tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198904273734254988.post2038447200793857444..comments2024-02-06T02:55:38.691-05:00Comments on Eco-Libris blog: APP - good or bad? An interview with the sustainability manager of the world's most controversial paper companyRaz Godelnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16563394691076298729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198904273734254988.post-38134448159301778962010-08-27T12:06:32.640-04:002010-08-27T12:06:32.640-04:00APP should be teaching classes in spin. At the be...APP should be teaching classes in spin. At the beginning Ian goes on and on about transparency, then leans on the "Getting the Facts Down on Paper" report which is not transparent at all. <br /><br />We are supposed to be blown away by the fact they hired this company to vouch for them? People are not going to be fooled by their distortions no matter how many ads they buy.<br /><br />WWF Indonesia has a very clear response to this report, I include a critical excerpt from it and provide a link below, which everyone should read. <br /><br />"WWF invites those who want to see to come and verify for themselves. This invitation especially goes to Mazars, the latest in a series of contractors hired to ‘assure’ the public about SMG/APP’s record. Actually, Mazars distanced itself from its ‘assurance report’ for SMG/APP even in its cover letter explaining that the “Board of Directors of the [SMG/APP] Companies [who hired Mazars] are responsible for both the subject matter and the evaluation criteria. The Mazars ‘assurance report’ itself, nor any of the SMG/APP specific references APP quoted in its audited CSR report are publicly available. No published NGO report on SMG/APP operations was referenced in the APP’s audited CSR report, therefore not verified by Mazars. The public is thus provided with nothing but a cover letter on an unpublished ‘assurance report’ about documents that are not made available to public."<br /><br />http://www.wwf.or.id/en/?20242/No-Place-to-Hide-for-Sinar-Mas-APP-its-devastation-of-the-countrys-natural-forest-is--clear-and-present-and-for-everybody-to-seeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198904273734254988.post-29094600473417410062010-08-26T06:45:05.667-04:002010-08-26T06:45:05.667-04:00Thanks for letting APP put their spin on this Raz ...Thanks for letting APP put their spin on this Raz - but - as an Australian (and owner of a printing company) who has spent time in Indonesia, there is no way i would have any faith in what APP or Sinar Mas has to say. Whilst I am critical at times of Greenpeace and WWF, i have to say that i would rather err on the side of the environment at large, rather than risk being misled once again by APP. Interestingly, they have been showing ads spinning their point of view on Australian Television recently, probably in an attempt to rebuild their image after being found to have misled purchasers of APP sourced toilet paper that was being sold by Australia's leading supermarket group, Woolworths. You can see the ad here ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMagU7zFtP0 )Inky McFeehttp://www.twitter.com/inkymcfeenoreply@blogger.com