Our Position
Australian Paper purchases wood fibres from independent sustainable forest suppliers. We are increasing the auditing of our suppliers to ensure that they are compliant with our sustainability principles and we constantly review the suppliers we work with.

The fibre used in Australian Paper's manufacturing is sourced from sawmill residue, sustainably managed hardwood forests, managed hardwood and softwood plantations, imported pulp and waste paper. No fibre is sourced, either as timber or pulp, from old growth forest.

Australian Paper acknowledges the importance of plantation fibre and, as this resource becomes increasingly available in Australia, we expect to significantly increase the amount of plantation fibre used.

Our Performance
64% of fibre used at our largest Mill (Maryvale) is derived from sources that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This is a worldwide scheme supported by the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace. The remaining fibre used at this Mill comes from recycled material or timber owned by the State Government of Victoria. State-owned timber will be certified under the Australian Forest Standard by June 2006, providing independent assurance that this timber is managed for long-term sustainability. As a part of Maryvale's $258m expansion, the use of Native State Forest timber will be phased out by 2017 and no extra Native State Forest will be harvested as a result of this investment.

100% of Shoalhaven's fibre is purchased from off-site plantation sources.

All Tasmanian Eucalypt fibre is sourced from ISO 14001 certified suppliers. Pine fibre is sourced from ISO 14001 certified plantations.

Australian Paper purchases around 200,000 tonnes of pulp from a variety of countries within the international market each year.

Imported pulps are used at all Australian Paper Mills. In some cases, imported pulp is used to achieve specific properties in the end product such as strength or opacity. In other cases it is used to supplement our own pulp production when demand for pulp exceeds pulping capacity.

Imported pulp is only sourced from suppliers with Environmental Management Systems certified to ISO 14001 or FSC certification and is Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF).

Recycled products form a significant part of our total product range, with recycled content between 10% and 100% depending on the intended use.

We are committed to proactively encouraging suppliers to improve their environmental performance by insisting they act in a legal and sustainable fashion and are committed to continuous improvement.