DS Smith GA Paper Mill Earns ISO-50001 Certification
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month June 2021
DS Smith’s paper mill in Riceboro, Georgia, has earned top honors as an industry leader in energy efficiency. The In- ternational Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently recognized DS Smith’s mill in Riceboro the first ISO-50001 certified facility in the pulp, paper and paper products in- dustry in North America. It’s one of only 145 sites in the U.S. to have received that certification since the ISO’s program began 2012, designed to audit and highlight companies that embrace effective energy management systems. According to the most recent ISO survey, it had certified 260 companies worldwide in the pulp, paper and paper products sector, and none was in the U.S., until DS Smith’s Riceboro. “The old adage that you can’t manage what you don’t measure has never been more important,” said Giancarlo Maroto, Managing Director, Paper, Forestry and Recycling for DS Smith North America. “This program will guide us in our plans to boost energy efficiency, improve environ- mental quality and achieve our goal of reducing carbon emissions, a major component of our Now and Next sus- tainability strategy, and our ambitious climate targets.” The Riceboro facility, one of the largest employers in Liberty Country, is considered one of the nation’s cleanest effluent paper mills producing Kraft linerboard.
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
35.963 34.395
4.6
8.173 7.817
4.6
Industry Total
Year-to Date
June 2021
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2021 2020
208.632 196.828
6.0
8.279 7.749
6.8
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2021 2020
2.9450 2.8182
4.5
14.1095 13.3029
6.1
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Jun. May
2.1046 1.9962
5.4
3.1 2.9
6.9
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2021 2020
22 22
126 127
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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