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The sustainability of packaging production is a critical and ongoing consideration by consumers, retailers and brand owners. While the pursuit of environmental friendliness – or the appearance of it – drives the push towards more recycled fibres, virgin or new fibres are still essential in the manufacturing of high-quality, durable, and sustainable paper products.
Finding Biodiversity in Timber Plantations The loss of biodiversity that underpins life on earth, and the ecosystem services upon which we depend, is a massive red flag for every country in the world, South Africa included. As populations increase, more land is transformed from its natural state, and inevitably, the biodiversity supported by those natural […]
Wood is the wonder fibre of the world. Multifunctional and renewable, when used sustainably, wood and its components are an indispensable part of the everyday life. “Biotechnology and innovation are helping the forest product sector to use sustainably farmed trees in ways we never imagined possible,” says Jane Molony, executive director of the Paper Manufacturers […]
Global Recycling Day takes place annually on 18 March. While South Africa recycles an average 1.1 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging each year, a significant amount is lost when it is discarded with wet waste, lost to the environment as litter or stored up in homes and businesses as documents and paper packaging. […]
Commenting on the group’s results, Sappi Chief Executive Officer Steve Binnie said: “Within the context of ongoing challenging global macroeconomic conditions and weak paper markets I am pleased that the group delivered EBITDA of US$156 million, which was in line with guidance provided in the prior quarter.” Profitability was negatively impacted by approximately US$45 million […]
Important changes concerning safety and security data reporting requirements Safety and security changes in the transportation of goods by sea, road and rail to the EU The European Union’s new customs pre-arrival safety and security system – Import Control System 2 (ICS2) – will introduce a new process for entry of goods by maritime and […]
Five small timber growers in KwaZulu-Natal, have made history by becoming the first participants in the Sappi Khulisa programme to achieve forest certification through the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) in the Sappi Group Scheme for small growers. The five timber growers, with a total 8,143 hectares of timber area, have been […]
The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) enlisted South Africa as one of the 16 countries that participated in this year’s global ‘Trend Tracker Survey’. The biennial consumer research study, driven by Two Sides, seeks to understand consumer perceptions towards print and paper products, looking specifically at environmental awareness, reading habits, and packaging preferences. […]
A KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) based transport company received a tremendous boost thanks to an enterprise and supplier development partnership MOU signed in 2022 between Sappi Southern Africa and the Ithala Development Finance Corporation Limited (IDFC). Sanele Mkhize, Managing Director of Exodec 384 CC, took delivery of three brand new Mercedes trucks valued at R11.6 million on […]