SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL AWARDS APP ITS ENHANCED SINGAPORE GREEN LABELLING SCHEME FOR PULP AND PAPER

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Singapore, 16 May 2019: The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) has awarded Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) its enhanced Singapore Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS) certification under pulp and paper category.
SEC pioneered the enhanced SGLS and was recently awarded ISO/IEC 17065:2012 accreditation for its processes which are based on impartial, independent, sound and reliable risk management profiling, making SEC the first NGO certifying body in the world to receive this accolade.


APP joins eight other global companies which had earlier received enhanced SGLS certifications for their pulp and paper products. Another five companies have submitted applications for pulp and paper products and are currently undergoing the enhanced SGLS evaluation process, in addition to other companies outside Singapore which have made enquiries on SEC’s enhanced Green Label certification.

On the companies which have received the enhanced SGLS certification, Ms Isabella Huang-Loh, Chairman, Singapore Environment Council, said: “We have certified that all nine companies are in compliance with the requirements of our ISO 17065 compliant audit and risk management framework certification. This framework allows companies to achieve continual robust corporate governance in their activities, from plantations to mills and distribution of their products safely. It includes fire management, peatland management as well as village welfare.

 

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