We grow our business through diversification, circularity and responsible production practices.
Contributing to SDGs:
We’re committed to adopting circular practices that help us recycle waste products, some for reuse, while reducing carbon emissions. This is what defines our chemical reduction and recovery strategy. Under this strategy, we avoid chlorine bleaching methods of production and actively recover soda from our fibre production to refine it for alternative fuel and for reuse in our pulp-making process. We also reclaim the lime by-product from our pulping process and capture the carbon produced by our lime kiln, both being reused elsewhere in our production.
Our commitment to circular production extends to water consumption. While this isn’t an issue at our plantations, which are naturally irrigated by rainfall, our mills are water intensive. To maximise water efficiency, our efforts here include recycling, wastewater management, and upgrades or retrofits of our equipment.
Achieved 51.3% reduction of solid waste to landfill against 2019 baseline
One of our Sustainable Growth targets is to reduce the solid waste we send to landfill by 80%. One of the ways we do this is through waste-to-value projects. For example, sludge from our wastewater treatment is used as feedstock to fuel our boiler. Another target is to source 20% of the cellulosic fibre we need for VSF production from recycled textiles.
This is a huge area of opportunity that we are in the early stages of unlocking. Progress on this front includes a textile technology we patented in May 2023 to successfully manufacture viscose using a blend of 50% recycled textile pulp and regular dissolving wood pulp.
