This year’s Women’s Month coincided with the women’s netball and football world cups, providing the ideal time for Sappi to launch its #EmpowerHer netball programme in its neighbouring communities. Concerns raised by traditional councils over high teenage pregnancy rates and other societal challenges around Sappi’s KwaZulu-Natal-based mills, prompted the company to use sport as a […]

Consumers continue to believe electronic communication is more sustainable, with 49% agreeing that the Internet or “cloud” does not have a big environmental footprint, and 77% say that electronic communication is more environmentally friendly, according to the Two Sides ‘Trend Tracker Survey 2023’. The truth, however, is that paper and print products are among the […]

In celebration of Women’s Day in South Africa, She Is Forestry SA has launched the first four videos in a series aimed at inspiring the next generation of girls to stay in school and consider forestry and the myriad of career avenues it offers.  She Is Forestry SA, a non-profit forestry organisation promoting and uplifting […]

The trend to encourage consumers to go paperless may not be doing the good many think it is doing: that was the clear message from a roundtable discussion hosted on 5 July by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA. In fact, experts at the roundtable revealed, the perception that reducing paper consumption will […]

Agricultural transformation and green growth in Africa depend heavily on forests, which make up 35% of the continent’s land mass and are relied upon by more than a billion people. African youth can lead efforts and find solutions to preserve and revitalise the continent’s rich natural heritage by learning about forests. Several Forest Stewardship Council […]

The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) is offering BEng or BSc in Chemical Engineering students the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree with the help of a two-year R320 000 bursary backed by industry support. Samantha Choles, communications manager for PAMSA says “We must strengthen the bioeconomy through sustainable production if we are […]

By Jane Molony, executive director, Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa Despite misinformation to the contrary, using wood from sustainably managed forests to make things like paper and packaging can help the environment. With Earth Day coming up on 22 April, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) argues that using harvested wood products […]