sustainable sourcing doing our part to protect forest landscapes by sheri flies costco photo studio sheri flies is costco assistant vice president of global sustainability and compliance cern for our planet's forests and take their protection seriously for many them healthy to address climate change moisture; and promote soil health there are many perspectives on how to fiber-based products we believe that the best first step is to source these products from responsibly man- we employ forest management certifications for the endorsement of forest certification that have these certifications have met strict standards to support sustainable forests in other areas-such as where cocoa and coffee are grown-our goal is to do business with local growers and producers who share helping rural communities to thrive while serving as stewards of the land at ways to improve our sourcing practices explore alternative fibers and increase the we are also incorporating forest-friendly practices where we can in our own opera- azine and the multi-vendor mailings you receive are sourced from certified forests we stipulate that fiber used in paper- based packaging should not contribute to boxes are made from 100% recycled content certification on products like cedar playsets been working with our suppliers to convert kirkland signaturetm tissue products to parchment paper and gift-wrap paper are also fsc certified you can learn more in our sustainability "sustainability commitment" at the bottom "environmental impacts." reading labels when a company meets the forestry requirements demanded by the forest stewardship council or to label a product as meeting those standards these labels are your way of knowing more about how the product was made and being assured that it was responsibly sourced you can find out more about the requirements at pefc.org.-sf
