Helping rural women to cultivate ‘good food for all’
As an anchor tenant in the rural space in Southern Africa, Sappi is acutely aware of the crucial role that rural women play in the agricultural labour force. With around 4,000 rural women employed directly or indirectly by Sappi Forests nationwide, the company provides decent work at equitable rates to its own and contractor employees. […]
Tight wood fiber supply and record high pulp prices have pushed the worldwide costs for pulplogs and wood chips upward 10% the past year
Wood fiber prices continued their two-year upward trend in the 2Q/22, with hardwood increasing faster than softwood. These trends are reflected in WRI’s two global wood fiber price indices (denominated in US dollars), which reached their highest levels since 2014 despite the strengthening of the US dollar against most other currencies. The global Hardwood Fiber […]
