Plantation-Grown Fiber

Our forestry operations in Australia and Uruguay are in plantations. Our mills in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, Uruguay and Brazil) use wood fiber from only 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 located on the eastern coast, far from the Amazon rainforest. 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. See our Wood-Procurement Standard for more information.