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The joint venture operates high-quality rotogravure printing and sophisticated lamination operations and is one of the largest converters of foil-based flexible packaging in Brazil.

The company's PaperSeal® tray product - which was developed in partnership with world leader in tray sealing technology, G. Mondini - has been selected as a winning solution by New Seasons Market to replace the plastic clamshells currently used on the grocer's Partner Brand Fresh Pasta.

Accordingly in order to maintain profitability and keep its mills running full, Sappi will implement a further price increase of 10% to its Woodfree paper grades effective for deliveries from early April latest beginning May depending on the market. This will be in addition to the previously announced increases.

Metsä Board announced on 16 December 2021 that it has signed an agreement to sell its entire share capital of its fully owned subsidiary Oy Hangö Stevedoring Ab to Euroports Finland Oy. The arrangement has been completed on 31 March 2022.

Pactiv Evergreen Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Evergreen Packaging International LLC, completed the previously announced sale of its 50 percent interest in Naturepak Beverage Packaging Co Ltd to affiliates of Elopak ASA. Naturepak Beverage Packaging Co Ltd supplies customers in the Middle East and Africa region from manufacturing plants in Morocco and Saudi Arabia. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Columbia Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit accusing a timber company of violating stormwater quality laws at its Longview mill, the group said Monday in a news release.

Close to 200 Unifor delegates kicked off bargaining preparations for the pattern agreement in the pulp and paper industry in Eastern Canada by selecting Resolute Forestry Products as the target company. Members at the Pulp and Paper Wage Policy Conference, held in Montreal on March 23 and 24, 2022, worked together to build a list of demands and choose the target employer.

Greif is outraged and dismayed at the invasion of Ukraine and the continuing attack on the country and its citizens. We strongly condemn the actions of the Russian government.

SWM International, a leading global producer of nonwoven media, has launched DelporeTM Advanced Filtration Media - ideal for surgical facemasks, N95 offerings, and other facemask applications.

To support the shift to renewable and recyclable materials in shopping and takeaway bags, Stora Enso launches CarrEco Brown™. Made from 100% fresh fibers, the material has high strength and tear resistance properties and is also safe for direct food contact.

Borregaard has entered into a ten-year sustainability-linked loan agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB). The USD 50 million loan will contribute to financing Borregaard's investments to reduce CO2 emissions and water effluents.

PEFC is the largest forest certification system in the world, with more than 330 million hectares of certified forests. An international nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, PEFC is dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification.

Union workers at the Sappi Somerset Mills approving a new three-year contract after threatening to go on strike earlier this week.

The new MOU will provide the framework for both organizations to work together to demonstrate a long-term commitment to support wetland and waterfowl stewardship throughout Weyerhaeuser's Canadian operating areas located in the temperate and boreal forest regions of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan.

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For more than 20 years, Domtar has put sustainability at the heart of everything we do. Our newest sustainability report details our sustainability priorities for the years ahead. We have developed these sustainability priorities through the leadership of our cross-company Environmental, Social and Governance Committee and with input from a wide variety of stakeholders.

A new report from Finland's Technical Research Center (VTT), "Recycling Food Packaging", highlights those technology solutions expected to become commercially available in the next five years and says partnerships are essential to deliver the necessary technological innovations in food packaging recycling.

Resolute is proud to be among 18 Quebec companies coming together to support families in need from Ukraine. Resolute will be working in collaboration with the other companies, government authorities, community leaders, and charitable organizations in an effort to secure employment opportunities and other assistance.

Kruger Products L.P. has entered into a charitable partnership with One Tree Planted Inc. to plant 100,000 trees throughout North America over the next three years, another example of Kruger Products' bold commitment to grow the company while still reducing its environmental footprint through its Reimagine 2030 sustainability initiative.

Sonoco expects operating results to be significantly better than previously expected due to strong price/cost recovery across most of its businesses.

A pdf document of the Sustainability Report 2021 can be downloaded from the website. The report is available in English.

This surcharge is necessitated by the impacts of rapidly escalating inflation and directly correlates to the significant increase in the Company's costs for energy, logistics, chemicals, and wood.

Peak Renewables Ltd. has acquired the Chetwynd Pulp Mill previously owned and operated by Paper Excellence. The Chetwynd Pulp Mill has not operated since 2015. Peak Renewables will remediate the mill site and repurpose the land and buildings to other industrial uses.

PotlatchDeltic will recognize a pre-tax noncash pension settlement charge in the first quarter of 2022.

The National Labor Board reports of the 226 votes counted on March 1, 110 chose to unionize and 116 voted against unionization.