5.11.2007 - 02:00pm ET

(CSRwire) May 11, 2007- Catalyst Paper has published "Fresh Thinking on Paper," its 2006 sustainability report. The report can be downloaded via http://www.reportalert.info/ra/Catalyst110507.htm.

For Catalyst, a leading North American producer of mechanical printing papers, sustainability is a core value measured through respectful relationships and performance results. The company strives to base decisions on inter-related environmental, social and economic issues on sound science, constructive dialogue and solid operational expertise.

The 2006 report quantifies Catalyst's progress toward its CSR goals and presents key measures of its social, economic and environmental performance. Some highlights:

- Continued to meet its pledge, as part of WWF's Climate Savers program, to maintain greenhouse gas emissions at 70% below their 1990 level

- Achieved performance improvements of CAD$74 million, 6% over target

- Completed registration of all paper mills to the PricewaterhouseCoopers certified chain-of-custody system

- Achieved FSC certification for paper recycling facility

- Became a participant in the UN Global Compact

- Recognized by third parties, including a #1 placing among Canadian forest products companies in Report on Business Magazine's CSR rankings and an Ethics in Action award for environmental excellence

- Awarded for quality and service by key customers, including Vertis, AT&T Yellow Pages, Dow Jones and Wal-Mart

To order a hard copy of the report or provide feedback use the company contact available on http://www.reportalert.info/ra/Catalyst110507.htm.

Catalyst, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, produces a variety of lightweight mechanical paper grades, including specialty papers for magazines, catalogues and retail inserts, directory paper and newsprint. The company also produces market pulp and owns Western Canada's largest paper recycling facility. With five mills employing 3,500 people at sites within a 160-kilometre radius on the south coast of British Columbia, Catalyst has a combined annual capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of product. Catalyst Paper Corporation common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CTL.

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