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Sometimes following your instinct can lead one down the path of progress.


That’s how Rolland stumbled upon the secret weapon that helped them, in part, achieve their sustainability targets.

Too much information? It depends on the circumstances… No doubt, listening to the deeply intimate confessions of a stranger can make people uncomfortable. But when it comes to corporations, getting all the facts and details is never too much – it’s called transparency.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the most commonly used methodology in the world to evaluate the environmental performance of products and services. This methodology is governed by international standards and is recognized as a rigorously scientific approach.

More than twelve years ago, paper industry professionals said that Rolland had lost its mind. In 2004, we launched a recycled copy paper that many claimed customers would not buy. Today, that paper – Rolland Enviro – represents more than half of our production.

If you recall your high school science, you’ll remember that ALL the water on Earth has been recycled – through evaporation and precipitation – billions of times.

It’s not hard to understand why paper use has been decreasing year over year as a result of digitization. You would think people don’t care about paper anymore, but that’s not true.

Many companies claim to be carbon neutral. To most people, this sounds like the company leaves no carbon footprint.

If your company wants to make a difference environmentally, one place to start is with your choice of office paper. We’ve designed our Eco-Calculator to measure the impact of your paper purchases on the environment.

Over the 15 years Canopy has been working with publishers, printers, large corporate paper buyers, and pulp and paper mills (including Rolland) to develop and implement sustainable paper procurement policies, we have seen tremendous shifts in where the “leadership bar” is set.

For Rolland’s first blog, I couldn’t start with a better subject than biogas. And it’s not because it’s new (the Rolland mill has been using this type of energy for more than ten years), but rather because it still remains our most sustainable flagship project even after a decade.