Did you know that since 1975, 3M has put environmental sustainability into action? It all began with their 3P (Pollution Prevention Pays) program with which they eliminated 2.6 billion pounds of pollution and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Wow, if that didn’t just add another reason why you feel good about purchasing Post-it® Products! But that’s not all they’re doing.

Post-it® Brand has made communicating and organizing even more sustainable. The Post-it® Notes & Easel products that you love and have come to rely upon for fast and effective communications are SFI® (Sustainable Forestry Initiative® ) Chain-of-Custody Certified. What’s this mean to you, the conscientious consumer? When you buy Post-it® Notes & Easel products, you are buying paper sourced from responsibly managed forests where the trees are replanted. More specifically, this involves certified forests where replanted trees are turned into certified pulp which is then turned into recyclable paper, transported to certified paper mills for coating and converting then made into Post-it® Certified Products and finally passed onto you...the consumer. How can you tell? All you have to do is look for the SFI icon. That icon symbolizes Post-it® Brand’s longstanding commitment to develop products that make people’s lives easier and better, both for today and for future generations.

SFI Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit charitable organization, and is solely responsible for maintaining, overseeing and improving the Sustainable Forestry Initiative program (www.sfiprogram.org), that is internationally recognized and among the largest in the world. It is one of the fastest growing forest certification programs with over 160 million acres (65 million hectares) of SFI-certified forests across North America. The SFI Standard also includes unique fiber sourcing requirements that promote responsible forest management on all suppliers’ lands and a chain-of-custody certification, which is used to tell buyers how much certified fiber is in a specific product. The SFI forest standard is endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, a global umbrella organization that has strict requirements for endorsement. SFI Inc. is governed by a three-chamber board of directors representing environmental, social and economic sectors equally. For more information about the SFI program, visit www.sfiprogram.org