Shoppers can identify FSC-certified and Rainforest Alliance-certified products by the respective FSC logos and seals on every package.
The Forest Stewardship Council uses third-party experts to verify forest management practices and track materials as they are selectively harvested from the forest and become products downstream.
Incoming paper fibre is classified into two groups, certified fibre and controlled wood fibre. FSC-certified paper products are produced with fibre sourced from suppliers who have been independently certified to follow the strictest standards in sustainable, ethical forestry management and production chain controls.
Don Davidson, Safeway vice president, strategic sourcing, said: “With forest resources under stress, it is important we lead by walking the talk in our environmental specifications for paper and help drive meaningful sustainability improvements in the supply chain.”
Source: Safeway
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