Sustainable Economic Growth in Southeast Asia: Pipedream or reality?

I recently attended a public event held at the University of Sydney as part of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre ASEAN Forum. I had been asked by Nick Rowley of the Robertsbridge Group who chaired the event if I could join the panel discussion, along with Kelly Dent, Economic Justice Coordinator at Oxfam Australia and

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Podcast: Sustainable Economic Growth in Southeast Asia: pipedream or reality?

As part of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre ASEAN Forum, Paper Force CEO Larry Jackson joined a panel of NGO and industry leaders to discuss what role business, civil society and government play in sustainable economic growth in the region. Panelists Kelly Dent, Economic Justice Coordinator at Oxfam Australia Larry Jackson, Managing Director, Asia Pulp and

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Collaborated approach needed to end deforestation

Last month I had the opportunity to attend an executive briefing where Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) Managing Director of Sustainability & Stakeholder Engagement, Aida Greenbury shared with customers, NGOs and other key stakeholders the challenges of implementing the company’s Forest Conservation Policy (FCP). Australia has always been an important market for APP, with Solaris

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Customer Update Event

  Last month we invited our customers to attend an event at the Solaris Paper plant in Greystanes, Sydney to share with them the progress being made as part of our affiliate Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) Sustainability Roadmap Vision 2020 and its third quarterly update. We would like to thank everyone that took the

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Paper Force welcomes APP’s next step towards sustainability

  In June of this year, we received an update from our affiliate Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) sharing developments in relation to the company’s 2020 Sustainability Roadmap. The updates, reported each quarter, allow APP to chart progress towards meeting clearly defined sustainability goals. The key findings from the latest update include: The introduction of

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