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ー International Symposium on the Promotion of Deforestation-Free Global Supply Chain to Contribute to Halting Deforestation ー PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PAPER INDUSTRY IN JAPAN 1 January 23 & 24, 2018 At Mita Common Conference Hall, Tokyo Kiyoshi Kamikawa Managing Director, Japan Paper Association k-kamikawa@jpa.gr.jp

2 ー CONTENT ー Status-quo of Japan s Paper Industry Raw Materials of Japan s Paper Industry Sustainable Woodchip Procurement Forest Certification Forest Plantation Overseas Biodiversity Combating Illegal Logging Clean Wood Act

Status-quo of Japan s Paper Industry 3

JAPAN PAPER ASSOCIATION(JPA) 4 Established in April 1972 Former Pulp and Paper Industry Association established in 1946 has merged with other paperboard and pulpwood associations in 1972 Profile Industry association consisting of major paper and paperboard producing companies for the purpose of sustainable development of Japan s paper industry Membership(as of 2016) Member companies 33 Member Associations 6 Supporting members 47 Coverage of paper and paperboard production by JPA member companies 88.2% (as of 2016)

Location of paper mills in Japan 5

(Unit:1,000 tons) JAPAN IS THE 3 RD 6 LARGEST PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD (2016) 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 China US Japan Germany S.Korea India Indonesia Brazil Canada Finland Paper and Paperboard production

PRODUCTION OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD IN JAPAN (1,000t) 35,000 7 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 Paper Paperboard 5,000 0

PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION OF JAPAN 8 Paper and paperboard production of Japan dropped by minus 14.2% from 30,625 thousand tons in 2008, to 26,268 thousand tons in 2009 due to Lehman shock. It was back to the level of a quarter of century (about 30 years) ago (1988). Since then, the level of paper and paperboard production has been floundering around 26 million tons ( 26,286 thousand tons in 2016). The production of paper continues to be decreasing due to dwindling and aging population as well as IT revolution (14,716 thousand tons in 2016). On the other hand, the production of paperboard has been rather stable (11,570 thousand tons in 2016 ), in proportion to GDP.

PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION BY GRADES 9 (1000 metric ton : % ) 2008 2009 2016 Production 08/ 07 Production 09/ 08 Production 15/ 08 Newsprint paper 3,680 96.8 3,455 93.9 2,906 78.9 Printing and writing paper 11,501 98.6 9,120 79.3 8,309 72.2 Packaging paper 1,010 101.6 786 77.8 877 86.8 Sanitary paper 1,805 102.0 1,776 98.4 1,815 100.5 Other paper 831 86.4 695 83.6 809 97.4 Paper total 18.828 98.1 15,831 84.1 14,716 78.2 Container board 9,219 97.8 8,213 89.1 9,363 101.6 Boxboard 1,879 101.0 1,637 90.0 1,433 76.3 Other paperboard 762 89.7 586 76.9 774 101.6 Paperboard total 11,800 97.7 10,436 88.4 11,570 98.1 Total 30,627 98.0 26,268 85.8 26,286 85.8 Source : PRPC

Raw Materials of Japan s Paper Industry 10

RAW MATERIALS PROCUREMENT OF JAPAN S PAPER INDUSTRY 11 Japan s paper and paperboard production in 2015 is 26.23 million tons. Japan s paper industry consumed 26.59 million tons of raw materials. Contents of raw materials are 17.09 million tons of recovered paper (64.3%), 17.09 million tons of pulp (35.6%) and 0.03 million tons of other materials (0.1%). As for domestically produced pulp (7.84 million tons (29.5%)), its contents are 5.50 million tons of pulp produced from plantation (20.7%), 1.59 million tons of pulp produced from sawmill residues (6.0%) and 0.74 million tons of pulp produced from natural forests (2.8%). 1.61 million tons of imported market pulp are also consumed (6.1%).

RAW MATERIALS CONTENTS (2015) 12 Others0.1% Pulp from Coppice Forests 2.8% Pulp from Sawmill Residue 6.0% Pulp from Plantation Forests 20.7% Imported Market Pulp 6.1% Recovered Paper 64.3% Recovered Paper Pulp frpm Plantation Forests Pulp from Sawmill Residue Pilp from Coppice Forests Imported Market Pulp Others

Sustainable woodchip Procurement 13

WOODCHIP CONSUMPTION OF JAPAN 14 Woodchip consumption of Japan dropped by minus 20% from 19,086 thousand tons in 2008 to 15,294 thousand tons in 2009 due to Lehman shock. (consumption of imported woodchips dropped by minus 23.6% to 897 thousand tons) Woodchip consumption of Japan recovered by 11% to 16,992 thousand tons in 2010. It went down again to 15,593 thousand tons in 2012. But it has increased a little and continues to be stable, to 16,096 thousand tons in 2016, even though it is still at a rather low level.

(thousand BDT) CONSUMPTION OF WOODCHIP 15 25000 20000 15000 10000 19187 19229 19363 19086 1699216280 15967 16489 15294 15593 16216 16,096 Import Hardwood Import Softwood Domestic Hardwood Domestic Softwood 5000 0 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Source: Japan Paper Association

Unit: 1,000 m3 45000 COLLECTION OF WOODCHIP 1968-2016 16 40000 35000 30000 25000 Imported Hardwood 20000 Domestic Hardwood 15000 10000 Imported Softwood 5000 0 Domestic Softwood Domestic N Domestic L Imported N Imported L Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

IMPORTS OF WOODCHIP BY ORIGIN (SOFTWOOD).17 The import from U.S. was 684 thousand tons in 2008, and sharply dropped to 369 thousand tons in 2009, but bounced back to 663 thousand tons in 2010. It continued to decrease to 497 thousand tons in 2013 but bounced back to 660 thousand tons in 2014. And it decreased again and continues to be stable onto 656 thousand tons (105.0%) in 2016. The import from Australia was 1,087 thousand tons in 2008, and dropped to 598 thousand tons in 2009, but recovered to 731 thousand tons in 2010. It dropped again to 546 thousand tons in 2011, and decreased further to 460 thousand tons in 2012,but bounced back a little to 502 thousand tons in 2014. it has decreased from the previous year to 542 thousand tons (87.4%) in 2016.

18 TREND OF WOODCHIP IMPORTS BY ORIGIN (SOFTWOOD) (thousand tons) 1400 1200 Australia 1000 800 600 US US 400 200 0 Canada NZ Canada Fiji 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 US Canada Russia Australia NZ Fiji Chile Brazil Source: Ministry of Finance

WOODCHIP IMPORTS BY ORIGIN (SOFTWOOD) 19 <2009> <2013> 2016 14.6 9.5 5.1 42.4 Australia US NZ Canada 7.9 6.3 4.3 35.8 Australia US NZ Canada Fiji 43.4 Fiji Others Others Source: Ministry of Finance

20 Construction Waste 8.8% CATEGORIES OF WOODCHIP Domestic Sodtwood <2014> (1) Natural Forest (low grade) 3.2% Man-made Forest (low grade) 30.3% Sawmill Residue 58.0%

CATEGORIES OF WOODCHIP Imported Softwood <2014> (2) Natural Forest (low grade) 2.3% 21 Sawmill Residue 67.0% Man-made Forest (low grade) 44.2%

WOODCHIP IMPORTS BY ORIGIN (HARDWOOD) The import from Chili was 2.350 million tons in 2008 and dropped a little to 2.238 million tons in 2009 and up again to 2.377 million tons in 2010. It went up to 2.590 million tons as No.1 in 2012, and went down to 1.812 million tons as No.3 in 2015. But it has come back again to 2.049 million tons as No.2. The import from Vietnam was 1.071 million tons in 2008 and dropped to 0.809 million tons in 2009 and up to 1.064 million tons in 2010. It jumped up to 3.039 million tons as No.1 in 2015. But it has decreased to 2.691 million tons (90.0%) still as No.1 though. The import from Australia was 4.464 million tons in 2008 and dropped to 3.148 million tons in 2009 but could not recovered to 3.591 million tons in 2010. It continue to decrease to 1.821 million tons as No.3 in 2014,and bounced back to 1.927 million tons as No.2 in 2015. But it has dropped again to 1.723 million tons (89.4%) as No.3 in 2016. 22

23 TREND OF WOODCHIP IMPORTS BY ORIGIN (HARDWOOD) (thousand tons 5000 4500 4000 Australia 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 Chile S.Africa Vietnam 500 0 Brazil 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 US Australia Indonesia Thailand Vietnam Chile Brazil S.Africa Source: Ministry of Finance

WOODCHIP IMPORTS BY ORIGIN (HARDWOOD) 24 <2009> <2013> 2016 4.1 3.9 Australia Chili 6.5 Australi a Chili 6.4 8.9 16.1 25.2 35.4 South Africa Vietnam Brazil Thai Others 7.4 7.0 26.9 17.2 20.5 14.5 South Africa Vietna m Brazil Thai Others Source: Ministry of Finance

25 CATEGORIES OF WOODCHIP Sawmill Residue 1.8% Domestic Hardwood<2014> Natural Forest (low grade) 98.2%

26 CATEGORIES OF WOODCHIP Sawmill Residue 0.2% Imported Hardwood<2014> Natural Forest (low grade) 1.7% Man-made Forest (low grade) 98.1%

Woodchip Imports by country (2016) (Unit: 1000 tons) Country Softwood Chip Hardwood Chip Total 27 Vietnam 2,691 2,691 Australia 543 1,723 2,265 Chile 2,049 2.049 South Africa 1,491 1,491 Thailand 701 701 USA 656 656 Brazil 745 745 Indonesia 245 245 Malaysia 129 129 NZ 120 153 273 Canada 95 95 Fiji 65 65

Forest Certification 28

29 FOREST CERTIFICATION IN JAPAN (2017) Certification Scheme FM Certification (ha) CoC Certification SGEC (member of PEFC) 1,650,189 555 FSC 400,744 1,103 PEFC --- 196

FOREST CERTIFICATION 30 Japanese paper companies have 0.6million ha of their own forests certified by forest certification schemes such as FSC, PEFC and SGEC (Japanese forest certification scheme: mutually recognized with PEFC in 2016). Besides, 21.3% of woodchips consumed by Japanese paper companies is certified by CoC. Japanese paper companies choose each forest certification scheme according to its acceptance in each region.

面積 ( 千 ha) FOREST CERTIFICATION AREA OWNED BY JPA MEMBERS (unit:1,000tons) SGEC AFS CERTFORCHILE CERTFORCHILE&FSC CERFLOR&FSC SGEC&FSC FSC 800 700 600 549 616 645 650 668 670 673 643 623 603 500 459 400 300 200 115 119 153 100 32 0 1 2 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source:Japan Paper Association 31

THE AMOUNT OF FOREST-CERTIFIED WOODCHIPS CONSUMED BY JAPANESE PAPER COMPANIES (2015) 32 Softwood hardwood total Domestic 185 3 188 Import 423 2,861 3,284 Total 608 2,863 3,471 (forest certific ation rate) (12.1%) (25.3%) (21.3%) Source:Japan Paper Association

FOREST PLANTATION OVERSEAS 33

PROMOTION OF PLANTATIONS OVERSEAS JPA has set up the target of expanding the area of plantations owned or managed by Japanese paper companies to 0.8million ha in Japan and overseas by FY2030 under Environmental Action Plan. We have already established 0.479million ha of plantations overseas (34projects) In 10 countries In 2013. The total area of Plantation including domestic ones (0.147 million ha) was 0.626 million ha. The area of plantation overseas has decreased two consecutive years (in 2012 & 2013) due to the decreasing demand for woodchip and climate changes caused by global warming (fewer rain in Australia). Main planting species are Eucalyptus spp. and Acacia spp. with the rotation of 7~10 years. 34

(1,000 ha) FOREST PLANTATION BY JPA MEMBERS In its Environmental Action Plan, JPA sets the target of expanding 900 the plantation area at home and abroad to 800 thousand ha by Forest Plantation Area FY 2030. 800 800 700 (1,000 ha) 600 500 400 406 426 463 491 506 537 605 607 647 652 690 690 677 626 300 275 200 90 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 30 35

OVERSEAS FOREST PLANTATIONS BY THE JAPANESE PAPER INDUSTRY Total: 479,000ha (as of the end of 2014) Cambodia 400ha Source: Japan Paper Association 36

THE CATEGORY OF AREAS BEFORE PLANTED BY JAPANESE PAPER COMPANIES 37 Degrated areas 11% Shrub 12% Felling sites of plantations 56% Pasture 21%

Biodiversity 38

BIODIVERSITY AND PAPER INDUSTRY 39 Paper Industry is the one that produces paper and paperboard, indispensable in human life, out of wood, gift of ecosystem service from forests, nurturing bed of biodiversity on earth and sink of CO2. It is our social responsibility to promote proactively the conservation of biodiversity. Therefore, Japan Paper Association has set up our own code of action for conserving biodiversity June 2014.

40 JPA CODE OF ACTION FOR CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY(1) 1.Governance Putting idea of conserving biodiversity into corporate policies Designating specific persons in charge of conserving biodiversity Exercising pro-environmental activities such as sequestration of CO2 and recycling Reflecting opinions of stakeholders in business activities Proactive public relations for activities of conserving biodiversity 2.Sustainable Forest Management Putting idea of conserving biodiversity into forest management plans of own forests Exercising forest operations for conserving biodiversity Proactive acquisition of FM forest certifications of own forests Reflecting opinions of stakeholders in forest management of own forests Monitoring outcomes of forest operations and feeding it back into forest management plans

JPA CODE OF ACTION FOR CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY(2) 3.Sustainable Low Materials Procurement Specifying idea of conserving biodiversity in procurement policies of raw materials Never using woods from illegal logging Collecting data about low materials and Securing traceability of raw materials Trying to use forest certified wood as much as possible Keeping relative data about low materials as least 5 years 41 4.Promoting CSR activities Promoting CSR activities by utilizing our own natural capitals for conserving biodiversity Promoting CSR activities for utilization of biomass and restoration of Satoyama forests Promoting CSR activities such as greening of mills and factories as well as holding seminars for conserving biodiversity 5.Partnership Proactive participation in activities of private sectors for conserving biodiversity Proactive participation in activities of international fora for conserving biodiversity Proactive participation in activities of government sectors for conserving biodiversity

Combating Illegal Logging 42

In July 2005, at a G8 Summit held in Gleneagles, the U.K., developed countries around the world formed an agreement to create measures that address the problem of illegal logging. Following this agreement, the Government of Japan amended criteria concerning wood-based products under the Green Procurement Law. The amendment went into effect after April 2006, making the Law require timber suppliers of government institutions to supply timber that has been verified its legality. The Forestry Agency issued the Guidelines, under the green procurement law, concerning verification methods of anti-illegal logging measures, which specifies the following three verification methods: (1) Verification method via forest certification system (2) Verification method by company under the authorization of associations for forest owners, forestry or wood industries (3) Verification method by original measure of each company 43

COMBATING ILLEGAL LOGGING 44 Japan Paper Association (JPA) pledges to combat illegal logging, one of the major causes of deforestation worldwide. JPA set up the code of actions against illegal logging in 2006. (100% not illegal confirmed) in accordance with Green Purchasing Law which applies only to public procurement. Japanese paper companies set up their own codes of procurement and collect traceability reports from all suppliers. In addition, JAP audits Japanese paper companies actions of confirming legality. The paper industry has adopted method (3) above ( Verification method by original measure of each company ), and since April 2006, member companies of the Japan Paper Association have been implementing their own measures for tackling illegal logging issues.

Furthermore, since 2007, the paper industry has been stepping up its effort to address the illegal logging problem by implementing the The Monitoring Operation for Anti-Illegal Logging Measures. This operation includes monitoring by the Japan Paper Association, for which guidance, advice and auditing are provided by a third-party committee consisting of academic experts, consumer groups, those involved with auditing corporations, and other similar groups. Auditing Committee Members Shin NAGATA Professor, Graduate School of Tokyo University Akihiro OHNUMA All Japan Stationery Association Gakuji FUKATSU Green Purchasing Network Satoshi TACHIBANA Associate Professor, Graduate School of Tsukuba University Kyoko NOMURA Price Waterhouse Coopers 45

LEGALITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM OF JPA 62 Loggers Supplier Paper Companies Wholesalers Users Import Domestic Loggers Traceability Report Chipping Mills Authorization Certificate Audit Associations (Code of Action) Japan Paper Association (Code of Action)

Clean Wood Act 47

THE ACT FOR THE PROMOTION OF UTILIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEGALLY HARVESTED WOOD (CLEAN WOOD ACT) The act for the promotion of utilization and distribution of legally harvested wood (Clean Wood Act) has just been enacted May 20 th 2016. (It shall come into force just one year later on May 20 th 2017.) Every operator of wood and wood products should confirm the legality of all wood and wood products, including wood biomass, that they use or sell by due diligence (DD) like EU, Australia and US. But it is not legally compulsory. Besides, operators who have done DD can (but not must) register themselves to the third party registration organizations authorized by the national government. Until then, only wood and wood products by public procurement should be confirmed their legality by Green Purchasing Law. 48

1.Deffinition THE ACT FOR THE PROMOTION OF UTILIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEGALLY HARVESTED WOOD (CLEAN WOOD ACT) wood: products such as furniture and paper which are made mainly from wood and wood products, specified by ministerial ordinance( recycled materials are excluded) legally harvested wood: wood harvested in accordance with the laws concerned of the states of origin. operator: those who produce, process, import, export or sell wood or wood products (excluding retailers), specified by ministerial ordinance 2.Responsibility of the national government The government should settle on the basic policy, in addition, finance the necessary measures, provide information and take measures so as to broaden the understanding among people. 3.Responsibility of operators Operators should use legally harvested wood only.

4.Standard criteria to confirm the legality of wood The ministers concerned should establish the standard criteria to confirm the legality of wood. 1Documents or certificates to certify the legality of logging in Japan or abroad 2Additional documents, if you cannot obtain 1 3Invoices or statements of delivery to convey the information concerned with legality 4Documents specified by ministerial ordinance concerning 1and2 5.Guidance or advice by the ministers concerned The ministers concerned could give guidance or advice necessary to operators in order to implement this act. 6.Registration of operators The operators, who conduct DD regarding the legality of wood properly, could register themselves to the registration organization authorized by the government. If the operator would violate the conditions of registration, it will terminate and the name of the operator will be made public. 7.Request of reports and inspection on site The ministers concerned could, if necessary, request the operators to make reports and inspect them on site in order to implement the act.

JAPAN PAPER ASSOCIATION(JPA) S DUE DILIGENCE TOOL AGAINST ILLEGAL LOGGING DUE DILIGENCE (DD) MANUAL FOR MEMBER COMPANIES This DD manual JPA has developed is based on the DD manual of European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) which is in accordance with EUTR. Therefore, this DD manual is valid not for only Clean Wood Act of Japan but also for other antiillegal logging laws such as EUTR of EU and Illegal Logging Prohibition Law of Australia. Basic components are 1 gathering information, 2 risk assessment and 3 risk mitigation. As for gathering information and risk assessment, we make the most of our existing anti-illegal measures such as traceability reports and the third party audit. We are also thinking of registering our member companies for them to the registration organization under Clean Wood Act. Those who want to export wood chips or wood biomass to Japan must provide the legitimate information required under Clean Wood Law such as wood species, quantity, felling sites, logging laws and other ecological and social issues beforehand on and after May 20 th,2017.

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