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Domtar releases first post-integration sustainability report, marking a milestone toward 2030 goals

Domtar — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:13 +0000

In a major stride toward its ambitious 2030 sustainability strategy, Domtar, a leading North American manufacturer of diversified forest products, released its sustainability report. The report, entitled Building on Strong Legacies, is the first comprehensive release since the successful operational unification of Domtar’s three legacy companies last October under the Domtar brand.

“This report delivers an initial view of our unified company’s performance across a comprehensive set of sustainability indicators,” says John D. Williams, non-executive chairman of the Domtar management board. “It marks a pivotal milestone in our journey following the May 2025 release of our 2030 sustainability strategy and sets the stage for continued progress.”

The report overviews that strategy, and its data disclosures address environmental, social and governance indicators that align with internal and external priorities identified during strategy development. Disclosures cover energy use, carbon emissions and other environmental impacts, forest management and fibre procurement, safety, community investments and the company’s workforce profile.

These disclosures will be an important internal performance-management tool as the company continues to pursue its 2030 targets, along with a resource to understand Domtar’s practices, objectives and progress over time. Future reports will be tied more specifically to tracking our progress on those targets.

“While we’ve set ambitious targets for ourselves, the strength of our starting position and momentum is evident in the outcomes and recognition detailed in this report,” Williams adds. That includes Domtar’s ranking as one of the “Private 25 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” by Corporate Knights in 2025.

Qualitative content within the report is structured with reference to the three strategic pillars of Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities, and Responsible Business. It highlights long-standing and deeply rooted commitments across the company’s operations to invest in innovation and performance improvement and to foster greater resilience.

“We are consolidating our sustainability report and unifying our CDP submissions, ensuring everyone can evaluate our environmental performance holistically as an integrated company,” says Sabrina de Branco, global chief sustainability officer.

“One of our key priorities is achieving full compliance with applicable recognized international reporting standards by 2030,” de Branco adds. “While this report marks a solid starting point, it’s only the beginning. We are committed to advancing our sustainability strategy, driving continuous improvement in both performance and transparency over the next five years and beyond.”

View the full and summary reports: Sustainability.domtar.com

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Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy: Responsible business

Domtar — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:33:37 +0000

Domtar is committed to operating with honesty, integrity and transparency. Our 2030 Sustainability Strategy focuses our efforts toward that goal. Guided by 12 objectives across our operations, products and value chain, as well as our communities and partnerships, our integrated approach reflects our commitment as a leading manufacturer of diversified forest products.

This article concludes our three-part series on Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy. In the first installment, we explored our work in Environmental Stewardship. Next, we highlighted the social pillar of our strategy: Our People and Communities. Here, we’ll share our dedication to Responsible Business practices — the foundation for how we engage customers, business partners and other stakeholders ethically, transparently and sustainably.

“Companies are being held to ever-higher standards in terms of the ethics of their conduct and their capacity for innovation and collaboration,” explains Steve Henry, president of Domtar’s Paper and Packaging business unit and member of the Domtar Management Board. “These practices aren’t merely compliance check boxes or ‘nice to haves.’ They represent both the right thing to do and smart business decisions, as they enhance our long-term resilience.”

He continues, “Responsible Business is an opportunity to distinguish ourselves in the marketplace and strengthen our business foundation. Our executive team firmly believes that ethical business practices and innovation directly contribute to our resilience and long-term success. This belief is embedded in how we make decisions at every level of the organization.”

Within our Responsible Business pillar are four key objectives.

Ethical and Sustainable Leadership

We’re proud of our track record when it comes to ethics and sustainability. Our legacy companies have built robust internal mechanisms to ensure compliance with our own Global Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and our Global Sustainability Policy, as well as with third-party certification standards and regulatory and legislative requirements.

Moving forward, we aim to go above and beyond these Responsible Business practices to ensure that we also uphold internationally recognized sustainability reporting standards.

By 2030, we will:

Fully comply with international sustainability standards across Domtar and sister companies under Domtar’s control.
Complete a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) report covering all global operations under Domtar’s control.

Innovation

Innovation is essential to Domtar’s sustainable growth. Within this Responsible Business objective, we will drive sustainability through product, process and value chain innovation. This will enable us to deliver measurable environmental and business value while advancing circular solutions that minimize waste.

By 2026, we will integrate sustainability as a formal criterion in research and development and capital investment decisions.
By 2030, we will ensure a significant and growing share of innovation-related investments support sustainability objectives compared to 2025.

Learn more about why innovation is an important part of sustainability.

Human Rights

Domtar has a longstanding commitment to human rights. However, we recognize the need to expand our focus beyond our operations to elevate performance throughout our value chain.

Building on our existing due diligence practices — such as periodic supplier assessments — we are reinforcing our safeguards to protect labor and human rights, safe work conditions and absence of abuse, including child and forced labor across our supply network.

Our targets include:

By 2026, we will establish a global human rights policy aligned with international standards, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
By 2030, we will conduct comprehensive human rights risk assessments across our value chain and implement measures to mitigate identified risks.

Partnerships and Accountability

Meeting our Responsible Business goals requires strong partnerships — especially with organizations that challenge us, support us and help us continuously improve.

We’re proud to collaborate with organizations such as the American Forest Foundation, where we support biodiversity efforts and small forest landowners, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada, whose research helps guide conservation decisions.

Through this objective, we aim to build shared value, strengthen resilience and foster mutual trust in collaboration with customers, academia, NGOs and other partners. We commit to:

Increasing stakeholder trust levels compared to 2025 benchmarks.
Achieving our 2030 sustainability targets while maintaining a high level of ambition, even in the face of obstacles.

Responsible Business Powers Our Sustainability Ambitions

The three pillars of our Sustainability Strategy — Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities, and Responsible Business — are more than corporate goals. They represent our shared responsibility to improve outcomes related to ethics, sustainable leadership, innovation, human rights, partnerships and accountability in order to protect our people, our business and our planet.

“This strategy is essential to our success going forward,” says John D. Williams, Non-Executive Chairman of Domtar’s Management Board. “We live in uncertain times — from climate change to geopolitical shifts. What this moment requires of companies, communities and individuals is resilience.”

He continues, “We are absolutely committed to the goals we’ve set. But we are also committed to learning and adapting as we grow, to course correct as we may need to, and to refine our strategy over time. And the systematic stakeholder engagement that this strategy was built on will be maintained so that as stakeholders’ needs and priorities evolve, our strategy will evolve with them.”

Visit Domtar.com for a full overview of Domtar’s sustainability strategy and recent sustainability report, including objectives and performance targets that define the roadmap for our company’s efforts in the years ahead.

Domtar is of the “Private 25 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” named by Corporate Knights in 2025.

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Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy: Our people and communities

Domtar — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:36:07 +0000

Domtar is committed to turning policy into action, especially when it comes to our responsibility to the people and natural resources around us. Our 2030 Sustainability Strategy focuses our efforts in three areas: Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities and Responsible Business.

The strategy, which launched in May 2025, is the result of nearly two years of collaborative work led by our Sustainability team. Driven by 12 objectives related to our operations, products and value chain, the integrated strategy will be our focus as we continue our work as a leading manufacturer of diversified forest products.

In the first article in this series, we looked at our commitment to Environmental Stewardship. In this article, we explore the social pillar of our strategy: Our People and Communities.

The People and Communities pillar recognizes not only Domtar’s vital interconnections with employees and the places where we operate, but also the value we can create through effective collaboration. There are many ways we will bring this pillar to life, such as engaging with community members, supporting the development of our employees and taking steps to better ensure workplace safety.

“This pillar represents the heart of who we are as an organization and the legacy we want to build together,” says Richard Tremblay, president of Domtar’s Pulp and Tissue business unit. “We can only succeed as a company if our communities, employees and other partners share in that success. This isn’t just good ethics; it’s good business. Our future depends on how well we nurture critical relationships today.”

How We Support Our People and Communities

Our goal is to contribute to the prosperity of and quality of life in our operating communities through trusted partnerships, thoughtful engagement and support for the well-being and development of our employees in a safe and inclusive workplace. The People and Communities pillar encompasses four key objectives:

Employee Safety

Every employee who comes to work for us has the right to a safe working environment and to return home to their family safe and sound. We aspire to reduce employee injuries to zero by enforcing a proactive safety program and culture. This means that we must identify and control each and every risk present in our workplaces while ensuring a culture of safety is present across our organizations and endures over time. To get there:

By 2026, we will establish annual safety targets that drive positive actions and behaviors.
By 2030, we aim to achieve zero injuries.

Indigenous Partnerships

We are also deepening our existing relationships with Indigenous communities by building mutually successful partnerships, helping to create opportunities for Indigenous youth and supporting land reacquisition in partnership with First Nations. But we recognize that we must continue to learn and improve, particularly when it comes to creating business opportunities and career pathways at Domtar.

By 2030, we will:

Establish Domtar as a preferred partner for Indigenous communities through the implementation of our Indigenous partnership policy and internal engagement strategies.
Ensure Domtar is considered a culturally safe and inclusive environment where Indigenous employees, partners and communities feel respected, valued and heard.

Community Engagement

Another way we connect with our people and communities is through community engagement. This includes employee volunteerism through programs like Domtar Connects, monetary and in-kind donations to community initiatives and donations of classroom supplies. Just as we have for many years, we will continue to enhance our community engagement programs by focusing on employee volunteerism and financial support for education, sustainability and humanitarian needs.

By 2030, we will:

Achieve $20 million USD in community investment ($4 million each year over five years).
Reach a volunteerism milestone, which will be established in 2026.

Employee Experience and Talent Development

To remain successful, we need a workforce that is engaged and empowered to contribute to our long-term success. This not only makes Domtar a better place to work but also enhances our ability to face future challenges.

We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone is inspired to build their career and fulfill the company’s purpose. By 2030, we will:

Achieve milestones that will be determined by top themes in our 2026 employee engagement survey.
Expand growth and development opportunities for at least 85 percent of high-potential and potential successors by ensuring their participation in personalized development plans.
Develop a mitigation strategy for 85 percent of critical roles, prioritizing internal talent, when applicable, to ensure timely fulfillment of open positions.

Our People and Communities Make the Difference

Sustainability starts with people: those who work at Domtar and the communities where we live and operate. As we navigate turbulent times, our ongoing commitments to our environment, our people and our communities — as well as responsible business practices — will ensure we can respond to challenges in a way that makes us all stronger, together.

“All of us — individuals, communities, companies — need to adapt and succeed even in the face of fast change and often daunting challenges,” says John D. Williams, Non-Executive Chairman of Domtar’s Management Board. “At Domtar, we can create resiliency through our workplace culture, strong relationships with the communities whose success is intertwined with ours, and forward-looking and collaborative approaches to business, including investment in product innovation and Indigenous-led procurement.”

Domtar is of the “Private 25 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” named by Corporate Knights in 2025.

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Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy: A commitment to environmental stewardship

Domtar — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:59:23 +0000

We strive to put sustainability at the heart of everything we do. It starts with our Sustainability Strategy, which focuses our efforts in three areas: Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities and Responsible Business.

The framework, which launched in May 2025, is the result of nearly two years of work, led by our Sustainability Team with the collective feedback of operational and subject matter experts across our business units. The integrated strategy drives all of our operations and commitments as we continue our work as a leading manufacturer of diversified forest products under the ownership of investor Jackson Wijaya.

“I’m tremendously proud of the strategy we’ve created,” says Domtar Chief Sustainability Officer Sabrina de Branco. “Considering the strong history of all our legacy companies, I can say with confidence that Domtar is moving onward and upward while being firmly rooted in sustainability.”

In this article, we’re exploring the first pillar in our strategy: Environmental Stewardship. Upcoming articles will explore the other two pillars and their key objectives.

What Is Environmental Stewardship?

Environmental Stewardship encompasses our efforts to steward the planet’s resources responsibly by reducing the environmental footprint of our everyday operations and setting actionable objectives that positively impact nature and the environment.

“In today’s world, our stakeholders and partners across all sectors are rightfully focused on environmental impact,” says Luc Thériault, president of Domtar’s Wood Products business unit. “For a company like ours that depends on renewable natural resources like wood fiber, this scrutiny isn’t just expected—it’s essential. Our environmental performance must be exemplary, which is why this pillar is fundamental to our strategy.”

This pillar includes four key objectives.

Sustainable Forest Management and Fiber Sourcing

Sustainable forest management and fiber sourcing are critical to our supply chain and the health of forests. We will advance our long-standing commitment to sustainable forest management across Domtar’s value chain for all wood and fiber. By 2030, we are committed to:

Sourcing 100 percent of our wood and fiber from responsibly managed forests;
Increasing landowner engagement from seed to harvest, compared to 2025, on practices that deliver social, environmental and economic value; and
Ensuring Domtar is recognized as a collaborative partner in advancing the status of critical habitat for threatened species.

Positive Biodiversity Impacts

The health of our forests depends on having a healthy level of biodiversity, with an abundance and variety of life existing within the forest ecosystem. Maintaining or improving biodiversity requires an ongoing commitment to sustainable forestry practices and proactive measures to rehabilitate land when the opportunity arises. We will positively impact biodiversity through our forests, fiber supply chain and operational footprint.

By 2030, we will ensure that 100 percent of our operations with risks in high-value areas have action plans in place within one year of their completed assessments.

Decarbonization

Decarbonization—the reduction or removal of carbon dioxide emissions—is a critical pillar of global climate action and a key element of Domtar’s sustainability strategy. At Domtar, we are building on existing good practices and operational strengths to drive meaningful emission reductions across our value chain. This includes identifying and advancing strategic projects at our mills that lower our carbon footprint while safeguarding the long-term viability and competitiveness of our assets.

We’ve already reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by about 1/3 since 2015. We will continue to decarbonize our operations, products and value chain by leveraging renewable, sustainable, fossil-free resources and efficient manufacturing processes. We will achieve our greenhouse gas emission reduction target—to be established by 2026—for target year 2035 or sooner.

Water Resilience

Water is essential to the production of pulp, paper and wood products, and many of our facilities are located near rivers, lakes and watersheds to ensure access to this vital resource. Recognizing that water is a shared and precious natural resource, our goal is to reduce water-related risks and minimize our impact on local ecosystems by optimizing water use, improving treatment processes and collaborating with stakeholders to support watershed health.

Our 2030 targets for this objective include:

Reducing water use intensity by 20 percent over 2020 baseline in the Paper and Packaging business unit.
Ensuring 100 percent of our pulp, paper and tissue mills have risk mitigation plans in place within one year of completing assessments.

The Future of Our Environmental Stewardship

As we implement our sustainability strategy and work toward achieving our Environmental Stewardship objectives, we’re simply continuing the sustainability journey we started many years ago.

“We’re already engaged in several high-impact projects that we’re pursuing jointly with environmental non-governmental organizations and others. Certainly, our legacy companies had a strong track record of this type, and we’ve been moving further down this path as the new Domtar,” says Paige Goff, Domtar’s vice president of Sustainability, Strategic Partnerships and Engagement. “We’re looking to grow the number of partnerships and projects that we will engage in over time. And there’s perhaps no better overarching measure of the success of our strategy as a whole than the degree of trust we earn.”

Domtar is of the “Private 25 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” named by Corporate Knights in 2025.

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Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy: ambitious, rigorous and transparent

Domtar — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:55:40 +0000

One of the most important milestones to date in the ongoing integration of Domtar’s three legacy companies was unveiling Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy.

2030 Sustainability Strategy short video

“Each of our legacy companies brought a great deal to the table in terms of sustainability-related mindsets, achievements and best practices,” says Domtar Chief Sustainability Officer Sabrina de Branco. Her team has led the development of Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy in close collaboration with subject matter experts from across Domtar’s business units.

The nearly two-year exercise involved careful assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities that matter most to our company’s resilience and success. It involved extensive outreach to learn the sustainability-related priorities of our employees, customers, operating communities and many other stakeholders, along with the unique perspectives of Indigenous peoples.

Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy is founded on the three pillars – Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities and Responsible Business – defined in our Sustainability Policy, with a guiding principle for each.

Steward the planet’s resources responsibly by striving to reduce the environmental footprint of our everyday operations and setting actionable objectives that positively impact nature and the environment.
Contribute to the prosperity and quality of life in our operating communities through trusted partnerships, thoughtful engagement and support for the wellbeing and development of our employees in a safe and inclusive workplace.
Uphold ethical and sustainable business practices and engage with our customers, business partners and stakeholders honestly and transparently.

Building upon the pillars, we selected 12 objectives. Each objective is linked to performance indicators and to one or more targets for the years 2026 and 2030.

Environmental Stewardship

Domtar is committed to stewarding the planet’s resources responsibly. The objectives and 2030 targets under this pillar include:

Advance our commitment to sustainable forest management by increasing landowner engagement and establishing Domtar as a recognized collaborative partner in advancing the status of critical habitat for threatened species.
Positively impact biodiversity by ensuring 100% of operations with risks in high-value areas have biodiversity action plans in place.
Decarbonize our operations, products and value chain by being on track to meet the science-based greenhouse gas emission reduction target we plan to set by 2026.
Improve the water resiliency of our manufacturing operations by ensuring 100% of our facilities have water-related risk mitigation plans in place.

Our People and Communities

Domtar supports our operating communities and employees. The objectives and 2030 targets under this pillar include:

Enforce a proactive safety program and culture, aiming to achieve zero safety injuries.
Foster relationships with Indigenous communities as a preferred partner through the implementation of our Indigenous partnership policy and internal engagement strategies.
Enhance our community engagement program, including employee volunteerism, by achieving $20 million in community investments over five years and tracking and reporting volunteerism milestones.
Strengthen the employee experience by establishing employee satisfaction milestones determined through engagement surveys as well as growth and development targets for 85% of potential successors and critical roles.

Responsible Business

Domtar upholds ethical and sustainable business practices and engages with our customers, business partners and stakeholders honestly and transparently. The objectives and 2030 targets under this pillar include:

Ensure ethical and sustainable leadership practice by upholding our Global Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, Sustainability Policy and internationally recognized reporting standards.
Drive sustainability through product, process and value chain innovation, ensuring a significant share of innovation-related investments support sustainability objectives compared to 2025.
Safeguard the people in our value chain by conducting human rights assessments according to a global human rights policy aligned with international standards.
Advance shared goals, enhance resilience and build mutual trust by increasing stakeholder trust levels compared to 2025 and meeting our 2030 sustainability targets.

Domtar is of the “Private 25 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” named by Corporate Knights in 2025.

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