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MONTREAL,
Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - This
week, Domtar will be joining businesses around the globe to
participate in the Rainforest Alliance's fourth annual Follow the
Frog Week. Domtar is a commercial partner of the Rainforest
Alliance's Follow the Frog campaign, which encourages consumers to
seek products that come from responsibly managed forests that
benefit communities, wildlife and the environment.
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"Domtar EarthChoice is our commitment to full
circle responsibility and encompasses the entire lifecycle of our
products - beginning in the forest and continuing through
production, usage and even recycling," notes Paige Goff, Vice-President of Sustainability and
Business Communications. Similarly, the Rainforest Alliance works
to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by
transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer
behavior. "It's a natural fit for Domtar to participate in this
global campaign."
Domtar's association with the Rainforest
Alliance goes back to 2000 when Domtar forestlands in the
Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York were awarded Forest
Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification by
the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood Program. It is a collaboration
that lasts to this day with all Domtar FSC® certified
EarthChoice products proudly bearing the Rainforest Alliance
Certified™ seal.
For more information on Follow the Frog Week
please visit: www.rainforest-alliance.org/followthefrog
For more information on Domtar's sustainability
commitment and strategy, please visit:
www.domtar.com/en/sustainability/index.asp.
About Domtar
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures,
markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products
including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers and
absorbent hygiene products. The foundation of its business is a
network of world class wood fiber converting assets that produce
papergrade, fluff and specialty pulps. The majority of its pulp
production is consumed internally to manufacture paper and consumer
products. Domtar is the largest integrated marketer of uncoated
freesheet paper in North America
with recognized brands such as Cougar®, Lynx®
Opaque Ultra, Husky® Opaque Offset, First
Choice® and Domtar EarthChoice®. Domtar is
also a leading marketer and producer of a broad line of
incontinence care products marketed primarily under the
Attends®, IncoPack and Indasec® brand names
as well as baby diapers. In 2013, Domtar had sales of US$5.4 billion from some 50 countries. The
Company employs approximately 10,000 people. To learn more, visit
www.domtar.com.
SOURCE Domtar Corporation