Too often businesses have considered sustainability as an expense. Yet sustainable solutions increasingly provide more benefits to companies than environmental ones.

March 20, 2020 (West Linn, Oregon) – Willamette Falls Paper Company is pleased to announce that it has added Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) chain of custody certification (SFI-01924) to its full line of paper products.

Q&A with Georgia-Pacific’s VP of Sustainability John Mulcahy:

Smurfit Kappa has been recognised as a valued sustainable solutions partner at this year’s Nestlé Supplier awards.

Hygiene and health company Essity has today published its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2019 on www.essity.com

Resolute has received a Construction ReCycle award from RECYC-QUÉBEC, a governmental organization working to promote a circular economy and fight climate change by reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering residual materials.

In collaboration with Soilfood, Kotkamills has been able to recover fibre sludge nutrients, generated as a side stream in production, for use in farmland.

The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has joined Two Sides North America, the non-profit organization that promotes and encourages the responsible production, use, and sustainability of print, paper and packaging.

In terms of sustainability, UPM has ranked as or among the best performers in its industry for many years based on the actions we take and the progress we make.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has today published its Annual and Sustainability Report 2019 on the company’s website https://www.ahlstrom-munksjo.com.

Company's Land Application Program in Cloquet, Minn. awarded for sustainable materials usage

A partnership between our Kamloops Mill and the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia, Canada, is allowing Domtar a new way to continue contributing to the circular economy by putting wood waste from slash piles to more productive use at the mill.

As an extension of our sustainable forestry principles, Domtar has joined the American Forest Foundation (AFF) as a partner in its Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP).

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has launched its enhanced line of sustainable and safe specialty papers geared towards the confectionary market, known as Delicitera® Confectionary Papers.

Consumer packaged goods brands have two primary audiences — consumers and retailers. Both expect companies to do more for the environment.

UPM has signed a long-term Wind Power Purchase agreement with German wind park development company wpd. The use of renewable wind power for UPM’s paper mills will help reduce CO₂ emissions by 200,000 tonnes annually as of 2022, representing 5% of UPM’s total CO₂ emissions.

Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has had its emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative as being consistent with the levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

We recently conducted a new consumer research survey around a full spectrum of environmental questions, including questions about recycling.  We found 80% of consumers between the ages of 18-49 are confused about some aspect of recycling. 

This week, the European Commission is hosting the “International Conference on Forests for Biodiversity and Climate” in Brussels to discuss pressures on EU forest ecosystems due to, among others, climate change as well as how to best protect forests and their biodiversity for a climate neutral and climate resilient land. 

CDP, an international non-profit organisation, has again acknowledged Metsä Board, part of the Metsä Group. Metsä Board scored A- both in the CDP's Water and Forest programmes.