| Who is Sappi? |
Sappi Fine Paper North America's (SFPNA) Sustainable Forestry Program features a highly trained and trustworthy team of forest professionals including licensed foresters with the State of Maine and team members with degrees in forestry and wildlife ecology, some with over 20 years of experience. SFPNA is one of the leading producers and suppliers of coated fine paper, pulp and release papers in the United States.
SFPNA is comprised of multiple mills including two mills in Maine, Somerset (Skowhegan) and Westbrook. SFPNA is the leading North American producer of coated fine paper used in premium magazines, catalogues, books and high-end print advertising. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, SFPNA is a division of Sappi Limited (NYSE:SPP), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Learn more about Sappi at: www.sappi.com.
As of February 2008, each of Sappi's coated fine paper mills in North America—Somerset Mill and Cloquet Mill, have triple chain of custody certifications to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) programs, and renewed certification to the 2005-2009 SFI® Standard, which was first achieved in 2004. In addition, the Cloquet and Somerset Mills are also certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiatives' Fiber Sourcing program. All certifications were achieved through independent third-party audits managed by Bureau Veritas.
For more information about Sappi's sustainablility iniatives, please refer to the 2009 Sustainability Report, and the brochure, Negotiating the Maze of Paper and Sustainability.
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Four things really pleased me about SAPPI's harvest of my woodlot: George A. Smith |
