Town Media's 26 magazines switch to forest-friendly paper

Town Media, the publishers of Hamilton magazine and Vines (among others) this month will begin using only forest-friendly paper for printing 2.6 million copies annually of 26 magazines, making it the largest magazine publisher in Canada to use paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council of Canada (FSC).

The company, based in Burlington, Ontario is the magazine publishing division of Osprey Media Group LP, part of the Sun Media network, itself owned by Quebecor Inc. (phew).

"The use of the FSC-certified paper is a major environmental advance for our publications and aligns us even more closely with the expectations of consumers and advertisers for responsible use of resources," said Sheryl Humphreys, Associate Publisher of Town Media in a release. "The magazine-offset paper maintains our high quality standards at the same time as improving the environment."

The paper will contain 30% post-consumer recycled content.The FSC-certified paper for the magazines is produced by New Page Corporation in the U.S. and Condat of France. The magazines, which are printed in Richmond Hill and Aurora, also use soy-based inks as do all of Sun Media's daily newspapers.

Antony Marcil, President & C.E.O of FSC Canada, part of the international organization that promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests. "This largest single corporate commitment to FSC paper in the Canadian magazine industry should be celebrated by readers, advertisers and the public in general."

The magazines are: Biz; Business Niagara; CFB Directory; Conference Kingston; Golfstyle; Hamilton Magazine; Hamilton Interiors; Key to Kingston; Key to Niagara; Kingston Life; Kingston Visitors Guide; Kingston Interiors; Niagara Magazine; Niagara Magazine-Interiors; Niagara Seasons; Niagara Weddings; Ontario Golf; Ontario Home Builder; Ontario Home Builder Directory; Relocation Guide; The Bride Guide; Vines; Visitors; Welcome Back - Niagara; Welcome Back - Kingston; Welcome Back - Ottawa.