Kleercut.Net Kimberly-Clark and Kleenex are wiping away ancient forests

A new Greenpeace report reveals that American, Canadian and European corporations are fueling the destruction of the Boreal Forest. The report is a powerful reminder of the damage wrought by Kimberly-Clark’s unsustainable appetite for Boreal wood – and the importance of acting now to change it.

The report, Consuming Canada’s Boreal Forest: The Chain of Destruction from Logging Companies to Consumers, focuses on the provinces of Ontario and Quebec where forest products giants Abitibi-Consolidated, Bowater, Kruger, and SFK Pulp, are razing forests and trampling the rights of indigenous communities. In Ontario, less than nine percent of forests are protected. In Quebec, the situation is worse, with only five percent of forests shielded from industrial logging.

ASPEN, CO — The Aspen Skiing Co.'s latest environmental initiative is nothing to sneeze at. The Skico has removed all Kimberly-Clark paper products from their ski mountains, hotels and restaurants due to Kimberly-Clark's atrocious environmental practices. Diners at the Skico's 15 restaurants will no longer use Kimberly-Clark napkins when they bite into a cheeseburger and send ketchup squirting down their chins; guests at the posh Little Nell Hotel will not reach for a Kimberly-Clark Kleenex when they need to blow their nose. And to show they really mean business, Skico officials have even decided to drop all printed references to Kleenex Corner, an iconic spot on Aspen Mountain on the catwalk that connects Spar Gulch and the top of Little Nell. Observant skiers and riders might have noticed the removal of a trail sign for Kleenex Corner before this season.

In a series of ads in major Canadian newspapers, Greenpeace and other conservation organizations called on provincial political leaders to take measures to protect the Boreal forest.

Kleenex manufacturer destroys Canada’s Boreal Forest

Vancouver February 15, 2007 Paper giant Kimberly-Clark received low marks on the environmental protection in a recent ranking of the top 100 corporate citizens by Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine on the issue of environmental protection. The world’s largest manufacturer of tissue products including Kleenex uses large amounts of pulp from destructive logging operations in Canada’s Boreal Forest. The company has been under the spotlight recently for circulating misleading information about the company’s environmental impacts to its shareholders, customers and the US Securities Exchange Commission.

American company destroys Canada’s magnificent Boreal Forest

Toronto, Ontario, February 12 2007- Four Greenpeace activists have locked themselves down in the offices of Kleenex manufacturer Kimberly-Clark, demanding that the company stop destroying Canada’s Boreal Forest. Others are broadcasting chainsaw noises and spreading woodchips in the corridors to further disrupt operations at the American company’s Canadian headquarters.

“Kimberly-Clark’s executives want to continue on with business as usual. Unfortunately, business as usual for this company means taking one of the last great forests on Earth, one of our best defenses against global warming, and turning it into Kleenex and toilet paper,” said Christy Ferguson, a Greenpeace forests campaigner, from inside the building where she is locked down. “That can’t continue. We simply won’t let it. If companies and governments don’t change soon, they’re going to see large scale action and controversy in Canada’s forests.”

On Thursday, December 21, Greenpeace brought European public attention to Kimberly-Clark’s clearcutting of Canada’s Boreal forest through an ad in the International Herald Tribune. The ad shows a Kleenex tissue box and instructions on how to continue destroying ancient forests using the company’s products.