Australian Paper releases long-term fibre plan

Jim Henneberry, CEO of Australian Paper says the strategy provided planning window, helping ensure the company could continue to manufacture its brands and continue as the largest private employer in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

Henneberry says, “Australian Paper has a 30 year planning window on fibre supply and is undertaking a detailed review of the options for fibre supply over that period.

“The review has included extensive consultation with stakeholders and expert opinion on the potential for use of plantation timber from Western Victoria, other plantation sources, sustainably managed wood from regrowth state forestry operations and recycled waste paper.”

Australian Paper says through a combination of maximising usage from existing plantation suppliers, utilising investment plantations in Central Gippsland and accessing some of the closest parts of the Western Victorian plantations, it expects to “progressively increase” its plantation fibre usage.

 

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