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GLOBAL paper and pulp group Sappi ‘s efforts to measure, monitor, manage and mitigate its carbon emissions have been recognised by its prominent ranking in the South African Carbon Disclosure Project 2009 Leadership Index.
Sappi (SAP) was ranked fifth in terms of the quality of its disclosure and included in the first ever top performers list of 16 companies in terms of its actual performance on climate mitigation and adaptation actions. No ranking was provided in this regard.
In the last few years, climate change has become a key agenda item for consumers and businesses around the world. However, Sappi’s focus on reducing its carbon footprint pre-dates this current focus by many years.
Ria Sanz, Sappi’s Group Corporate Counsel and Global Leader on Sustainable Development said: “As far back as 2000, Sappi instituted a system for measuring greenhouse gases (GHGs), based on the premise of ‘measure, monitor, manage and mitigate’.
“Since that time, one of our key strategic goals has been to reduce our carbon footprint by improving energy-use efficiency and decreasing our reliance on fossil fuels. This has been achieved through numerous actions which include reducing purchased energy (electricity and fossil fuel) and by increasing the use of renewable energy
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