Sustainability / Report

The Pulp and Paper Sector’s Sustainability Report has been published every three years since 2005, and since 2009, ASPAPEL publishes an annual update of its most relevant data.

The 2005 Report was widely acclaimed for its pioneering nature: it was the first sector-wide sustainability report to be published in Spain.

The second report, published in 2008, brought in a further novelty: an intense process of pre-consultation with the sector's main stakeholders, who included government administrations, large paper users, forest landowners, trade union, nature and consumer organisations, universities...

The 2011 edition goes even further in that process of dialogue with stakeholders, in that, by means of a broad-ranging survey, the report is able to focus on those questions and issues for which they indicated their greatest interest and sensitivity.

In order to provide the Report with the maximum transparency and credibility, since the 2008 edition, it has been independently validated by Bureau Veritas Certification. In 2011, this independent validation process includes a further novelty -apart from verifying the veracity of the information given, the traceability of the data and the reliability of the contents, the suitability of the report has been assessed according to the criteria of the Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines and awarded a GRI B+ mark.

Based on the concept of the paper cycle, the sector's commitment to sustainability is driven by four priority lines of action: sustainable forest management, efficient and responsible production processing, leadership in recovery and recycling, and the generation of wealth and contribution to living standards.

A series of up to 30 indicators has been identified for each one of these lines of action. Nevertheless, the sector is aware that despite these achievements, further challenges still lie ahead and so it assumes its commitment of facing them with rigour and responsibility. In this regard, the sector has established concrete targets for improvement and defined the actions required to achieve them.

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