Irving Consumer Products tissue manufacturing operations are continuing our commitment to the environment by introducing public sustainability goals.
Our Purpose
To deliver exceptional product and service experiences to our customers and their consumers.
Our Commitment
Managing our tissue products, from seed to shelf, ensuring they meet high standards for sustainability and quality.
Our History
Part of J.D. Irving, Limited, we have a history of being responsible stewards of our forests. J.D. Irving has planted more than 1 billion trees since 1957.
Pillar 1: Climate & Conservation
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Carbon
Goal: Intent to maintain a carbon neutral forest supply chain (PAS2060:2014; Scopes 1, 2, and 3)
Create positive planet impact by growing our healthy forest and reduce emissions in our forest supply chain operations.
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Carbon
Goal: Maintain use of sustainably certified fibres (SFI®, FSC or PEFC)
Source fibre for our products only from sustainably certified forests.
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Water
GOAL: 25% REDUCTION*
Reduce our water footprint by decreasing the freshwater required to make our products.
(m3 of water/tonnes produced)
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Waste
GOAL: 90% DIVERSION FROM LANDFILL*
Reduce the amount of manufacturing waste to landfill by repurposing it to beneficial uses.
*2021 base year
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Plastic
Goal: 25% reduction*
Reduce our virgin plastic footprint in our product packaging through increased use of recycled and/or alternative materials which are more renewable and can be regenerated.
(tonnes virgin plastic/tonnes produced)
*2021 base year
Pillar 2: Community & Employee Well-Being
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Our values of Integrity and People & Teamwork are rooted in working together and ensuring everyone is treated with fairness and respect, while belonging and inclusion are key components to delivering on our employees’ experience. Our focus is on creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome, appreciated, and encouraged to contribute fully. Throughout the year, employees have access to Diversity & Inclusion training as well as events that celebrate the many backgrounds of the employees who work in our business.
Community Engagement
We are proud of the long-established history of supporting our employees and the communities where we live and work, through charitable donations, sponsorships, and employee volunteers. While we support a wide range of organizations, we have a focus around supporting education, sports, community infrastructure and wellness initiatives; and make a conscious effort to shift our support annually to assist as many organizations as possible.
Safety
Safety is a core company value. This includes ensuring the effectiveness of our health and safety management system, leveraging technology and analytics to set strategy, taking care of our people, and using leading indicators to ensure we have set the right path. The right path is a risk-based approach to managing health and safety. We prioritize our actions based on severity and working to reduce risk in our operations.
