APRIL, a pulp and paper company fully known as Asia Pacific Resources International Holding Limited, has recently been at the centre of environmental concerns following Finnish paper company UPM-Kymenne’s recent announcement that it will no longer source pulp from APRIL.

In total so far, 908 businesses have called on G20 leaders to tackle climate change, following the start of the largest United Nations climate change conference, which began on Monday.

The Communiqué is a joint initiative developed by The University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership through The Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leader’s Group.

Earlier this month, the PrintCity Alliance signed the Communiqué, which calls for emission reduction targets to be guided by science. PrintCity is a strategic alliance that covers the print, packaging and publishing industries, with members including Manroland, Océ, Heidelberg, UPM, Sun Chemical, Sappi, M-real, and project partner Kodak.

The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held in Copenhagen from 7-18 December.

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