Cepi is the European association representing the pulp and paper industry. Cepi represents 500 pulp, paper and board producing companies, 895 production sites including 139 biorefineries across Europe and 180000 people employed directly, all above in 18 member countries.

We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable wood-based fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to textile, hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality papers, but also bio-chemicals for food and pharmaceuticals, bio-composites and bioenergy.

We created GreenSource together with EPIS. The joint campaign was founded to boost the image and visibility of the paper industry and educate about its achievements and goals.

Cepi priorities within Greensource are:

• Proving the industry as sustainable, responsible and innovative through most accurate resources and data
• Showing the industry’s contribution to carbon neutrality
• Presenting solid data on forests growth, biodiversity, sustainable forest management and certification
• Promote fibre-based packaging and products

EPIS or the European Pulp Industry Sector AISBL is an international non-profit association of market pulp producers, which promotes positive awareness of renewable and sustainable cellulose products for the benefit of society. We joined Greensource together with Cepi as its two founding members since we trust that a common voice for the industry is better heard.

Our priorities within Greensource are:

• Communicating about the wider ecosystem and inter-relatedness of all forest-based industries highlighting the links between the products and businesses that use wood as their raw material.
• Emphasizing sustainable forestry as the lifeline of our industry.
• Make people realize that the wood fiber-based products people need every day come from responsible sources and are an integral part of circular economy.
• Inform our stakeholders of the many new innovations our industry delivers for the benefit of society.

Pro Carton is the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers. Its main purpose is to promote the use of cartons and cartonboard as an economically and ecologically balanced packaging medium. Pro Carton is made up of 16 members, representing wide majority of cartonboard production in Europe. Between them, Pro Carton’s members operate more than 40 production sites and 50 board machines across 14 European countries.

Pro Carton joined Greensource because:

• Shared values for a circular economy model
• Increased leverage by sharing resources
• Representation of all stakeholders in the cartonboard value chain

Pro Carton priorities within Greensource are:

• Secure that fibre based packaging is most preferred choice for consumers in Europe
• Protect forests in Europe as a natural habitat and sustainable source of raw material supply

ACE – The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment – provides a European platform for beverage carton manufacturers and their paperboard suppliers to benchmark and profile beverage cartons as a safe, circular and sustainable packaging solution with low carbon benefits. ACE members include beverage carton producers Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc, and Elopak. They develop, manufacture, and  market safe, circular, and sustainable systems for the packaging and distribution of food and beverages, and produce packaging material at 20 plants in Europe. Around 98% of the paperboard used by ACE members to produce beverage cartons in Europe is produced by Stora Enso in Skoghall (Sweden) and Imatra (Finland), and BillerudKorsnäs in Gävle and Frövi (Sweden), who are also members of ACE.

ACE joined Greensource has the core messaging of the campaign aligns with our industry’s mission to provide a safe, circular and sustainable packaging solution with low carbon benefits.

ACE priorities within Greensource are:

• Providing a common voice for all the forest-based product’s industry
• Ccommunicating the benefits of forest fibre-based packaging, and working together as an industry to highlight these benefits.

The European sawmill industry consists of about 35,000 sawmills scattered around Europe. European sawmills are chiefly microenterprises (more than 29,000) with strong connections to the rural areas and local communities where they are located. The rest of European sawmills are mainly small and medium enterprises while there are also some dozen sawmills which are large enterprises. The sawmill industry accounts for a yearly production value of over EUR 36 billion and employs about 250,000 people across Europe. Through its member federations and associated members, EOS represents both hardwood and softwood producers, manufacturing sawn boards, timber frames, glulam, decking, flooring, joinery, fencing and several other wood products. EOS represent around 80% of the total European sawn wood output.  Green and sustainable by nature, sawn products are part of the forests carbon cycle!

EOS joined Greensource for 3 main reasons:

• While many may not connect healthy forests with selling wood, they are actually intimately connected. The Greensource should be a tool for providing reliable information to a larger audience on the key role of the forestry based industries in preserving healthy forests;
• Sawn products backbone of the forest bioeconomy. The Greensource campaign should explain how our forestry value chain is integrated and directly contribute to a circular and sustainable forest bio-economy, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition Europe to a sustainable carbon neutral economy.
• With the green source campaign, the European Sawmill Industry wants to encourage (or call for) European policies that balance environmental, social and economic aspects while promoting healthy and resilient forests.