the paper it is using for more than 80 of its own brand products (which The Times believes to be cut from Indonesian Rainforest) is still ok in this day and age.
It is a shame that a company that can influence so much chooses to move so slowly on such an important issue - whilst hypocritically shouting loudly about it's other environmental efforts! We at UOE call for Tesco to join us in promoting the use of recycled and FSC products and stop using excuses like "we expect to stop using this source by the end of 2010". You can stop today. Right now. Come on Tesco - every little helps!
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