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Consumers around the world are concerned about the effect of plastic-based packaging on the world’s oceans and on the climate. Paper packaging is a renewable, sustainable alternative.
With innovation and ingenuity, we are making our business and yours more eco-effective—reducing waste, emissions and maximising material and resource use at every opportunity. 
With Project Trado, we're exploring the use of blockchain technology to enhance the sustainability of the global supply chain for packaging solutions.
Together with our partners, we’re developing applications with woodfibre never imagined before.
We’re unlocking the chemistry of trees to meet the challenges of a carbon-constrained world. 
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
Talking to Nomathemba Sikhakhane, Forester, Glenthorpe Plantation, Mpumalanga.
Ensuring shared value throughout the forestry value chain
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
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
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.

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