APP and Sustainability

All of APP’s operations are ISO 9001 (quality management system) and ISO14001 (environmental management system) certified, and have been so for nearly a decade. Consistent with the tenets of these certifications, APP’s mills were early adopters of methods to more effectively build-in management tools for continuous improvement. All of APP’s operations observe and meet (or surpass) national air-emission, water-effluent and solid-waste standards. Performance in these critical areas is monitored rigorously by each facility and is verified through periodic third-party audits. All operations have met, and continue to meet, government occupational safety and health regulations (SMK3) and requirements, rigorously maintain the programs recognized by their SMK3 certifications, and conduct annual, third-party audits of performance.

APP offers a range of environmentally-sound paper products made from sustainable fiber. These include elemental chlorine free (ECF) paper and a range of paper and paperboard products
made with post-consumer recycled waste paper. In addition, APP maintains a strict policy of zero illegal logs in its fiber stream, and has established a rigorous tracking system to ensure
that all wood brought into its two pulp mills in Sumatra has a verified legal origin. Fiber-stream integrity is maintained all the way from the forest to the mill through the tracking and documentation requirements of APP’s Chain-of-Custody (CoC) system. All outside fiber purchased either must be third-party certified according to a credible sustainable forest management standard (market pulp) or come from a documented post-consumer waste source (recycled paper products).

APP’s commitment to sustainability also includes an important social dimension – that of economic sustainability. APP’s continued operation is the means of ensuring better, more stable livelihoods for the more than 100,000 employees and contract workers who depend directly on APP’s operations for their income. In addition, the impact of APP’s operations indirectly supports thousands of families, many of whom live in remote villages and rural communities.