Sustainable Forestry in South America and Australia

Our forestry operations in Australia and Uruguay take place on plantations, and our mills in Australia, Uruguay, and Brazil use wood fiber only from our own plantations or other plantations nearby. For example, we buy the raw material for our Lyptus® premium hardwood, which is produced by our joint-venture sawmill in Brazil, from plantations on the eastern coast, far from the Amazon rain forest. These plantations, owned by others, are interspersed among indigenous forests so that one-third of the area is kept in native vegetation, helping maintain elements of the natural ecosystem. Our procurement standard precludes the purchase of wood products from forests at risk, which are defined in our procurement guidelines.