Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. today announced select premium product lines, including Strathmore, are now made carbon neutral within its production and distribution process.
Why is this significant? Strathmore Writing is the best-known letterhead paper in the U.S. It is chosen by leading companies for business cards, letterheads, annual reports, and other important corporate marketing materials and now it is made carbon neutral, says Thomas D. O&#Connor, Jr., Chairman and CEO.
Earlier this year, Mohawk joined the U.S. EPA Climate Leaders program to develop formal greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. As an extension of this commitment, Mohawk will augment its current purchase of 60 million Green-e windpower renewable energy credits (RECs) used as electric energy offsets, with verified emissions reduction credits (VERs). The Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) offset all of the thermal energy used in the production of the following select paper grades: Strathmore Writing, Strathmore Script, Beckett Concept and Beckett Expression.
The current source of the VERs, purchased by Mohawk, is the Des Plaines Landfill and Emission Reduction Project, located outside of Chicago, IL. By using landfill gas to generate electricity, this facility has significantly reduced its climate impacts. These offsets were verified by Environmental Resources Trust and are listed on their Greenhouse Gas Registry. The GHG Registry Standard is based on guidelines developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the international scientific body supporting the Kyoto Protocol. According to Tom Boucher, President & CEO, NativeEnergy (www.NativeEnergy.com), In the carbon market, third party certification according to IPCC guidelines assures the consumer that the offsets they&#re purchasing are &#additional&# and actually represent reductions that would not occur without the carbon offsets market.
Recognized for its technical innovation and progressive environmental initiatives, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. manufactures an impressive range of premium printing, writing and imaging papers. Signature grades include Strathmore®, Mohawk Superfine™, Beckett Concept®, Beckett Expression®, BriteHue®, Via®, Mohawk Color Copy® and patented Inxwell® products, Navajo® and Options®. A leader in environmental stewardship, Mohawk is the first large-scale production facility in the U.S. to use electricity generated by renewable windpower to manufacture paper and the first U.S. premium paper mill to shift toward carbon neutral production. Many of Mohawk&#s recycled products are certified to the Forest Stewardship Council&#s [FSC standards by SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance, and/or Green Seal.
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