TORONTO, ON, October 15, 2021 – GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. (TSXV: GFP) (“GreenFirst”) is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a 2021 FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®) Leadership Award, an award recognizing uncommon excellence that advances responsible forest management and forest conservation.

The United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action to promote prosperity while protecting the planet.

The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition released their Pulp, Paper and Fibre-based Packaging (PPP) Roadmap earlier this year. The document aims to guide Coalition members in their efforts to remove deforestation and conversion from PPP supply chains.

Wildfires have become an all-too common and at times terrifying reality during dry seasons in the BC interior – sometimes leading to highway and airport closures, evacuation orders, and large-scale property loss.

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Oct. 13, 2021 - Cascades is pleased to announce that its fourth Sustainability Action Plan was a winner in the Medium and Large Business category of the Prix initiatives circulaires presented by Québec Circulaire.

• New renewable gas (bio-syngas) generation plant produced through innovative technology developed with the aid of the collaboration with Pisa University
• It boosts Sofidel’s commitment to “low carbon” production:a reduction of a further 8,500 tons of CO₂ emissions a year once fully operational  

In accordance with its sustainability objectives, Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, is carrying out its transition towards fossil free mills and has given up peat in its energy production at the Mänttä mill. Renewable wood fuels, such as bark and other by-products of wood production, have replaced peat.

Our Crofton mill is periodically on the frontlines of managing challenging conditions that climate change threatens to make increasingly common.

It’s been 1 year since we launched our Now and Next Sustainability Strategy on the 29th of September 2020.

VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 5, 2021 - Canfor Corporation (TSX: CFP) announces our bold ambition to become a leader in sustainability, a vision that includes commitments to sustainable forestry, a stronger focus on safety, health, wellness, inclusion and diversity amongst our employees, and strengthening partnerships with Indigenous communities.

For more and more Americans, online shopping is the new normal—and smart, sustainable packaging is playing a crucial role.

Klabin is the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging and paper packaging in Brazil. With 122 years of history and 24 industrial units, 23 in Brazil and one in Argentina, in addition to a robust forestry base in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and São Paulo, the company is recognized nationally and internationally for its management guided by sustainable development .

A new report by Drapers, the B2B publication covering the fashion retail industry, in partnership with Smurfit Kappa, the leading paper-based packaging company, has revealed that packaging matters to UK consumers and plays a significant role in the purchasing decisions of shoppers.

[Richmond, BC] – Today Paper Excellence has published its inaugural sustainability report. Proven Resilience: Meeting the Challenge Through Adaption, Strength and Sustainability is intended as a way of further introducing the company to neighbours, customers, regulators and stakeholders as well as to share the company’s approach to business.

From the cedar and Douglas fir trees in British Columbia to the maple and spruce trees in Ontario and Quebec, Canada’s forests are a major contributor to the region’s natural beauty and vibrant economy.

As part of its commitment to its ambitious 2030 Sustainability strategy,Huhtamaki submitted a series of Climate Change mitigation targets in 2020. These have now been approved and validated bythe global recognized Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

As part of the international survey Goal 13 Impact Platform by Deloitte (a global network of consulting companies), the activities of Segezha Group (MOEX: SGZH, part of AFK Sistema) are considered a success story in the use of alternative energy sources. The survey analyses the prospects for achieving UN Goal 13 in the field of sustainable development.

Did you know that waste from pulp and paper production can be useful to farmers in our communities?

Norske Skog’s ESG report for 2020 receives an A- in consultancy Governance Group’s assessment of the sustainability reporting from the 100 largest companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Pulp plays a central role in the fight against climate change. Renewable and recyclable fibre is a raw material of the future, produced in energy-efficient mills where nothing goes to waste.

For this edition of our continuing series “Conversations with Green Champions,” Rolland President Philip Rundle speaks with Desjardins Group, North America’s largest financial cooperative and the fifth largest in the world with $377 billion in assets (Canadian dollars).