Category: Environment
GP’s Parent Company Earns 2021 EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Partner Of The Year
Congratulations to our parent company Koch Industries for earning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2021 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award. Our employees work on improving energy performance every day. With other Koch companies, we’re proud our performance contributed to this great recognition. In fact, our cellulose Leaf River facility in New Augusta, Miss., […]
GP’s Leaf River, Miss., Facility Becomes First Pulp Mill to Earn EPA ENERGY STAR Certification; other GP facilities also receive recognition for sustainable efforts
Efforts to reduce water use, use energy efficiently and streamline resources used to ship products across the U.S. earned employees and GP facilities a variety of awards from the EPA. Georgia-Pacific facilities received several awards and certifications, including the ENERGY STAR® Top Project for 2020, an ENERGY STAR® Certification, the SmartWay Excellence Award and a […]
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and He’s Bringing Boxes
GP is ready to spread holiday cheer, especially when it comes in a box this year. Before COVID-19, the holiday season was marked by large family gatherings, big shopping trips and, of course, an increase in the need for brown boxes. This year, box demand for ecommerce has been on the rise since March—which means Santa […]
Into the Forest We Go
GP Earns Annual Leadership Award from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) For Responsible Sourcing and Forest Management From FSC certification of our Quilted Northern Ultra Soft and Strong bath tissue to the management of 75,000 acres of certified forestland and our cutting edge forest mapping, we are excited to be recognized by both SCS Global Services […]
Georgia-Pacific Products with Purpose
Partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation® Remains Priority During Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong® Rebrand Georgia-Pacific recently relaunched its Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong® sub-brand to provide what one could say is a two-for-one deal. Combining both a sustainable bath tissue product that consumers can feel good about purchasing, while being able to […]
Two GP Recycled Paper Mills Open Opportunities for Paper Cup Recycling
Georgia-Pacific announced today that it is now accepting mixed paper bales that contain single-use polyethylene (PE)-coated paper cups at its recycled paper mills in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Muskogee, Oklahoma. The development follows two years of partnership with the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) and collaboration with the NextGen Consortium, a global initiative led by Closed Loop Partners with founding partners Starbucks and McDonald’s, to help open opportunities for paper cup recycling. “As single-use paper cups have grown […]
GP Packaging Begins Manufacturing Curbside Recyclable Paper Padded Mailers for E-Commerce
The growth of e-commerce has generated significant demand for sustainable packaging options, as both consumers and e-retailers look to increase the recyclability of their packaging. This curbside recyclable padded paper mailer is a sustainable alternative to non-recyclable dual material packaging. GP is expanding its offerings to include paper padded mailers. In May, the company opened a […]
Satellites protect four million football fields worth of endangered forests
Everyone knows satellites are used for directions on your phone, sports events and weather. But did you know that Georgia-Pacific is using these “eyes in the sky” to protect endangered forests, home to rare animals, plants and trees? You may know Georgia-Pacific for making paper towels, plates, cups and toilet paper. But we also preserve […]
Toilet Paper & Forests: Wiping Out Misconceptions
Q&A with Georgia-Pacific’s VP of Sustainability John Mulcahy: Toilet paper is often misunderstood. Much of that results from a big misconception: that toilet paper (and other paper products) harm and shrink the world’s forests. Georgia-Pacific’s VP of Sustainability, John Mulcahy, explains why you can feel good about TP and sustainability. Q: Why is toilet paper […]
New Technology Helps Us to Keep on Truckin’
Georgia-Pacific and KBX Logistics have used smart software to efficiently plan routes, minimizing the miles spent driving with an empty trailer, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the business. For this work, Georgia-Pacific and our transportation partner, KBX Logistics LLC – also a Koch company – were awarded the 2019 SmartWay® Excellence Award from the […]