Fiber

Our Saillat, France, mill relies on privately owned forests to meet its fiber supply needs. Our wood sourcing subsidiary in France, Comptoir des Bois de Brive (CBB), specializes in purchasing and harvesting timber from surrounding areas to supply the Saillat mill and other local commercial wood users.

Central to CBB’s fiber sourcing program is the FSC Forest Management Group Certificate (C109669), managed by Sylvamo Foret Services (SFS), Sylvamo’s environmental engineering subsidiary, which provides forest management and certification services to forestland owners in France. SFS has grown its membership to more than 3,000 landowners, representing 35,250 hectares, or nearly 25% of all FSC-certified forest areas in France. Both CBB and SFS have pioneered the development and application of FSC’s Ecosystem Services program in France, which creates economic incentives for landowners to protect and conserve areas of high conservation value.

Our Nymolla, Sweden, mill partners closely with a certified fiber supplier to ensure all purchased fiber meets the requirements of our global fiber procurement policy, which requires that we only use fiber from responsibly managed forests. A majority of the fiber used by the Nymolla mill is sourced within a 90 kilometer (56 mile) radius. The mill holds chain of custody fiber certifications according to FSC (C084255) and PEFC (PEFC/10-31-179) standards and employs a traceability system to document and verify the origin of wood used.

Brazil is the only country in which we own forestland, allowing us to implement forest management programs having a beneficial ecological footprint, such as our Bem Te Vi stewardship program. Bem Te Vi tracks wildlife activity in our forests to understand and conserve biodiversity on our land.

We own 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of forestland, located near our mills where we grow eucalyptus trees that provide a sustainable source of high-quality hardwood fiber. Eucalyptus trees grow to maturity within seven years and produce an ideal fiber for papermaking. Less eucalyptus wood is required to manufacture pulp compared to many other commonly used species. Its fast growth rate and efficiency make it an environmentally attractive species for papermaking, as well as for generating renewable energy. 

Nearly all of our owned forestland is certified to FSC and PEFC forest management standards. View our Forest Management Plan.

To provide wood to our Eastover, South Carolina, and Ticonderoga, New York, mills, we work with a fiber supplier certified to the major chain of custody standards. It supplies fiber harvested from nearby responsibly managed forests.

Approximately three-quarters of the wood used at our Ticonderoga mill is sourced in New York, with the remainder coming primarily from Vermont and New Hampshire. Nearly all of the wood used at our Eastover mill comes from South Carolina and North Carolina. 

 Most of this fiber comes from privately owned forests, which promotes the economic development of communities within these areas. It also creates opportunities for engaging local forestland owners about good sustainable forest management practices, helping preserve local forest ecosystems for the benefit of these communities.