In 2025, Domtar established its External Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC). This committee brings together independent, external experts on a quarterly basis to help guide our sustainability journey.
Why? Because in today’s world, sustainability governance is not only key to managing risks and opportunities, but also vital to building a company’s reputation, supporting long-term business growth, earning customer trust and inspiring employee loyalty. Domtar’s commitment to conducting all business affairs with integrity within an environment of respect, candor and good faith underlies our governance framework.
“As we look ahead to 2026, we are motivated by ambition, rigor and transparency, and governance underscores all of that. With every decision, big or small, there comes an opportunity to consider environmental, social, and governance factors,” says Sabrina de Branco, Domtar’s global chief sustainability officer. “Having robust governance structures in place that monitor progress and ensure that objectives and targets are met is crucial to our success and longevity.”
External Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC)
Each ESAC meeting focuses on specific sustainability topics. It includes leaders from academia, Indigenous relations, and a global manufacturing organization who are tasked with providing strategic advice to strengthen Domtar’s sustainability efforts.
The Domtar ESAC:
- Offers independent guidance on our 2030 Sustainability Strategy and regular assessments of our sustainability progress
- Helps us meet internal and external expectations
- Shares insights on best practices and emerging trends
- Identifies risks and opportunities, and suggests ways to address them
- Recommends innovations from their respective fields of expertise
Members of the External Sustainability Advisory Committee include:
- Hélène V. Gagnon, Chief People and Sustainability Officer at CAE Inc.
- Jean Paul (JP) Gladu, Principal of Mokwateh
- Tensie Whelan, Distinguished Professor of Practice Emerita and Senior Advisor, New York University Stern Center for Sustainable Business
Learn about Domtar’s progress on its commitments to sustainability and governance by reading the latest sustainability report, Building on Strong Legacies. It highlights long-standing and deeply rooted commitments from across the company’s operations to invest in innovation and performance improvement to foster greater resilience.
Read more about sustainability at Domtar
- In Q3 2025, we released our first quarterly sustainability strategy update. From harmonizing policies to refining emissions inventories, we made measurable progress across our three sustainability pillars. Dive into the full update.
- Sustainability meets innovation in action — that’s Virginie Chambost’s mission at Domtar. As Vice President of Innovation for Sustainability & Climate, she supports advances in technology to not only reduce our carbon footprint but also to maximize the positive impacts our operations and products have on our communities and customers. Explore Virginie’s journey.
- Meet David Marshall — one of the driving forces behind Domtar’s evolving sustainability journey — shaped by a childhood among orchards and pine forest to become vice president of Sustainability Governance & Reporting, in which capacity he steers the company’s ESG strategy, data oversight and cross-functional collaboration during a pivotal integration phase. Discover David's story.
- Collaborations are at the heart of our progress, and Paige Goff has been leading Domtar’s sustainability partnerships and engagement since 2010. She manages a wide range of activities, including stakeholder and Indigenous relations, partnerships, engagement, education and monitoring. Find out about some of the collaborative projects Paige has been working on.
- Discover how Domtar is investing in Indigenous leadership and biodiversity conservation with its participation in the First 30x30 Canada initiative, supporting meaningful environmental and economic outcomes. Learn about this initiative.
