Domtar Recognized for Sustainability Advocacy, Longstanding NGO Collaboration
Domtar VP Lewis Fix Receives Honour at PR News CSR Awards 2012
(3BL Media) Montreal - April 23, 2012 - Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today announced that Lewis Fix, Vice-President Sustainable Business and Brand Management, was honored on April 17th in Washington, D.C. at the PR News CSR Awards 2012 in the CSR Professional of the Year category.
Lewis’ decade of working at Domtar to advance Forest Stewardship Council® certification and specifically his collaborations with non-governmental groups such as Rainforest Alliance and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has helped pave the way for wider acceptance and adoption of sustainable forestry practices within the pulp and paper industry.
Lewis was also the architect of Domtar’s environmental calculator the Domtar Paper Trail that was released in 2011. The online tool allows Domtar’s paper customers to make informed purchasing choices by providing accurate, mill-level data, resetting the bar for industry disclosure practices.
“Lewis and his team have been working for years to not only help make Domtar a sustainability leader within the industry, but also with customers in the marketplace,” notes Dick Thomas, Domtar’s Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. “There’s no better example of this than our ever-expanding EarthChoice line of environmentally and socially responsible papers. Well done Lewis, well done Domtar."
The PR News CSR Awards are an industry showcase for social responsibility and green campaigns. The finalists in the awards program set new standards of excellence and point the way for other organizations to follow.
About Domtar
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers and adult incontinence products. The foundation of its business is a network of world class wood fiber converting assets that produce papergrade, fluff and specialty pulps. The majority of its pulp production is consumed internally to manufacture paper and consumer products. Domtar is the largest integrated marketer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America with recognized brands such as Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra, Husky® Opaque Offset, First Choice® and Domtar EarthChoice®. Domtar is also a leading marketer and producer of a complete line of incontinence care products marketed primarily under the Attends® brand name. Domtar owns and operates ArivaTM, an extensive network of strategically located paper and printing supplies distribution facilities. In 2011, Domtar had sales of US$5.6 billion from nearly 50 countries. The Company employs approximately 9,100 people. To learn more, visit www.domtar.com.
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