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Cascades Tissue Debuts "SUSTAIN," New Blog and Web Site for Sustainability Professionals

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WATERFORD, N.Y., Apr. 19- North America's fourth largest producer of towel and tissue paper, Cascades Tissue Group, today announced the launch of a new blog and website, named "SUSTAIN: The Professional Forum for Sustainable Towel and Tissue" and specially oriented to CSR officers and other sustainability professionals. The online site, found at Sustain.cascades.com, will provide news and views on sustainable work and customer spaces, environmental transparency and scorecarding, supply chain greening, waste-stream mitigation and overall energy efficiency improvement. SUSTAIN's blog will feature regularly updated, original content and streaming video commentary from insightful business leaders inside and outside of Cascades Tissue, along with daily, sustainable news headlines and occasional contests or sweepstakes.

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Cascades Tissue Group Doubles Commitment to Wind Energy-Based Manufacturing

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WATERFORD, N.Y., Apr. 14- Cascades Tissue Group, the fourth largest producer of tissue paper in North America, announces a signed agreement to nearly double its industry-leading commitment to purchase renewable wind energy for the production of its North River environmentally-preferable towel and tissue line. With this purchase, Cascades increases its wind energy commitment by purchasing 20,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of Green-e certified renewable energy credits annually, a 182 percent increase over current levels. The move reduces the company’s indirect carbon emissions by over 43 million pounds — equivalent to taking 3,745 cars off the road each year.

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