Stewardship

At Georgia-Pacific, we believe the potential for mass timber and Southern Yellow Pine in Georgia are exponential. We view mass timber as “the sexy calling card” of building with wood.

Peace of mind – that’s what any parent wants when caring for a child, especially a working parent. At Georgia-Pacific, we provide many benefit choices aligned with employees’ values and personal situations, including a benefit catered to working parents.

Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia-Pacific employees volunteer their time and efforts all year to support communities in need. Recently, our Quilted Northern® teams joined Trees Atlanta and the Arbor Day Foundation® for an urban area tree planting event in the city.

Georgia-Pacific has contributed $100,000 to Auburn University to help fund a new state-of-the-art digester that will give engineering students the ability to test and improve a newly patented innovation in papermaking.

David Brabham, Georgia-Pacific’s director of stewardship strategy, has been concerned with environmental stewardship since he was just a little boy – and he can prove it.

Long-term success starts with the decisions we make each day. That’s why we work to maximize recycling, reduce energy use and set the standard in sustainable forestry.

Trees Atlanta, a nonprofit organization, will soon have a new central hub as it continues its environmental commitment to the community.

The Georgia-Pacific gypsum plant Sweetwater West, located in Sweetwater, Texas, recently completed board-drying equipment enhancements anticipated to result in CO2 reduction, energy savings, and the lowering of resource consumption.

Georgia-Pacific has donated $1 million dollars toward the expansion of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta.

Georgia-Pacific is honored to be recognized with an Innovation in Sustainability award for Juno® Technology.