Domtar’s Sustainability Report Highlights Progress in Long-Term Strategy
July 18 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Less waste, lower greenhouse gas emissions, fewer workplace
injuries. Less of each of these means a more sustainable business
and highlights how Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) is
working smart for the long term.
The company released its 2017 Sustainability Report today,
detailing the company’s endeavors to take a longer term view of
creating and preserving value for our shareholders, customers,
employees and communities.
The report focuses on the areas of Caring for People and
Communities, Efficient Manufacturing, and Responsible Sourcing and
Logistics. It details the company’s priorities, challenges and
progress via engaging stories and stunning visuals, making the
piece approachable for different audiences.
"Our various stakeholders believe, as do we, that caring about
our environment, our communities and our people helps us better
meet our business objectives and deliver returns for the long
term,” explained John D. Williams, Domtar's president and
CEO. “At Domtar, everyone has a role in sustainability. We do not
want sustainability to be an annex – we want it to be integrated
into our everyday management.”
That commitment to integration resulted in key accomplishments
highlighted in the 2017 report, including:
- 53 percent reduction in recordable
safety incidents since 2008.
- 33 percent reduction in waste to
landfill at pulp and paper mills since 2013.
- 4,000+ hours contributed by employees
at company-sponsored events.
- 13 percent reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions at pulp and paper mills since 2010.
- 5 percent reduction in water use at
pulp and paper mills since 2012.
Caring for People and Communities
Domtar employees are actively engaged in improving safety, using
forward-looking safety techniques. These aim to address potential
hazards before they result in an injury. In 2016, employees logged
more than 290,000 leading safety activities across the company.
These include things like reporting potential unsafe acts and
conducting pre-task risk assessments. This approach helps reinforce
a culture of employee engagement and contributes to reducing the
number and severity of injuries.
The company’s role in communities goes beyond that of principal
employer. For every 100 jobs in the Domtar facilities, an
additional 325 jobs are created. And within those communities,
Domtar contributes thousands of dollars and thousands of hours to
improve lives through efforts focused on literacy, health and
wellness, and sustainability.
Efficient Manufacturing
Domtar’s three-part approach to improving the sustainability of
its energy consumption is yielding results. The company has
converted most of its carbon-intensive, coal-powered boilers to
cleaner-burning and less carbon-intensive natural gas. The company
is also improving efficiency across its mill system and is
optimizing its self-generation of electric power.
As a result, 75 percent of the energy used in Domtar pulp and
paper mills comes from renewable biomass sources, largely generated
from wood processing and pulping byproducts.
Responsible Sourcing and Logistics
Domtar’s demand for locally sourced wood creates incentives for
landowners to keep forests as forests. The company’s collaboration
with landowners and other partners promotes the benefits of
sustainable forest management and third-party certification, which
provides an additional level of assurance of responsible forest
management.
The company has continued to meet 34 percent of its fiber needs
with certified wood, including 19 percent from Forest Stewardship
Council® (FSC®)-certified sources, even as overall FSC acres have
declined in the United States.
Domtar's 2017 Sustainability Report, “Working Smart for the Long
Term,” was prepared in accordance with the “core option” of the
Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting
Guidelines. This framework encourages companies to focus their
sustainability reports thoughtfully on the issues that matter most
to their customers, employees, shareholders and other
stakeholders.
Making products for which there is growing demand, leveraging
our access to renewable wood fiber, repurposing our assets for
biorefining, and turning byproducts into new revenue streams have
become central to Domtar’s plan for long-term sustainable
growth.
To view more information on the company's sustainability
practices, including the full report, please visit
domtar.com/sustainability.
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About DomtarDomtar is a leading provider of a wide
variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty
and packaging papers, market pulp and absorbent hygiene products.
With approximately 10,000 employees serving more than 50 countries
around the world, Domtar is driven by a commitment to turn
sustainable wood fiber into useful products that people rely on
every day. Domtar’s annual sales are approximately $5.1 billion,
and its common stock is traded on the New York and Toronto Stock
Exchanges. Domtar’s principal executive office is in Fort Mill,
South Carolina. To learn more, visit www.domtar.com.
Forward-Looking StatementsStatements in this release
about our plans, expectations and future performance, including the
statements by Mr. Williams and those contained under “Outlook,” are
“forward-looking statements.” Actual results may differ materially
from those suggested by these statements for a number of reasons,
including changes in customer demand and pricing, changes in
manufacturing costs, future acquisitions and divestitures,
including facility closings, and the other reasons identified under
“Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for 2016 as filed with the SEC and
as updated by subsequently filed Form 10-Q’s. Except to the extent
required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation to update or
revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or
circumstances or otherwise.
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