2007 Annual Report - Sappi

Our Charter commitments
Examples of how we lived up to them
Promoting diversity, freedom of association Implementation of plans formulated as a result of diversity management
and not tolerating any form of discrimination. workshops held in financial 2006
Openly and constructively engaging with
our stakeholders.
Participating in the social and economic
development of the communities where we work.
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Managing the environmental impacts of our
activities by reducing our emissions, conserving
water and energy and decreasing waste.
Assessing and mitigating the environmental
impacts of new projects.
Utilising credible, independently certified
environmental management systems and
standards in our mills and plantations.
Conserving the environment and safeguarding
biodiversity by managing the impacts of our
processes, products and services and
promoting product stewardship.
Procuring our wood, fibre and other raw
materials from sustainable sources.
• Participated in the World Business Council on Sustainable Development
(WBCSD)
• Conducted employee engagement surveys in all regions to measure level
of employee commitment to Sappi
• Local forums at various mills promoted community engagement
Continued to implement our global ‘Ideas that Matter’ initiative; spending
US$3.6 million of corporate social investment worldwide
• Energy conservation efforts in our North American and European Mills showed
positive impacts, with direct energy use in North America and Europe
decreasing by 10% and 6.5% respectively per ton of air dry product between
2003 and 2007
• Clean Development Mechanism project began at Tugela Mill, in terms of which
biomass, rather than coal, is used in the boiler
• Cloquet Mill received the 2007 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award
from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable for outstanding energy
reduction results
• 78% of all energy used in Sappi’s North American mills generated from
renewable resources
• Participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project in South Africa
• The Amakhulu expansion project at Saiccor Mill in South Africa, will increase
the mill’s electrical energy generation by 70%, through the recovery of dissolved
wood solids for the generation of steam power and reduce the consumption
of coal by 20%
• At Gratkorn Mill in Europe, a combined heat and power (CHP) generation
plant which came on stream in July 2007, makes the mill fully self-sufficient
for all its steam and electricity needs, while reducing CO 2 emissions
• In 2007, Sappi Fine Paper Europe became the first paper company in Europe
to achieve both FSC and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest
Certification (PEFC) multi-site and cross-border group COC certification
for the entire European manufacturing and sales operation. This certification
includes Sappi Trading. All Sappi Fine Paper Europe mills remained fully certified
under ISO 14001 and EMAS (Eco Management and Audit system)
• In Southern Africa, all mills, with the exception of Usutu Mill, retained ISO 14001
certification. Enstra, Saiccor and Ngodwana Mills achieved FSC (COC)
certification, while Stanger Mill was PEFC certified
• The environmental management systems of Westbrook, Cloquet and
Somerset Mills in North America maintained ISO 14001 certification
Continued efforts to safeguard biodiversity in environmentally sensitive areas
by promoting eco-tourism and encouraging communities to develop a sense
of pride in natural resources through our ongoing partnership with the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in South Africa
• Continued participation in the three globally most recognised forest products
COC certification programmes: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), PEFC and
the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI ® )
• On average, more than 70% of the wood supplied to our mills in South Africa
is FSC certified. Contracted private growers operate in terms of group
FSC standards
• Over half of the virgin fibre used by our North American operations is certified
to a COC standard (SFI ® , FSC, PEFC)
• In Europe, over 62% of our fibre is from certified sources
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