Consumables

NewPage Releases 2011-12 Sustainable Development Report

Tuesday 11. December 2012 - NewPage Corporation, the leading producer of printing and specialty papers in North America, announced today the release of its 2011-12 Sustainable Development Report, Making a Difference.

“Because our products come from the forest, NewPage has a unique opportunity to make a difference to the world around us by managing and using resources sustainably,” said George Martin, president and chief executive officer for NewPage. “At NewPage sustainability means operating in a way that meets our company’s need to thrive and grow without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same. We know that we need to continuously improve to meet our sustainability goals, and we have a long history of doing this in all aspects of our business.”
NewPage produces an annual sustainable development report to provide its stakeholders a look at the company’s performance and activities designed to improve the way we manage human, natural and financial resources. The company focuses on five key areas of sustainability:
1. Healthy, Safe and Engaged Employees
2. Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials
3. Efficient and Sustainable Manufacturing
4. Responsible and Safe Products
5. Strong, Viable Communities
Making a Difference provides an overview of the company’s performance and latest actions in these five key areas. Highlights from the report include:
— Improved safety performance with a Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) of
2.14 in 2011 compared to 2.65 in 2010.
— Increased chain-of-custody certified product sales to 28 percent of
total sales (up two percent from 2010).
— Procured 48 percent of its fiber from certified and recycled sources
(down one percent from 2010), and all fiber was procured from North
America and in compliance with the requirements of the U.S. Lacey Act
and European Union Timber Regulation for legal fiber sources. All
NewPage mills also have maintained chain-of-custody systems that are
third-party certified to FSC(), PEFC and SFI standards.
— Met 95% of the pulp needs for our paper products from internal pulp
production.
— Fifty-four percent of the total energy used in NewPage operations was
produced from biomass fuels, a renewable energy source primarily derived
from the company’s manufacturing byproducts (up one percent from 2010).
— Achieved a 12 percent reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions from
2005 levels, bringing NewPage closer to the company’s goal to cut total
greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.
— Researched, developed and launched four new products: TrueJet(),
Sterling() Premium, PointTrac((TM)) TT and OmniPoint((TM)) over the
past two years.
— Continued to contribute time and financial resources to charitable
organizations and strategic partners. Partnerships with nonprofit
organizations like World Resources Institute and customers such as
L.L.Bean and McGraw-Hill have been formed to help preserve and increased
the amount of certified forestland and improve the recycling practices
of paper products at the end of their useful life.
“Despite the challenges our company has faced, we made real progress on all fronts in 2011 and 2012. While we had to make many tough decisions, we kept our eyes on our business strategy and focus on our employees and customers. We drove productivity using Lean Six Sigma and launched a number of important new products to position NewPage for sustainable success,” said Martin.