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Sappi managing biodiversity through protection of high value conservation areas
On the United Nation’s International Day of Biodiversity, celebrated on 22 May every year, the global community is called to re-examine its relationship to the natural world. In South Africa, where Sappi is one of the country’s major landowners, the company is proud to lay claim to this year’s theme which states: “We’re part of […]
Celebrating Forestry’s Role in Driving a Green Recovery
As we acknowledge the United Nations’ International Day of Forests on March 21, the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) applauds this year’s theme promoting “Forest Restoration as a Path to Recovery and Well-Being” as one that resonates with the positive impact that the forest products sector is making around the world. Forests […]
World Water Day: What does water mean to you?
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 […]
Forest Restoration – The Paper Story (PAMSA)
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 […]
Drive to Increase Recycling of Beverage Cartons
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 […]
Celebrating Women in Science
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, […]
Sappi Achieves First International PEFC Forest Certification In South Africa
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 […]
Wow, can wood really make that?
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, […]
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Can planks and paper packaging help solve the climate crisis?
New report shares how farmed trees, wood and fibre can be the root of a sustainable future amid urbanisation and population growth through carbon sequestration and storage, as well as material substitution. JOHANNESBURG – NOVEMBER 14, 2022 – A new report – The growing role of forest products in climate change mitigation – launched at […]
Paper and print still drive the modern world
In celebration of International Print Day on 26 October, Jane Molony, executive director of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) discusses the vital roles that paper and print play in society, as well as their role in environmental sustainability. Since the invention of the movable mass printing press by German goldsmith Johannes […]
President Ramaphosa opens Sappi Saiccor mill expansion and environmental upgrade project – increased foreign earnings for South Africa
Largest expansion and environmental upgrade project in over 80 years undertaken by Sappi in South Africa Significant contribution to Sappi’s decarbonisation commitments Additional R1 billion per annum direct contribution to the KZN economy Strengthens South Africa’s role as key global supplier of Lyocell, the fibre of the future for sustainable textiles A mammoth expansion and […]
Why South African businesses going paperless can do more harm than good
With South Africa celebrating Arbor Month in September, it is a good time to appreciate the role that all trees play in greening our cities, as a food source, in providing timber for construction, as a fuel and, of course, as paper, packaging and tissue. When it comes to paper, however, there is a still […]
PAMSA announces South African paper production and recycling statistics
South Africa recycled 1.15 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging in 2021, representing a paper recovery rate of 61.4%. “The 2021 recovery rate reflects a 9% drop on the previous year, which can be attributed to Covid-disrupted supply chains coming out of 2020 and into 2021, as well as a shift in the economy […]
Young, green innovators invited to enter Blue Sky Awards
Young researchers and innovators who are focused on greener, sustainable innovations using forest-based science are invited to enter the South African round of the global Blue Sky Awards by 31 July. The awards aim to reward pioneering work such as transforming wood-based raw materials into novel products, improving forestry techniques or pulping processes, or contributing […]
Paper industry association ups its Master of Chemical Engineering bursary to R320 000
The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) has announced that its bursary and research programme is now open for applications for the 2023/2024 intake. The programme, which offers R320 000 per student over two years, provides a limited number of eligible Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering) final year students and graduates with the opportunity […]
EARTH DAY 2022 – A climate case for wood, pulp and paper
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It’s fair to assume that most people, when considering ways to fight climate change, don’t immediately think of forestry. But there is a unique climate case for sustainable wood – it is the only material that can naturally and significantly decarbonise our planet by driving down demand for illegally harvested wood, and provide functional alternatives […]
Earth Day 2022: Invest in our Planet
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The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 and since then has grown into one of the largest environmental movements working with 50,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet.The current drive is to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century to keep the global temperature below 1.5°C. That will […]
Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Awards for the Global Forest Products Sector 2022-2023
THEME: Building a Lower Carbon Economy with Climate Positive Forestry and Forest Products The Blue Sky Young Researchers Innovation Awards is a global competition for students and young researchers who are passionate about forest-based science, products using forest-based raw materials, process improvements, climate positive forestry and forest products, clean manufacturing, the forest bioeconomy or other […]