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On 22 March, we celebrate World Water day and the theme this year is “Valuing Water: what does water mean to you?” It is all about what water means to people, its true value, where it comes from and how can we better protect this vital resource. Bringing this closer to home Gerard Busse, Forest […]
March 12, 2021 2021 marks the start of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration which aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. The intended outcome is to increase ecological resilience and productivity by putting trees and forests back into degraded forest landscapes at a massive scale. It is thus no […]
South Africa is ahead of the curve for paper recycling – 68.4% of paper we use is recovered for recycling, against a global average of 59.3%. However, only a small percentage of that includes food and beverage cartons – which, if included, could increase the country’s paper recovery and recycling rate significantly. Francois Marais, manager […]
On Thursday 11 February – a day that is commemorated internationally by the United Nations to celebrate women who hold office in the field of science – we paid tribute to the women at Sappi for the role they play in helping us build a thriving world for all by unlocking the power of trees, […]
After years of collaboration and dedicated commitment in setting new forest certification standards for South Africa, Sappi is proud to announce that it has achieved the first PEFC endorsed SAFAS (Sustainable African Forest Assurance Scheme) certification in South Africa. This despite the unforeseen obstacles created by the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown restrictions.The SAFAS project has been a […]
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Boxes. Labels. Books. Your child’s first report card. A tissue for their first heartbreak. It’s paper – a renewable, recyclable material that is an inextricable, often invisible part of our lives. Think about it…from the moment we wake up to when we nod off with a book in hand, paper is there. The Paper Manufacturers […]
The wooden economy and the world’s ultimate renewable JOHANNESBURG – December 2, 2020 – For millennia, trees have provided mankind with fuel, food, fibre and medicine from their fruit, flowers, roots, wood, leaves and branches. In fact, many things we use daily are connected to wood. Printer paper, chewing gum, planks, viscose fabric, vitamins, pallets, […]
There’s long been a move towards less printing, a paperless society, and this is even more true in 2020. With many working from home, and schools closed for a large part of the year, there has been significantly less consumption of office paper. But that’s not necessarily as good as it sounds. Imagine I suggested […]
The trouble with fighting an invisible enemy is precisely that – you can’t see it. And when that same enemy is highly contagious – and potentially on any surface you touch – it’s easy to see why people are worried about contracting the virus that causes Covid-19 from packaged goods. However, leading international health organisations […]