Southern Africa - Sappi
Southern Africa - Sappi
Southern Africa - Sappi
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Key Planet issues<br />
Sustainability Report 2011<br />
Water<br />
As South <strong>Africa</strong> is a water stressed country, it was essential to include water<br />
usage into our sustainability targets. Our aim is to reduce total specific fresh<br />
water usage by 10% by end 2015 with 2007 as a base year.<br />
Specific water drawn<br />
Various specific water reduction projects have borne fruit. Examples are reductions at Stanger, Saiccor<br />
and Enstra Mills.<br />
Specific water drawn<br />
(m 3 /adt)<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011<br />
Water in forestry<br />
There is a general perception that forestry in South <strong>Africa</strong> uses excessive amounts of water. The fact is,<br />
however, that commercial forestry accounts for less than 3% of total water used in South <strong>Africa</strong>. This<br />
compares favourably with irrigated agriculture which uses 62%. Per unit of water consumption, forestry<br />
has a greater contribution to GDP than most other major water users.<br />
Solid waste<br />
<strong>Sappi</strong> has also placed focus on reducing solid waste from our manufacturing<br />
sites. A number of solid waste beneficiation projects were launched which<br />
resulted in the reduction in landfilled solid waste in recent years.<br />
Specific landfilled solid waste<br />
(ton/adt)<br />
0.4<br />
0.3<br />
0.3<br />
0.2<br />
0.2<br />
0.1<br />
0.1<br />
0<br />
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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