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Article

14 Sep 2004

Author:
James Rose, Ethical Corporation

Metro ends APP [Asia Pulp & Paper] relationship over responsibility performance

German retail giant the Metro Group has announced it will become the latest buyer to cease sourcing paper supplies from troubled Indonesian-based Asia Pulp and Paper...Its decision to terminate supply lines from APP follows an investigation...which found that paper products under APP’s Sigma Universal brand were from mixed tropical hardwood sources. [also refers to Karstadt (part of KarstadtQuelle), Deutsche Post, Home Depot, Ricoh]