Annual recognition honors organizations
committed to business integrity through robust ethics,
compliance, and governance programs
MEMPHIS,
Tenn., March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --
International Paper a Memphis-based sustainable packaging solutions
company has received the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies®
recognition by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and
advancing the standards of ethical business practices.
International Paper has been recognized 19 times and is one of
only two honorees in the Forestry, Packaging & Paper industry.
In 2025, 136 honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and 44
industries.
"At International Paper, Ethics is a company value that is
central to our mission of making the world safer and more
productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time," said
Andy Silvernail, Chairman and CEO,
International Paper. "Being named one of the 2025 World's Most
Ethical Companies nineteen times is a testament to our team's focus
on creating a great place to work by doing the right things, in the
right ways, for the right reasons, all of the time."
"Our success is rooted in responsible decision-making and
actions," said Joseph Saab, Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary,
International Paper. "Our core value of Ethics helps to foster
dignity, respect, openness and accountability, and our policies and
processes reinforce these values."
"Congratulations to International Paper for achieving
recognition as one of the World's Most Ethical
Companies®. Behind this honor is a true dedication and a
commitment to advancing business integrity. This approach is good
for business – employees and other stakeholders value companies
that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure with our
process," said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy
Officer and Executive Chair.
Ethics & Performance: The Ethics Premium
The listed 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® Honorees
outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8
percentage points from January 2020
to January 2025.
Methodology & Scoring
The World's Most Ethical
Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics
Quotient®, which requires companies to provide 240+ different
proof points on practices that support robust ethics and
compliance; governance; a culture of ethics; environmental and
social impact; and initiatives that support a strong value chain.
That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by our panel of
experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each
year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating
framework to capture and codify best-in-class ethics and compliance
practices from organizations across industries and from around the
world.
Honorees
To view the full list of this year's
honorees, please visit the World's Most Ethical Companies website,
at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.
About International Paper
International Paper (NYSE:
IP; LSE: IPC) is the global leader in sustainable packaging
solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA
(Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team
members and serve customers around the world with operations in
more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the
world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution
at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6
billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith
creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing
North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be
found by visiting www.internationalpaper.com.
About Ethisphere
Ethisphere is the global leader in
defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices
that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace,
and deliver business success. Companies turn ethics, compliance,
and culture into a business advantage by leveraging Ethisphere's
data-driven program and culture assessments featuring the latest
guidance and the practices of hundreds of global organizations
across the 8 pillars of an ethical culture, and 240+ ethics,
compliance, social, and governance data points delivered through a
proprietary software platform. Ethisphere also honors superior
integrity programs through World's Most Ethical Companies®
recognition, brings together a community of industry experts with
the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and advances
ethical business practices through the Global Ethics Summit,
Ethisphere Magazine and the Ethicast podcast. For more
information, visit https://ethisphere.com.
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