Environmentally Sound Alternatives
There are many suitable replacements to wood fibre in products. Some of these products may not be viable at present due to supply and pricing constraints. By providing the market demand, companies such as yours can stimulate investment in the alternatives at an economy of scale that produces competitive pricing. By lending your purchasing power to these environmentally sound alternatives, you'll be part of the solution. To link directly to database of Canadian Alternative Suppliers/Manufacturers click here.

Some of these alternatives include:

• recycled products
• agricultural residue
• second growth forests which have been independently certified according to strict ecological criteria
• reclaimed or salvalged lumber
• agricultural crops: Cotton, Hemp, Flax and Kenaf
• chlorine free products

In recognition of the importance of forests to some communities, the Markets Initiative allows companies to consider procurement of forest products derived from native and long-settled, forest-dependent community owned operations in ancient forest areas if they are independently certified according to strict ecological criteria.