The Sustainable Forest Initiative (FSI) is a nonprofit organisation that advances sustainability through forest-focused collaboration and manages one of the largest forest certification standards in the world. Nearly 2 300 people and organisations...
On this decarbonisation journey, we're bringing together the brilliance of technology, the power of nature and the creativity of people. While this is an immense challenge, it is one we are embracing with enthusiasm and steadfast det...
What is forest certification?Forest certification is a well-established tool to ensure that responsible forest management practices are implemented in the forest, and that wood from certified forests can be identified throughout the supply chain. Cer...
Forest management and harvesting can be contentious and controversial, especially in a densely populated area or public lands that are cherished for their serenity, recreational opportunities and conservation values. At Sappi, we believe that the ri...
As you most likely know, many of the fonts Zapf drew are considered classics today—Palatino, Optima and, of course, the Zapf dingbats which formed the basis for Unicode’s symbols. He started designing type in a completely different era when he di...
Gulp! 500 million. That was a shock to me. I immediately thought it would all go to digital. But as the commentator continued, it turns out that it will mostly go to Television--another surprise. The commentator asked if that was happening because th...
Recent data collected by Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization (PRIMIR), the premier market research association of the graphic communications industry, valued the global print market in 2007 at $557 billion dollars and they a...
According to the American Booksellers Association (ABA), from 2009 to 2015, the number of independent ABA member bookstores has increased by 27%. Sales at independent bookstores are outpacing the growth of book sales in general. In January 2016, the ...
The ripple effects of our Ideas that Matter program have hit the shore here at Sappi, just as they continue to spread to external programs and people. If you’ve read or heard about Ideas that Matter, or if you’ve ever entered or won a grant, you ...
In an effort to ease the shortage of masks, Sappi procured thousands of surgical masks for community clinics and health care centres in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. But there was also a need for thousands more reusable cloth masks for our own employ...