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For the third consecutive year, Cascades has been recognized as one of the world's 100 most sustainable corporations, according to the prestigious Global 100 index, produced by media, research and financial information products company Corporate Knights. Cascades ranks 18th among the 6,914 public companies analyzed worldwide with more than $1 billion in revenues and first among the 34 other organizations in the Packaging category.

Finnish plywood manufacturer Koskisen is the first company to start using the bio-based binder NeoLigno® by Stora Enso in its new sustainable product family. Koskisen and Stora Enso's co-operation has resulted in the world's first entirely bio-based furniture board, called Zero Furniture Board.

WestRock, a leading provider of differentiated, sustainable paper and packaging solutions, announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the second consecutive year.

Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL Group) recently reported significant progress with its long-term sustainability commitments in the year since its launch. The company, which has substantial plantation and manufacturing operations in Indonesia, has committed to achieving a range of ambitious targets by 2030.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced that its board of directors declared a supplemental dividend of $1.45 per share on the common stock of the company, payable in cash on February 28, 2022, to holders of record of such common stock as of the close of business on February 18, 2022.

As an advanced manufacturer, Huhtamaki is at the center of the value chain. Our ambition drives us to become a proactive innovation catalyst for our customers and partners. We identify, enable, and monetize sustainable innovation - both upstream and downstream.

Suzano SA has raised pulp prices for clients in Europe and North America effective next month, a source familiar with the matter said.

A First Nation in Manitoba says it has not been properly included in sustainable forest management practices and is asking for a judicial review into commercial logging in a provincial park.

Essity is announcing price increases in all product categories and markets to compensate the substantially higher costs for raw materials, energy and distribution. The timing and degree of the price increases will be managed locally.

Sonoco announced it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by a minimum of 6 percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada, on or after March 1, 2022.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released a new report indicating that the vast majority of Americans, 94 percent, have access to community paper and paperboard recycling programs.

Sonoco intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under a new term loan facility and its commercial paper program, to fund the $1.35 billion cash consideration payable in connection with its previously announced plans to acquire Ball Metalpack.

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. ("SWM" or "SWM International") and ConvaTec Ltd. ("ConvaTec") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a multi-year supply agreement in conjunction with their amicable resolution of pending litigation between the companies. Terms of the settlement and the commercial agreement were not disclosed.

Sonoco announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning February 18, 2022.

Stora Enso and Tornator will restore 1,000 hectares of low forest cover peatland in eastern and southern Finland between 2022 and 2027. The land is owned by Tornator.

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, has been named a 2021 SEAL Sustainable Product Award winner for its Ultracast Viva® casting and release paper.

DS Smith North America will participate in the acceleration of the reduction of carbon emissions for its operations, as well as those of its partners and suppliers, by committing to reducing its Scope 1, 2 and 3 Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 46% on an absolute basis by 2030, compared to 2019 levels.

Neenah, a leading global manufacturer of specialty materials, is announcing that it has joined the Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG), a consortium of 100+ companies representing different developers and users across the lithium-ion battery ecosystem.

In 2021, Appvion released its first sustainability report, highlighting many outstanding achievements, and now the Company is proud to launch its 2030 sustainability strategy and goals.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, received the Cradle to Cradle certification at Bronze level for its uncoated fine papers produced in its mills in Austria, Slovakia and Russia.

The annual JUST 100 list recognizes U.S. corporations that outperform their peers on issues such as fair pay, worker health and safety, benefits and work-life balance, ethical leadership, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and producing sustainable products.

Sun Chemical will increase prices across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed and screen inks, coatings, consumables and adhesives in North America, effective immediately or as contracts allow.

International technology group Andritz has successfully started up state-of-the-art and environmentally leading pulp production and chemical recovery technologies for Klabin's Puma II line in Ortigueira, Paraná, Brazil.

Kadant Solutions, a division of Kadant Inc., launched two new Yankee doctor maintenance kits for the tissue making industry. In keeping with the quality and integrity of the Kadant Solutions Genuine Parts program, each kit includes the necessary items needed to maintain a Yankee doctoring system efficiently and effectively.

Since 1 May 2020, a 70% of ELIN Motoren GmbH has been owned by Voith Group. The other 30% of the company remained with the long-standing Managing Director Franz Hrachowitz. At the end of 2021, the two parties agreed on the acquisition of the remaining stake.