Woolworths has been under pressure for sourcing its Select Brand paper products from one of Asia’s largest pulp and paper makers, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), in Indonesia.
In 2007, packaging on the company’s Select brand of toilet paper and tissues stated the products come from an environmentally managed company. But a report by Indonesia’s Centre for International Forestry Research last year found that APP relies on the clearing of natural forests in Sumatra for 60 to 70 per cent of its wood supply. Woolworths removed the products from its shelves only to return them weeks later without the claims about their environmental sustainability.
Complaints to the ACCC alleged that Woolworths was engaged in false and misleading conduct.
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