Recycled Papers

This distinctive product offering helps companies employ sustainable business practices, including making choices that are sensitive to theenvironment, society, and their own economic well-being. Recognizing thevital connection between these three sustainability pillars, Boise Inc. andSouth Coast Paper have collaborated on a product line that offers theexceptional performance customers expect from premium office paper, combinedwith a practical solution to meet their environmental and supplier diversitygoals.

“Together, Boise Inc. and South Coast Paper believe we have a winningproposition for customers who place a high value on the environmental andsocial aspects of sustainability,” said Terry Stepney, Boise brand manager.”ASPEN Diverse Earth combines the strengths of both organizations into asingle brand that provides a two-pronged solution.”

ASPEN Diverse Earth-brand is an MBE-certified premium recycled officepaper, available in 30%, 50% and 100% post-consumer content. It offers thesame hardworking characteristics and brightness as non-recycled paper butrequires less water, energy and chemicals and fewer trees in the manufacturingprocess.

The product’s MBE certification allows customers to meet supplierdiversity commitments for office paper purchases and to demonstrate theirsupport for and use of a broad supplier base.

All grades of ASPEN Diverse Earth are FSC Chain of Custody certified.Chain of Custody certification enables consumers to make informed andenvironmentally responsible choices when selecting wood and other forestproducts.

“ASPEN Diverse Earth is truly a ground-breaking product that will reshapewhat customers expect from the paper industry for their office procurementneeds,” said Kenneth Loyd, president of South Coast Paper. “Until now,corporate customers have not had a choice of paper that delivers on such awide array of sustainability elements.”

Visit www.EcoGreenOffice.com for more information about these fine products.

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Chicago, Ill. (July 24, 2008) – Boise Inc., makers of Aspen 100 paper, has become a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX®), the world’s first and North America’s only voluntary, legally binding integrated greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading system.

As part of its membership in CCX, Boise Inc. has made a voluntarily but legally-binding commitment to achieve an absolute greenhouse gas emission reduction of six percent below its baseline – a four-year average of the years 1998 to 2001 – by the end of 2010.

CCX operates a cap-and-trade system. Members who beat the targets have surplus allowances to sell or bank, and those who have emissions above the targets must purchase CCX Carbon Financial Instrument contracts to achieve compliance. Third-party verification is provided by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a leading financial regulator in the United States.

“We welcome Boise Inc. to CCX. As a leader in their field, they bring their experience and know-how to this important issue. CCX and its members look forward to working with them,” said Dr. Richard L. Sandor, CCX’s Chairman and CEO. “Boise’s membership underscores the importance of having a third-party verified, rules-based system such as CCX that can complement and enhance corporate sustainability and greenhouse gas mitigation and management initiatives already underway.”
“We are committed to comprehensive sustainability in our social, environmental, and economic actions,” said Alexander Toeldte, President and CEO, Boise Inc. “Reducing energy use improves our financial performance and supports our stewardship principle of managing our businesses to sustain environmental resources for future generations. Our participation in the Chicago Climate Exchange will allow us to capture greater value from our greenhouse gas reduction efforts. We have already reduced fossil fuel use per ton of production at our paper mills by 28% from 1996 to 2007, and increased our renewable energy use to 64% of total energy consumption during the same period.”

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BOISE, Idaho – Boise Cascade, LLC announced today that Boise’s mills in International Falls, Minnesota, and Jackson, Alabama, have earned Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody Certification from the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program. “Adding FSC certification further demonstrates our commitment to sustainable business practices,” said Alexander Toeldte, Executive Vice President, Boise Paper, Packaging & Newsprint. Boise’s Alabama and Minnesota paper mills went through a rigorous audit process this summer to add the FSC certification to the mills which have long been Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certified. Certification allows Boise to use the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal and FSC labels and trademarks on products manufactured at these mills that meet FSC requirements. Chain-of-Custody certification assures consumers and forest product companies that the fiber they buy comes from well managed forests. Chain-of-Custody certification through the Rainforest Alliance tracks fiber certified to the FSC standard from the source to point of sale. The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. You can learn more at www.rainforest-alliance.org.

Boise is the manufacturer of Aspen 100, 50 and 30 percent post consumer papers.

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