ALPHARETTA, GA.—Neenah Paper, a premium paper manufacturer, announced that it is purchasing more than 10 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy, making it one of the largest purchasers of green power in the paper industry. Neenah Paper is also the largest purchaser of green power in the entire state of Wisconsin, where its mills are located.
The purchase is 12 percent of Neenah Paper’s total energy purchase for its Wisconsin fine paper manufacturing operations. The purchase also qualifies Neenah Paper for distinguished membership in EPA’s Green Power Partnership, a program recognizing organizations for exemplary green power purchases. Neenah Paper’s energy purchase consists of environmentally preferable, renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar, low-impact hydro and biomass.
Renewable resources have little to no impact on the environment and produce no net greenhouse gas emissions in generating electricity. The fast-growing recycled brand, Environment Papers, and two finishes of the Eames Paper Collection (Painting and Furniture finishes) will be made entirely with renewable energy.
“It is Neenah Paper’s great honor to be recognized as a major purchaser of green power in the paper industry and as the top purchaser of green power in the entire state of Wisconsin, a state that is nationally renowned for its significant environmental strides,” says Bill O’Connor, president, Paper Group. “Our customers appreciate and support responsible stewardship of our natural resources and this purchase will make a difference that will be heard throughout the paper industry.”
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