

Forests serve as important reservoirs of carbon, and the clearance of primary forest cover causes serious increases in green house gas emissions. Forests also provide a habitat for half of known plant and animal species, regulate local rainfall patterns and provide livelihoods for millions of people in rural communities.
Growing demand for paper-based products in contributing to increases in illegal logging, and natural forest is being converted into plantations to feed pulp mills. Pulp- and paper- based materials are widely recognized as posing a high deforestation risk. Packaging accounts for around 80 percent of all pulp and paper used by our global business and is the focus of our policy. Our goal is to have a sustainable supply chain for all pulp and paper- based packaging materials sourced by our global print partners. In our commitment to maintain integrity of the forests in the world we are in the process of changing the supply of paper for footwear brands and are insisting they use FSC® Certified or Mix paper for their packaging and paper advertising materials.
Between now and 2020, Euro Brand Management and SUBENCO Asia Ltd. will qualify its suppliers in order to ensure they are working toward our commitments using three main strategies:
For FCS® virgin or mix fibers and recycled paper that our printers’ source we have a fully traceable supply chain at least back to the country of source materials. We have partnered with FSC® since July 2018’ to map our supply chain to ensure this work is guided by an experienced, credible organization.
Forests serve as important reservoirs of carbon, and the clearance of primary forest cover causes serious increases in green house gas emissions. Forests also provide a habitat for half of known plant and animal species, regulate local rainfall patterns and provide livelihoods for millions of people in rural communities.
Growing demand for paper-based products in contributing to increases in illegal logging, and natural forest is being converted into plantations to feed pulp mills. Pulp- and paper- based materials are widely recognized as posing a high deforestation risk. Packaging accounts for around 80 percent of all pulp and paper used by our global business and is the focus of our policy. Our goal is to have a sustainable supply chain for all pulp and paper- based packaging materials sourced by our global print partners. In our commitment to maintain integrity of the forests in the world we are in the process of changing the supply of paper for footwear brands and are insisting they use FSC® Certified or Mix paper for their packaging and paper advertising materials.
Based on the risk assessments carried out with support from our suppliers, we will where necessary seek additional evidence of traceability in our supply chain. Given the global nature of our supply chain, we will assure compliance using more than one approach: