by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
For a company that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian pulp mills to become the second-largest pulp and paper producer in Canada, Paper Excellence (PE) doesn’t talk about itself much. The company’s owner, 35-year-old Jackson Widjaja, who lives in...
by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
A large forest fire in northern B.C. is growing as firefighters struggle to contain the out-of-control blaze that has forced dozens of people from their homes. Crews worked through Sunday night to dampen the wildfire, which by Monday afternoon had expanded to consume...
by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
Apple is sending three messages: to customers, to investors, to China. Apple is not the greenest company in the world. In fact, although it made Fortune’s 2014 list of 50 Best Global Green Brands — at No. 22 — it ended up with a negative performance/perception gap:...
by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
35,000 Ecuadoreans will volunteer to plant over 350,000 tree seeds on 16 May, breaking a Guinness World Record in the process. Seeds will be planted across the country, in a massive reforestation effort confirmed as unprecedented by Carlos Martinez, director of the...
by Working Forest | May 12, 2015 | Archives
Effective immediately, the Meadow Creek Cedar Forest Licence in British Colombia has been placed under notice for pending cancellation by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. The cancellation of the licence is scheduled to take place on Aug....
by Working Forest | May 11, 2015 | Archives
Resolute Forest Products (NYSE:RFP)’s share pricetraded down 12.4% during trading on Thursday following a dissappointing earnings announcement, American Banking and Market News reports. The stock traded as low as $12.87 and last traded at $13.23, with a volume of...