But even with advances in digital technology and “paperless” offices, the consumption of paper in many parts of the word is on the rise, with expanding production and pulp wood harvesting threatening the last remaining natural forests and the people and wildlife that depend on them. The processing of pulp and paper also consumes vast amounts of energy, releasing a wide range of pollutants into the environment.

To help reduce the environmental footprint of paper production, WWF offers a one-stop paper toolbox to help guide paper producers as well as commercial and individual paper buyers.

The WWF Guide to Buying Paper - together with WWF’s Paper Scorecard that assesses the environmental footprint of numerous paper products - provides useful insights and practical tips on what can be done to minimize the negative environmental and social impacts of paper production.

Find out what you and your company can do to help save paper and stop forest destruction and degradation through responsible purchasing choices.

Buying “Green” – new WWF Guide for Buying Paper. See our press release, 28 November 2007