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Enviva says it fully supports the principle that financial assistance should only be provided for woody biomass that is sourced sustainably.

Rayonier invited nonforestry employees into the woods recently for its first-ever employee planting day in the U.S. Under the guidance of company foresters, about 50 employees planted 4,000 seedlings on a Rayonier forest tract near their Florida headquarters.

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CellMark is introducing a new division: CellMark Packaging & Paper. The division is the result of a merger of its two existing divisions, CellMark Packaging and CellMark Paper.

International Paper (IP) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are helping landowners in Texas restore and manage their forests through IP's Forestlands Stewards partnership. These efforts will benefit drinking water supplies and wildlife habitat, improve recreational opportunities, and support forest sector jobs.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation announced it has established a 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions of 42 percent and a Scope 3 value chain GHG emissions reduction target of 25 percent from a 2021 baseline.

The cash and debt free consideration value is €370 million.

The cash and debt free consideration value is €370 million.

Enviva Inc. announced the signing of a new 10-year take-or-pay off-take fuel supply contract with an existing European customer, extendable for up to five years. Enviva expects to supply 800,000 metric tons of industrial-grade wood pellets per year, with deliveries expected to commence during 2027, subject to certain conditions precedent.

Unifor Local 972 represents more than 200 workers at the mill in Port Hawkesbury, on Cape Breton island in Nova Scotia.

Over 200 Unifor Local 5025 members voted strongly in favor of a new deal with Resolute Forest Product's Thunder Bay Sawmill that will see the current collective agreement re-opened and extended by 4 years to September 8th, 2028. The new extension will include key language improvements, an additional 24% average pay raise and achieve all provisions of Unifor's Eastern Canada Pulp and Paper Pattern established back in May.

Sappi joins 2022 SEAL Sustainability Award honorees that range from global brands, such as Disneyland, General Electric, GM, Microsoft, Oracle, Proctor & Gamble and Samsung, to high-growth start-ups and scale-ups, such as AiDash, Flock Freight, Optoro, and PATH.

Seven UPM packaging papers are now proven to be industrially compostable, marking another step on UPM Specialty Papers' sustainability journey.

Over the past six years, through its partnership with Coaching for Literacy, International Paper has directly provided more than $800,000 in grant funding to 40 literacy organizations in more than a dozen states.

Rayonier Inc. completed its previously announced acquisitions of high-quality commercial timberlands located in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana from Manulife Investment Management on December 15, 2022 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $454 million, after customary purchase price adjustments at closing.

For 2022, Billerud received even more points than last year and thus retains its position as one of the world's most sustainable companies in its industry sector. This year's results from the globally recognized Dow Jones Sustainability Indices show that Billerud continues to be one of the leading companies in the Containers & Packaging category.

The MM Group (Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG) has been recognized by the global, non-profit environmental organization CDP for its leadership in transparency and performance in relation to climate change and received a place on the annual "A List".

This result placed Sonoco among the top 5% of more than 100,000 organizations reviewed worldwide.

WestRock Co., which occupies the end of the peninsula between the Puyallup and Middle waterways, failed a performance test on April 17 when it insufficiently reduced hazardous air pollutants in the mill's wastewater streams, DOE said in a press release. Those levels must meet levels set in WestRock's air quality permit.

Seven timber companies and four conservation organizations are joining together to fight the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) among deer, elk, and other species of the deer family (known as "cervids").

Inclusion continues to demonstrate WestRock's ongoing commitment to imagining and delivering on the promise of a sustainable future

FRESH!PACKING and Mondi have collaborated to create a new recyclable consumer cooler bag.

Out of nearly 15,000 companies scored, UPM is one of only 12 companies that achieved the triple 'A'.

Overall, Sofidel placed in the top 10% of more than 15,000 global companies evaluated. Sofidel also ranked first over 120 companies in Sustainalytics' household products category.