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Resolute strives to have a positive and meaningful impact in the local and regional communities where we operate. Each of our operations participates in community outreach activities and regularly tracks the impact of their efforts. The company’s philanthropic contributions take many forms, including financial support, in-kind donations such as lumber and tissue products, and countless volunteer hours by our employees. In 2022, our donations and sponsorships – at both the local and corporate levels – totaled over $1.3 million.  Our

Our latest annual Resolute at a Glance leaflet, available on our website, provides more than an overview of our operations and products. It helps tell our sustainability story on our priorities, our performance and how we are progressing on our commitments.  On the environment front, we track our GHG emissions, satisfy most of our energy requirements with renewable sources such as carbon-neutral biomass and hydroelectricity, and repurpose for beneficial use some 87% of the pulp, paper and tissue mill residues.

The Paper Excellence Canada team has many people taking part in PACWEST this year and they are all excited to be part of the first in-person PACWEST since 2019! Gavin Baxter, who is the General Manager of our Skookumchuck pulp mill in the East Kootenays, is Co-Chair of PACWEST Conference 2023 this year. In the Friday technical sessions, Henok Gebremariam and Jouni Martiskainen are both presenting: Scott Curry, Director of Engineering, is co-chairing the Wednesday Engineering Managers Roundtable, with input

Remi G. Lalonde, Resolute’s president and chief executive officer, accompanied by Seth Kursman, vice president, corporate communications, sustainability and government affairs, took advantage of the opportunity to meet with federal elected officials who represent Resolute facilities while recently in Washington, D.C. Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR), who represents Resolute’s Glenwood and El Dorado sawmills in Arkansas, as well as Domtar’s Ashdown pulp and paper operation, and a senior member of his committee staff, joined Remi, Seth and Steve Henry, executive vice

When a forest is at a stage in its renewal where it no longer requires human intervention, we say it’s ‘free to grow.’ It’s that point of transition where meaningful change has taken root and transformation is inevitable. This is also where the forestry sector’s diversity, inclusion and equity initiative – Free to Grow – gets its name.  Free to Grow in Forestry brings organizations and institutions together with a single vision that Canada has a diverse and inclusive work

Paper Excellence participated in the “Wood you find it?” event hosted by FSC International in Brussels to discuss the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), approved in April by the European Parliament. Representatives of the European Commission responsible for the approved text, public policy makers, companies, NGOs and FSC leaders discussed together what are the biggest challenges for the implementation of the EUDR. The main objective of the new regulation is to ensure that products produced or marketed in the European Union

Resolute is focused on building mutually beneficial relationships in the communities in which we live and work. We demonstrate this commitment through transparency, information-sharing and active involvement in community life. Paying it forward while ensuring workplace safety Through the company’s safety award program, operations that achieve a significant number of consecutive hours without a recordable injury receive monetary rewards to donate to charitable and community organizations selected by employees. In Q1, our Outardes (Quebec) sawmill employees reached 1.25 million hours

Over the last 200 million years, through ice ages and a major extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, turtles survived. While their main threat comes from their low egg survival rate and other natural factors, human-induced mortality is also disrupting their life cycle. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), through its Carapace Project, suggests that to prevent a decline in populations, more work is needed to protect adult turtles and to reduce the risk of road collisions. In 2021,

Resolute received a Sustainability Innovation Award at the SEAL Business Sustainability Awards for our cellulose filaments (CF) project. The company was recognized for entering non-traditional markets, being innovative in our bioproduct research and commercialization, and for taking measured risks to accelerate the deployment of novel, environmentally friendly solutions.SEAL (Sustainability, Environmental Achievement & Leadership) Awards is an environmental advocacy organization that honors leadership through its business sustainability and environmental journalism awards, while funding research and pursuing environmental impact campaigns. They have awarded

Resolute’s commitment to sustainability extends well beyond the jobs we create, the taxes we pay and the charitable support we provide: we also strive to be a positive force in the communities where we live and work. To this end, we engage our stakeholders in respectful, transparent dialogue on a broad range of topics that reflect our environmental, social and economic impacts, called shared priorities. Regular stakeholder assessments cover 31 ESG topics and performance-based questions. Their input guides our sustainability

Our latest sustainability award is… a creative one! In April, our series of animated capsules that bring to life our ESG performance won a silver 2023 Muse Creative Award in the Video – Sustainability & Environment category. Each capsule highlights our efforts and achievements on one of six themes: Greenhouse gas emission reductions Forest certification Fiber tracking Partnering with Indigenous communities Safety Governance Check out our award-winning videos here!#Sustainability

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework provides a standard approach for companies to disclose climate-related risks and opportunities.  Building on our strong commitment to transparency and sustainability reporting, we have aligned our reporting according to the recommendations of the framework. Our new webpage serves as an index connecting each of the TCFD recommendations to relevant Resolute disclosures.  Released in 2017, the TCFD framework was designed by a global task force whose members were selected from various organizations

On April 24, we proudly celebrated the official inauguration of our new C$27 million cellulose filament plant located at our Kénogami paper mill in Saguenay, Quebec.  Derived from wood fiber, cellulose filaments are a novel, 100% natural biomaterial additive for products like concrete, plastics and coatings to improve their technical performance and environmental footprint. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Andrée Laforest, Quebec Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister Responsible for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, as well as by local elected

Supporting academic institutions is an important component of Resolute’s philanthropic contributions program. Our donations increase access to education in our operating communities, spark innovation in the forest products sector and meaningfully impact the lives of deserving individuals. In 2022, we provided $297,000 in scholarships, bursaries, awards and research grants.  Resolute funded educational opportunities for students at numerous colleges and universities last year, such as Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke (Quebec), the University of Ottawa (Ontario) and the