Australian Paper's Future Fibre Strategy
Australian Paper announced a comprehensive stakeholder
engagement program in June 2011 as part of a review of our long
term fibre sourcing strategy. The Future Fibre Strategy review was
launched to examine all of Australian Paper's fibre sources with a
focus on securing additional planation fibre.
An important component of the review was the stakeholder
engagement process. Australian Paper has a wide range of
stakeholders including Federal, State and Local Government, our
customers, Environmental Non Government Organisations, suppliers,
industry associations, unions, forest certification bodies and our
employees. The objective was to use this engagement process to
arrive at a strategy which optimises our economic, social and
environmental sustainability.
The review also examined the potential for sourcing plantation
wood from Western Victoria and included a detailed study of this
option. Australian Paper has a 30 year planning window for fibre
supply and the review reflected long term prospects for plantation
timber, recycled fibre and managed regrowth state forests.
The Future Fibre Strategy was released in September 2011 and
found that by exploring a wide range of plantation options and
initiatives, Australian Paper expects to progressively lift our
proportion of plantation and recycled fibre to three quarters of
our total fibre mix. The review of Western Victoria by forest
management experts Poyry found that there were significant barriers
preventing a full transition to this resource. However we do plan
to access some of the closest wood from Western Victoria as part of
the overall strategy.
One of the key learnings from the Future Fibre Strategy has been
the importance of consistent and ongoing stakeholder engagement for
Australian Paper. We will continue to commit to this process into
the future so that we can maintain our economic, social and
environmental balance as a leading Australian manufacturer.
On this page you can access the June 22 media release announcing
the launch of the Future Fibre Strategy, the September 8 Media
Release covering the key outcomes of the review and the Poyry
Report examining the option of supply from Western Victoria.
