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Out of nearly 15,000 companies scored, UPM is one of only 12 companies that achieved the triple 'A'.

Billerud, a Swedish paper and pulp manufacturer, is eyeing the Escanaba Mill to upgrade from producing paper to making an advanced paper product known as paperboard or cartonboard.

Property, personal injury settlements to be catalyst for rebuild of Weed, Ca., communities.

Helen Mets is appointed President and CEO of Ahlstrom, effective January 1, 2023. With the company entering the next phase of growth and transformation, Helen will succeed current President and CEO Hans Sohlström, who has contributed greatly to Ahlstrom's success since 2016. Hans will leave Ahlstrom at the end of December to pursue new opportunities outside the company.

A firefighter was transported to Jefferson Healthcare for exhaustion-related symptoms from fighting a fire Tuesday morning at the Port Townsend Paper Mill.

In the first step, a new silicone coater will be installed at the Pulaski, New York site in mid-2023. The second step is the expansion of the paper machine capacity in Drummondville, Canada, from currently 32,000 tons to over 40,000 tons per year.

Foundry's Computerworld has announced International Paper as a 2023 Best Places to Work in IT, ranking 29 out of 100. This award recognizes the top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Organizations will be included in coverage on Computerworld.com along with results from the 2023 Best Places to Work in IT survey.

The LP Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has five philanthropic programs: Grants and Sponsorships, Disaster Relief, Community Mill Grants, Employee Nonprofit Board Sponsorships, and the Employee Charitable Giving Match Program.

Lenzing one of only 12 companies worldwide that were recognized with an outstanding triple "A".

Overall, Sofidel placed in the top 10% of more than 15,000 global companies evaluated. Sofidel also ranked first over 120 companies in Sustainalytics' household products category.

Crown Paper Group announced that Will Lindsay has been named Chief Executive Officer, effective December 19, 2022. Lindsay most recently served as Senior Director, Global Papers Strategy and Product Optimization at WestRock and brings to this role extensive experience across the paper and packaging industry.

Boyd is a seasoned executive with over 35 years of experience with global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies.

Now entering its second decade, FSP has funded 156 projects across twelve states that will restore, enhance or protect more than 1.2 million acres of forest habitat once all projects are completed.

Essity has once again been recognized for its leadership in sustainability by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP. The company is awarded a place on CDP's prestigious A List for its work in combating deforestation.

Valmet and Opal have agreed to extend the Mill Maintenance Operations Agreement and thus continue the long-term co-operation for mill maintenance services at Opal's B9 board making line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

CDP's evaluation is based on the company's disclosure about its strategy, targets, governance, risks and opportunities, risk management and actions in the last reporting year related to climate change mitigation and development of low-carbon technology and solutions.

The equipment installation is expected to be completed during the second half of 2023.

Mondi has started production at its €16 million plant in Tangier (Morocco), increasing production capacity in West Africa to over 500 million bags each year.

Stora Enso is investing Euro 38 million in unbleached kraft pulp (UKP) production at its Enocell site in Finland and Euro 42 million in fluff pulp production improvement at its Skutskär site in Sweden. These investments will support the growing consumer demand for non-bleached renewable packaging materials and hygiene products respectively.

Georgia-Pacific's $425 million investment is the largest single investment in the history of Jackson.

Södra's research foundation is now distributing seven million kroner to nine research projects to promote the development of family forestry. A number of the projects focus on how forestry is affected by an increasingly warmer climate in Sweden.

The department contends Nippon went over discharge limits three times at the sanitary treatment plant in November 2020, according to a notice of penalty the ecology department sent to Nippon.

Joséphine Edwall Björklund, Essity's Senior Vice President, Communications, and member of the company's Executive Management Team, will adopt a new role at Essity and will therefore be leaving the Executive Management Team.

PT. Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper ("PT. RAPP"), the operating arm of the leading sustainable fibre and product producer Asia Pacific Resources International Limited ("APRIL"), a member of the Singapore-headquartered Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) group of companies founded by Sukanto Tanoto, has received an award for the largest foreign investment in the Riau Province in Indonesia, for the January to September period in 2022.

UPM has agreed to sell the Renforsin Ranta business park in Kajaani to Kansallisholding Oy. The site will be operated by Redeve Oy, the parent company of Kansallisholding, specialising in the ownership and development of industrial real estate.