Sappi

🎥 Our Group CEO, Steve Binnie, announces our financial performance for Q4 and the full year 2024. Our results have exceeded expectations, showcasing the strength and resilience of our team and business model. A key highlight was the pulp segment’s strong performance, driving record profitability for the South African region. Additionally, significant fixed costs savings were achieved through our strategic rationalisation actions. Looking ahead to 2025, we are optimistic about our growth prospects and anticipate that Adjusted EBITDA for Q1 FY25 will be significantly above that of Q1 FY24. 📈 Read our Q4 and full FY24 financial results: https://bit.ly/4eiDfRc 

Sappi is proud to announce the release of our 2024 Global Annual Integrated Report. This comprehensive report highlights our dedication to deliver holistic value focusing on our three pillars of Prosperity, People, and Planet. Despite global macroeconomic challenges, profitability improved steadily throughout the year, exceeding expectations. The pulp segment performed exceptionally well, driven by strong demand for Sappi Verve dissolving wood pulp products. Steve Binnie, Chief Executive Officer of Sappi Limited, said “Our Thrive vision and values are what drive and motivate every single one of us at Sappi, because we believe that building a more resilient biobased circular economy is key to ensuring a thriving environment and more equitable societies.” Going forward, deleveraging the balance sheet remains a priority, and with healthy liquidity, Sappi is well-positioned to tackle the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. We invite you to explore the full report and see how we are working towards creating value for all our stakeholders. Read the full report at the link in the comments below 👇

Alongside our 2024 AIR, we’ve also released the 2024 Sappi Global Sustainability Report 🌍, highlighting our unwavering commitment to sustainable practices and the progress we’re making towards creating a positive impact on the environment and society. This is achieved through innovative product development, sustainability leadership, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. Key highlights from the report include releasing seven new products with sustainability benefits, including new packaging, speciality papers and biomaterial products. Creating traceable, sustainable and circular viscose fabrics for the fashion value chain. Improving safety performance, with consistent reductions in lost-time injury frequency rates across all regions. Advancing decarbonisation through innovative solutions, including biomass utilisation, electrification initiatives across Sappi Europe, and a Power Purchase Agreement in South Africa. With a steadfast commitment to sustainability and innovation, Sappi continues to work towards creating value for all our stakeholders. At the same time, we are contributing to a thriving planet and equitable societies. Read the full report at the link in the comments 👇

At the heart of all we do – as individuals, as an organisation, and as a society – is the essential need to not only survive, but to thrive. Our purpose to build a thriving world by unlocking the power of renewable resources to benefit people, communities, and the planet, inspired us to challenge Sappi employees with a photography competition tied to the theme of our 2025 corporate calendar: “Momentum in the context of a thriving world,” for a chance of being featured in it. The goal? To capture powerful imagery that tells the story of a world filled with growth, energy, and vitality. 🌿 Each year, our calendar represents more than just beautiful imagery – it’s a reflection of our commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability. So, we encouraged participants to capture memorable stories that embody a thriving world – and they delivered beyond expectations! With over 600 entries showcasing our purpose and the vibrant momentum of thriving communities, choosing the winners was no easy task! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the 11 winners from 10 Sappi locations across the globe! ✨ Yvonne Amico, Kathleen Cleator, Marco Cova, Simone D., Collette Hurn, Marina Jäger, Kenneth Jewett, Elise Lamouche, Hendrik Le Roux , Rainer Lex, Laurens Schaddelee Each month of the 2025 calendar will feature one of these stunning images, and we’ll also feature them on our platforms each month, alongside the inspiring story behind it. As always, this edition will be shared worldwide with customers, businesses, and other key stakeholders. For now, enjoy this sneak peek at what’s in store for our 2025 calendar! 🏞️

Throughout the year, we’ve shared the vibrant images that made up our 2024 AI calendar. For this year's edition of our annual corporate calendar, we used generative AI to imagine the world around us. We look forward to all the ways in which we will use enabling digital technologies to work towards a thriving world🌍. This calendar, along with our 2023 Annual Report and corporate calendar, recently won gold for print excellence at the prestigious GAPP Awards. We’ve loved all the images and can’t choose favourites, but we’d love to know which image you liked the most! Comment below👇 #ShapesOfSappi

Our 2023 Sappi Annual Report and 2023 & 2024 Corporate Calendars have  won Gold for print excellence at the prestigious GAPP Awards, and we’re thrilled! 🏆✨ The accolades were well deserved by our incredible print partners, Law Print(annual report) and Pro Print (calendars), for their outstanding craftsmanship and dedication to quality. This achievement underscores our commitment to partnership and excellence in print. Incoming VP Sales and Marketing for Sappi SA Gareth Cloete met up with the founder at Law Print, Lesley Watson for a proud pic, and the team at Pro Print in Durban was pleased to show off the award, along with the 2025 calendar, which is of similar standout quality as the previous two! Says Gareth: “This achievement is due to the strong collaboration with our industry partners, and reaffirms our collective commitment to setting the highest standards for quality and creativity in print. Additionally, it stands as a testament to the superior quality of our graphic paper, which played a crucial role in achieving such exceptional print quality.” #Sappi #GAPPAwards #PrintExcellence #Craftmanship

As the year draws to a close, the December AI calendar image encapsulates the multiple facets of a thriving world, seamlessly integrating the tangible and intangible, digital and physical, real and surreal. We hope you’ve delighted in the beautiful images we’ve shared throughout the year. We’ve certainly enjoyed sharing them with you and envisioning a thriving world as we actively work towards it. #ShapesOfSappi

As Sappi prepares to launch our FY2024 Group Sustainability Report in December, we're honoured to have been included in WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Reporting Matters 2024.    As new regulations bring sustainability & financial reporting closer than ever before, pushing the boundaries of corporate disclosure in record time, sustainability reports remain key to demonstrating an organisation’s risks, successes, learnings & opportunities.    Sappi’s sustainability report has been recognised for its use of performance trackers for maximal transparency and for communicating a nuanced perspective that draws on external industry insights.

What role will the pulp and paper industry play in the future of our world? A pivotal one. By driving innovation across the value chain, the industry is helping transition away from fossil-fuel-based products like single-use plastics and is playing a key role in the decarbonisation of industrial processes.   ABB’s new industry paper: Innovating for tomorrow: How the pulp and paper industry is turning the page for a sustainable future is the first in a three-part series and highlights the innovations within the pulp and paper industry that are advancing sustainability.    The paper highlights Sappi’s commitment to sustainability and we are honored to be featured in this paper, with Tracy Wessels, Group Head of Sustainability and Investor Relations at Sappi sharing key insights and reaffirming our company's commitment to sustainable practices.    With strong leadership and investment in innovation, the pulp and paper industry will help lead the way toward a sustainable, low-carbon future. Download the industry paper now: https://lnkd.in/eNxtdzu4 #PulpandPaper #RealProgress #Sustainability #Innovation 

COP29 is a good moment to take stock of past progress and assess future opportunities. That's why the publication of WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Business Breakthrough Barometercomes at an opportune moment.   It clearly demonstrates industry ambition to co-create positive sustainable change with governments; nevertheless, 90% of those surveyed say they'd invest more if governments implemented policies to address sector-specific barriers. Sappi strongly supports the findings of this report.    Compared to our 2019 baseline, Sappi's absolute GHG emissions have decreased over 30% across the past 5 years through increased use of renewable energy, more efficient electricity self-generation & efficient energy management. Our climate action also relies on value chain collaboration & intense forestry research to mitigate climate change effects. But we recognise more could be done to deliver a just transition that leaves no one behind. That's why we'd love to work closer with policymakers to ensure that the investment case and infrastructure development continue to support and accelerate businesses' large-scale investments.