Excellent sources of fibre In Our Next Issue: Our 89% renewable energy platform Read. Recycle. Renew. Taking the Weight off Mother Nature For questions or inquiries, contact your account representative. For feedback related to Unfold Online, contact: Lyn Brown VP Corporate Relations & Social Responsibility 604.247.4713 For general inquiries: freshthinking@ catalystpaper.com	Forest sustainability touches everyone in our industry and, increasingly, the issue centers on whether the wood fibre used in paper products is certified as coming from well-managed forests. This issue of Unfold Online looks at accepted certification standards as well as the PricewaterhouseCoopers Chain of Custody process to reveal how fibre is tracked from the forest floor right to the customer’s door. Fibre sourcing is an important consideration for us at Catalyst: we do not harvest forests on public or private lands — or from Canada’s boreal forests — to make the paper and pulp products that we ship to customers around the world. Our focus is purely on manufacturing and we work hard to source our fibre from suppliers that uphold the principles of sustainable forest management. We hope our consistent approach to certification is helping to simplify decision making for customers who wish to honour their own commitment to responsible forest management when choosing paper suppliers and paper products. Tom Crowley Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

	From Certification to Chain of Custody Where fibre is sourced is a critical question in a time of increasing scrutiny from your customers as well as from non-government organizations. Naturally, the conversation begins with certification. There are four primary certification systems in our industry, each providing objective evidence that forests harvested for fibre are well managed and sustainable. The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) The Forest Stewardship Council of Canada (FSC) The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) In British Columbia, forest products companies must meet or exceed forest management regulatory requirements. On top of this, there is a high level of voluntary third-party certification: the vast majority of Catalyst’s certified fibre suppliers have adopted the CSA or SFI standard. (Click to read more about British Columbia forestry practice regulations.) Because paper products result from a complex, multi-staged process, the need for good stewardship doesn’t stop at the forest floor. That’s why chain of custody goes a step beyond forestry certification standards to track the movement of fibre and other forest products from their point of origin through all the steps in the manufacturing process. Catalyst relies on two chains of custody for fibre certification: The Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Catalyst’s recycle paper facility is certified to the FSC standard. Paper manufacturers must have an FSC chain of custody certificate to sell products as FSC-certified. FSC evaluators look at five key areas for chain of custody certification: Quality system requirements Wood and fibre sourcing Production control and records Requirements for FSC labelling Invoicing, sales, and shipping documentation The PricewaterhouseCoopers Chain of Custody Several years ago, Catalyst co-developed with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) an independent chain of custody system to track all certification standards available in our fibre supply. This auditable system identifies the source of wood fibre coming from forests using independently certified forest management practices. The system was accredited by the Standards Council of Canada in May 2007. The PwC chain of custody ensures that we address the verification and transparency expectations of the marketplace. It also recognizes, with no stated preference, that several certification standards are in widespread use in the forest industry. Comparable to other leading certification systems in terms of mechanics and transparency, the PwC chain of custody is a tool for customers to verify and track all the fibre sources and certification standards in the paper they purchase (see figure 1). The PwC chain of custody system is now in place at each of our four mills, enabling Catalyst to provide 100%-certified fibre assurance for select products. Raising the Standards Catalyst supports the principles of sustainable forest management and expects its fibre suppliers to conform to programs that are recognized in the international marketplace. Consequently, nearly 75% of the fibre we use comes from certified suppliers. Certification is a means to promote good forest stewardship, while chain of custody increases transparency along the full supply chain. Customers benefit because our PwC chain of custody allows them to track, measure and report all types of environmentally preferable fibre in the paper they buy from us and, most importantly, to verify that no fibre came from illegal logging. For more information on certified fibre paper and other Catalyst products that contribute to sustainable environments, contact a Catalyst sales representative:           In Canada - 604-247-4400           In the U.S. - 206-838-2070 In the next issue: Our 89% renewable energy platform Find out more about Catalyst Paper and our lighter footprint.