Environmental

Identifies Coatings and Treatments that can be Repulped and Recycled

Pregis®, a global leader in protective packaging, mailing and bagging, and flexible packaging solutions, has expanded its EasyPack® on-demand paper portfolio with the introduction of GeoTerra® paper in white.

Södra will continue to be a significant player in green electricity production by generating electricity from biomass, wind and water in 2024.

UPM Raflatac is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Climate Review, highlighting the significant progress it has made as a global partner for sustainable material solutions. The Review showcases how UPM Raflatac and its partners are driving climate action in three focus areas: forests and land, emission reductions and products and services.

Following extended technical, commercial and strategic evaluations UPM plans to discontinue the development of its potential second biomass-to-fuels refinery at the Port of Rotterdam. As a result, UPM plans to halt all engineering work related to the CAPEX investment in Rotterdam and to withdraw from all site-related commitments associated with the Rotterdam investment.

Stakeholder-Driven Strategy Sets Performance Targets to Track Progress and Ensure Transparent Delivery of Impacts

Georgia-Pacific's Savannah River mill in Rincon, Georgia, now accepts polyethylene (PE)-coated paper cups in its mixed paper stock for recycling.

This document highlights the Company's unwavering commitment to responsible business practices, which have guided its vision and operations for decades.

Sonoco Products Company, a global leader in value-added sustainable packaging, has released its 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report, marking its transformation into a more sustainable packaging company following the acquisition of Eviosys, Europe's leading metal packaging manufacturer.

It comes after FSC extended the suspension from until March in January.

Microsoft announced on Friday that it is buying 3.7 million metric tons of carbon removal credits from CO280, a project developer that works with pulp and paper mills.

The Norwegian Environment Agency has issued a decision to exclude Norske Skog Skogn and Norske Skog Saugbrugs from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for the period 2026 to 2030.

The challenge aims to support innovative companies that provide new, innovative compostable or recyclable barrier coatings solutions for paper and other compostable substrates.

Activists from Greenpeace Norden held up banners and played bird sounds through speakers to interrupt proceedings multiple times. They called on the company to adopt a clear and comprehensive policy ensuring that no wood from old-growth or natural forests is used in its products.

Kimberly-Clark's tissue manufacturing site in Koblenz, Germany is on track to move to 100% renewable energy by 2029.

International Paper, the owner of the mill, also agreed to operational and inspection changes, employee training and recordkeeping improvements and potentially upgrades of a key incineration furnace that was the focus of regulators' concerns, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settlement.

Actions to revise burdensome regulations are necessary to promoting U.S. manufacturing and jobs.

The "world's first" tissue machine operating entirely on geothermal steam instead of gas is being unveiled at Essity's Kawerau paper mill.

The 168MW project, owned by Port Hawkesbury Paper Wind (PHP Wind), will be the largest wind farm in Nova Scotia and Maritime Canada upon completion.

British Columbia-based forestry giant Interfor reaped an estimated $1.8 million in net profit from logging in old-growth areas that were meant to be preserved, a decision by the province's Forest Appeals Commission says.

The PERTE would involve a total investment of Euro 101.5 million and the creation of 440 direct and indirect jobs.

Norske Skog Saugbrugs and its insurance company has agreed on a final settlement of all remaining insurance claims related to the rockslide at the Saugbrugs site on 27 April 2023. The settlement amount of NOK 540 million will be jointly covered by the insurance company, the Norwegian Natural Perils Pool and the reinsurers.

Interfor Corporation has been cleared of mismanagement claims in regards to its logging practices north of Grand Forks.

A process malfunction at the Georgetown paper mill caused by freezing temperatures spread a sulfur odor through the city, officials said Tuesday.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has issued a modified air quality permit to International Paper - Riegelwood Mill in Columbus County.