Climate Change Data

Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2015-2016)

Reporting Period: 2015-2016

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Resource utilization
  • Recycling
  • Energy efficiency
  • Regional employment in Australia
  • Import replacement

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced direct greenhouse gas emissions by 6.8% (equivalent to removing 39,308 cars from the road)
  • Reduced energy intensity by 5.4% (equivalent to the energy required to power 146,487 houses)
  • Recycled almost 74% of all paper and paperboard (ahead of Europe and the US)
  • Recycled 76.2% of newspapers, catalogues and magazines
  • Recycled 76% of paper-based packaging material
  • Diverted almost 90,000 tonnes of office paper from landfill annually at a new recycled pulp production facility
  • Visy Tumut mill water use reduced to 3.27 cubic meters per tonne of paper produced (from 6.07 cubic meters in 2001)

Social Achievements

  • Sustained 60,820 full-time equivalent jobs, more than 30,000 in regional Australia
  • 12,450 direct, full-time employees in the Australian industry in 2016
  • New deinking and recycling plant supported 218 full-time Victorian jobs and provided AUD71.5 million of economic value-add to the Victorian economy
  • Each job at Visy Tumut mill created an additional job in the Tumut Shire
  • Each job at Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill created more than one job in the Latrobe Valley, almost two in Victoria, and more than 3.5 across Australia

Governance Achievements

  • Report compiled and verified independently by IndustryEdge
  • More than 95% of wood fiber used is independently certified

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Uses more than 95% certified wood fibre

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Australian Forestry Standard (AFS), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), PEFC

Third-party Assurance: IndustryEdge

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Sustainable chemicals from renewable resources
  • Australian made white top Kraft paper

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed