FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2009

Contact: Brooke Meeker
(604) 465-5657

PITT MEADOWS, BC – As part of a broad commitment to corporate social responsibility, Anbrook Industries Ltd. , a privately owned western red cedar shake & shingle manufacturing business, announced today it has achieved certification to the independent Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) chain-of-custody standard.

“We are very pleased to announce this certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program. It is important to our company that we continue to strive to higher standards in all aspects of the manufacture of quality cedar products, and we take great pride in knowing that the raw material that goes into our products meets the high standards set by SFI®. Chain-of-custody standard. Consumers deserve good quality products that are derived from responsible sources, and we are proud that we can provide that to them. This empowers our customers to make an educated environmental choice about the products they buy.”

- Brooke Meeker, Vice President, Anbrook Industries

With more than 65 million hectares (160 million acres) certified across North America, the non-profit SFI sustainable forestry certification program is one of the largest in the world, with a standard based on principles and measures that promote sound forest management including measures to protect water quality, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, species at risk and forests with exceptional conservation value. Through SFI chain-of-custody certification, companies must have a tracking system in place so they can tell customers the amount of certified, uncertified and recycled content in the forest products they buy, use or sell.

“At a time when just 10 percent of the world’s forests are independently certified, Anbrook Industries joins a growing community of companies, landowners, and social and environmental organizations who have demonstrated their environmental commitment and leadership by achieving SFI certification,”

said SFI Inc. President and CEO Kathy Abusow.

“Chain-of-custody certification means we will be able to service the increasing market demand for forest products from responsible sources, which is good for our business and good for our forests.”

-Clay Meeker, President, Anbrook Industries

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About Anbrook Industries Ltd.

Anbrook Industries is a family owned western red cedar shake & shingle manufacturer based in Pitt Meadows, B.C. The company manufactures under the Certi trademark of the Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau, and Anbrook products are known throughout the business as the benchmark for high quality roofing and siding materials.

For more information, please visit the corporate website at www.anbrook.com

About SFI Inc.

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), which is internationally recognized and among the largest in the world. It is one of the fastest-growing forest certification programs with over 65 million hectares (160 million acres) 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 can communicate to 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 schemes, 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.

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LAKEVILLE, Minnesota – As part of a broad commitment to corporate responsibility, Performance Office Papers, an independent converter of office papers, announced today it has achieved certification to the independent Sustainability Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) chain-of-custody standard at its Lakeville facility.

“At Performance Office Papers we have a strong commitment to the environment, and so do our customers,” said Russ DeFauw, President. “ SFI chain-of-custody certification plays a critical role in our environmental policy, and empowers our customers to make an educated environmental choice about the paper products they buy.”

With more than 160 million acres certified across North America, the non-profit SFI sustainable forestry certification program is one of the largest in the world, with a standard based on principles and measures that promote sound forest management including measures to protect water quality, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, species at risk and forests with exceptional conservation value. Through SFI chain-of-custody certification, companies must have a tracking system in place so they can tell customers the amount of certified, uncertified and recycled content in the forest products they buy, use or sell.

“At a time when just 10 percent of the world’s forests are independently certified, Performance Office Papers joins a growing community of companies, landowners, and social and environmental organizations who have demonstrated their environmental commitment and leadership by achieving SFI certification,”

said SFI Inc. President and CEO Kathy Abusow.

In addition to its SFI chain-of-custody certification, Performance Office Papers also has a Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) chain of custody, which means it can use fiber from any PEFC-endorsed forest standard. PEFC is the world’s largest forest certification umbrella organization endorsing national and/or regional forest certification standards that meet its rigorous sustainable forest management criteria.