Nikkan Shi­gyo Tsushin, 12 Novem­ber 2009
(Tokyo Tsushin) APP obtained Chain of Cus­tody (CoC) cer­ti­fi­ca­tion based on LEI cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­gram of Indone­sia Eco­la­bel­ing Insti­tute*. APP is going to pro­duce and mar­ket the LEI cer­ti­fied paper for the future.

LEI is an eco-labeling cer­ti­fi­ca­tion devel­oped in Indone­sia, which ensures that sus­tain­able oper­a­tion is imple­mented at well-managed forests based on social norms. APP passed the test through a series of cer­ti­fi­ca­tion processes. APP says that they imple­ment sus­tain­able for­est man­age­ment at its wood sources and com­ply with laws and reg­u­la­tions as a respon­si­ble paper manufacturer.

APP mills which obtained LEI CoC cer­ti­fi­ca­tion this time are Indah Kiat, Lon­tar Papyrus, Ker­awang and Per­awang under Pindo Deli, Tjiwi Kimia. The range of cer­ti­fi­ca­tion cov­ers all the pulp and paper prod­ucts and the com­pany firstly aims to increase the ratio of cer­ti­fied paper step by step from ini­tial 10%.

*LEI is an Indone­sian orga­ni­za­tion which intends to pro­mote sus­tain­able man­age­ment of nat­ural resources. It imple­ments cer­ti­fi­ca­tions of nat­ural forests, plan­ta­tion forests, com­mu­nity forests and CoC (Chain of Cus­tody).
At FCAG (For­est Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Assess­ment Guide) in 2007, a com­par­a­tive study between LEI and FSC was con­ducted and accred­ited that the two cer­ti­fi­ca­tions were equivalent.