CANFOR EMBEDDING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS ITS DAYTO-DAY BUSINESS

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A global pulp leader is investing at least C$250m to reduce its GHG emissions, and plans to undergo the Science Based Targets initiative validation in 2024. Michelle Ward, Vice-President, Corporate Communications, details the ambitious and essential role businesses must play. A TWM report.

TWM/1: OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, CANFOR HAS ANNOUNCED A CARBON TARGET AND SEVERAL OTHER METRICS TO ADVANCE ITS SUSTAINABILITY. WHAT ARE THE KEY AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY, AND HOW WILL YOU ACHIEVE YOUR CARBON TARGET?

“While Canfor and Canfor Pulp have always considered sustainability as core to our business, in late 2020 Canfor started on an ambitious sustainability journey to think differently about what we do and how we can drive benefits not only for our planet, but also for our people, communities, customers and through our products.

“We look at sustainability as providing for the present needs without compromising the needs of future generations. This requires us to prioritise sustainability – producing renewable, sustainable low-carbon products – for the long term, and Canfor Pulp are on a journey to embed sustainability across our businesses and into how we do business every day.

1 Air and water reduction targets from a 2020 baseline year

“After undertaking a detailed assessment on what was important to our customers and other stakeholders, we set goals in a number of areas including safety, inclusion and diversity, sustainable forestry, climate change, energy management, and others. Overall, we identified 13 topics and have performance targets for nine, with development of the additional four in progress. This is where we are focusing our sustainability efforts.

“For example, in the topic of Sustainable Forestry, one target we have is to maintain 100% certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) or Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) for all Canfor-managed forests in Canada. This target has been achieved each year. We also maintain 100% certification to the SFI Fibre Sourcing Standard for all sourced wood in the United States. This assures customers that the pulp they purchase for their manufacturing is coming from third-party certified, sustainable sources.

“We also considering water and air quality in our pulp operations, beyond what is required of us by our regulators. In 2022 we set water and air quality targets1

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