To make the most of the tree is to make the most of life.
The world has changed since we founded our company 90 years ago. Since then, we have served as an ambassador to human capabilities and the ingenuity made possible by the tree, the source of everything we make and the motivation for all that we do.
When we look at a tree, we see endless possibilities: we see the books, the music, the tools and the shelter that the tree will provide. We see the cycle of use and growth and innovation, and how, even though everything changes, the memories remain – and can only endure in the sharing of them.
At Sappi, we look at a tree and we see the gift of its past and the untold stories yet to come. We make the most of the tree to make the most of life, building a better world where we all can thrive.
Sappi Made for life
Partner stories
Our partners value the tree in their own unique ways – and each has an extraordinary story to share.
From cactus to catalyst
Can the prickly pear cactus help to rescue the environmental reputation of the fashion industry? That’s the gamble of two idealistic entrepreneurs from Mexico, whose company is producing a sustainable cactus biopolymer for flexible materials which has become a promising alternative to leather and polyurethane, derived from a plant they call ‘a miracle of nature’.
Building a new Eden
The Eden Project may have sprung from a dreamlike vision, but it needed cold, hard practicality to bring it to life.
Ordinary people with an extraordinary vision
Transformed from a clay pit to a breathtaking botanical garden hosting thousands of plant species, this is the story of The Eden Project – built by ordinary people daring to be unreasonable.
Biological connections
Mary Scholes has spent her long career trying to see the bigger picture.
Paging through a lifetime
Miel Couvee is papermaking royalty. If you give him a sheet of paper, he can tell you the type of stock and the precise weight purely by the feel of it in his hand.
Sappi stories
Respect for the tree runs through everything we do at Sappi, embodied by the people who bring it to life – read their stories.
Planted in time
The forests Giovanni Sale helped map as a young planner in the mid-1990s are mature now.
A community of forests
Working as a forester for Sappi has shaped how Ethan lives his life, with work that reaches far beyond the forest – supporting communities and creating livelihoods rooted in nature.
One for the books
As a loyal Sappi employee surrounded by people with a deep love and respect for paper, for Maxine, paper is more than just a way to make a living – it’s a way of life.
A career rooted in conservation
What does it take to let nature flourish? As Environmental and Conservation Manager at Sappi Forests, Jabulani is dedicated to protecting land so that nature can prosper.