Paper Sourcing & Sustainable Forestry

Trinity Mirror remains committed to ensuring that the wood fibre used to produce its paper comes from sustainable sources. We aim to maximise the newsprint that is produced from recycled fibre, or fibre from certified forests. During 2009, we continued to work with suppliers on this issue and sourced 87% of newsprint from recycled fibre or certified fibre, against our current target of 75%.

Newsprint - proportion of supply from recycled or certified fibre:

Current Target:

The Group will continue to source 75% of its newsprint from either recycled materials or virgin fibre that has been independently certified as coming from well managed and sustainable forests.

The Group will continue to support and participate in the printing industry initiative to quantify the carbon footprint of printed products, including the paper usage.