Sustainability

Working together for sustainable sourcing in Europe

Since we don’t own forestland in Europe, we work closely with our partners to uphold our responsible sourcing practices and encourage sustainable forestry.
Using storytelling to improve safety

Using storytelling to improve safety

Sappi Forests owns and leases approximately 390,000 hectares of plantations and outsources planting, harvesting and other operations to contractors.
Expanding the role of women in Sappi Forests

Expanding the role of women in Sappi Forests in South Africa

Talking to Nomathemba Sikhakhane, Forester, Glenthorpe Plantation, Mpumalanga.
Ensuring shared value throughout the forestry value chain

Ensuring shared value throughout the forestry value chain in South Africa

The barriers to entry to tree-farming are high, and unaffordable for many. That’s where our tree grower enterprise development initiative, Sappi Khulisa, comes in.
Learning a different set of skills

Learning new skills during the pandemic in South Africa

Pattern-cutting and sewing are not skills generally associated with fitters, millwrights and instrument technicians. However, one of the key things COVID-19 has taught us is the importance of flexibility.
Giving people the tools to succeed

Giving people the tools to succeed in South Africa

Our focus is on equipping our people and the communities in which we operate with the life and career skills, knowledge and confidence to build on their own capabilities and further their development.
Actively participating in transformation

Contributing to transformation in South Africa

As a company headquartered in South Africa, with significant assets and people, transformation is an important component of our reputation and licence to trade.

Demonstrating the spirit of Ubuntu during the pandemic

Compassion and humanity. Those are the attributes of ‘ubuntu’. And that’s the spirit Sappi demonstrated during the Covid-19 pandemic in a number of different ways.

Abashintshi: planting seeds of opportunity

Long-lasting change comes from within individuals and within communities. Against this backdrop, in 2015, Sappi SA launched the Abashintshi (’Changers’ in isiZulu) programme.
Driving holistic Enterprise and Supplier Development

Supporting SMMEs in South Africa

Small businesses have been called ‘the backbone of any economy’. They fuel local growth and development, sustain workers in meaningful employment and provide vital services.

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