Engaging with our Stakeholders

 

We provide opportunities for dialogue with the many stakeholders who impact our business. In our experience, this collaboration is beneficial to everyone.

We know which issues are important to our stakeholders through continual multilevel engagement across our customers, investors, employees, communities, and other relevant parties.

This engagement includes:

• organizing meetings and roundtable discussions on sustainability with our stakeholders;
• participating in discussions within and outside our industry through our memberships such as, the American Forest and Paper Association, The Confederation of European Paper industries (‘Cepi’), The Brazilian Tree Industry (‘Ibá’), the Nature Conservancy, the Fiber Box Association, European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (‘FEFCO’), the 4evergreen initiative, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (‘WBCSD’), Accounting for Sustainability (‘A4S’), and the Consumer Goods Forum;
• participating in CDP, EcoVadis, FTSE4Good, and The Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (‘SEDEX’) surveys, and benchmarking against UN SDGs; and
• participating in the development of forest certification as a member of groups such as: the American Tree Farm System (‘ATFS®’); FSC; PEFC; and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (‘SFI®’).

For stakeholders, our holistic approach to engagement ensures: 

• Relevance: Constant dialogue to understand their sustainable business drivers and how we can help expand their capabilities.
• Influence: Valuing their opinions and sharing best practices from working with a wide range of suppliers and customers.
• Value: We deliver value through sustainable business. We aim to understand the sustainability drivers that exist throughout our value chain.
• Impact: Sharing knowledge and expertise to increase understanding and  find sustainable solutions. We do this through training courses, roundtable discussions, and meetings, including awards and partnership debates.