Resolute has received regional, North American and global recognition for its leadership in corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. As a supplier of choice within the forest products industry, we focus on maximizing our contributions to the circular economy, reducing our carbon footprint, creating positive social impact, and bringing value to our operating communities.
Environmental Highlights1
Environmental Highlights
| Climate |
2022 Performance
(Absolute) |
2022 Performance
(Intensity) |
| Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – scope 1 |
709 thousands of mt CO2e |
158 kg CO2e/mt+bf |
| GHG emissions – scope 2 |
438 thousands of mt CO2e |
98 kg CO2e/mt+bf |
| GHG emissions – scope 3 (2021) |
3,662 thousands of mt CO2e |
755 kg CO2e/mt+bf |
| Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions |
2.51 thousands of mt |
1.26 kg/mt |
| Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions |
0.59 thousands of mt |
0.30 kg/mt |
| Particulate emissions |
0.76 thousands of mt |
0.38 kg/mt |
| Energy |
2022 Performance
(Absolute) |
2022 Performance
(Intensity) |
| Total energy consumed (fuel and electricity) |
15,305 thousands of MWh / 55,096,310 GJ |
7.78 MWh/mt |
| Renewable energy used (fuel and electricity) |
12,091 thousands of MWh / 79% of consumption |
6.15 MWh/mt |
| Electricity consumed2 |
4,720 thousands of MWh / 16,990,635 GJ |
2.38 MWh/mt |
| Electricity sold |
676 thousands of MWh |
n/a |
| Self-generated electricity |
1,717 thousands of MWh / 32% of electricity consumption |
0.87 MWh/mt |
| Purchased electricity |
3,679 thousands of MWh / 68% of electricity consumption |
1.86 MWh/mt |
| Fuel used (oil/diesel) |
2,610 thousands of MWh / 25% of fuel consumption |
1.32 MWh/mt |
| Fiel used (biomass) |
7,913 thousands of MWh / 75% of fuel consumption |
3.95 MWh/mt |
| Water |
2022 Performance
(Absolute) |
2022 Performance
(Intensity) |
| Water withdrawn |
136,047 thousands of m3 |
68.67 m3/mt |
| Water treated and discharged |
128,156 thousands of m3 |
64.69 m3/mt |
| Water used |
7,891 thousands of m3 |
3.98 m3/mt |
| Water withdrawn from surface water sources |
>99% of withdrawals |
n/a |
| Discharges to water – total suspended solids |
4.0 thousands of mt |
2.00 kg/mt |
| Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) of discharges |
3.4 thousands of mt |
1.73 kg/mt |
| Environment Management |
2022 Performance
(Absolute) |
2022 Performance
(Intensity) |
| Total waste |
417 thousands of mt |
210.57 kg/mt |
| Waste used for beneficial use3 |
363 thousands of mt |
180.31 kg/mt |
| Waste sent to landfills |
54 thousands of mt |
30.26 kg/mt |
| Class 1 and 2 environmental incidents |
14 |
n/a |
| Significant spills |
0 |
n/a |
| Significant environmental fines |
0 |
n/a |
| Total sites |
43 |
n/a |
| ISO 14001-certified sites |
40 |
n/a |
| Forest Management |
2022 Performance
(Absolute) |
2022 Performance
(Intensity) |
| Forest management (FM) certification |
100% |
n/a |
| SFI® FM certification |
50,244,433 acres (100%) |
n/a |
| FSC® FM certification |
17,585,550 acres (35%) |
n/a |
| Area of forestland with protected conservation status |
Protected Areas |
n/a |
| Area of forestland in endangered species habitat |
Conservation and Biodiversity |
n/a |
| Area of forestland in Indigenous land |
Indigenous Collaborations |
n/a |
| Aggregate standing timber inventory4 |
1,250,000,000 m3 |
n/a |
| Production |
2022 Performance
(Absolute) |
2022 Performance
(Intensity) |
| Timber harvest volume |
8,367,250 m3 |
n/a |
| Total fiber sourced for pulp, paper and tissue mills |
3,301,132 admt |
n/a |
| Amount of recycled and recovered fiber procured |
141,949 mt |
n/a |
| Total pulp production |
729,000 mt |
n/a |
| Total paper production |
1,252,000 mt |
n/a |
| Total wood product production5 |
2,199,000,000 bf |
n/a |
- Environmental data is for pulp, paper and tissue mills only, except for forest management-related information, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental incidents and ISO 14001 certification, which include all operations.
- Represents purchased electricity, minus actual external sales of electricity produced from cogeneration facilities.
- Includes waste used beneficially, such as recycling and land spreading, as well as on-site energy recovery
- Based on 50,244,433 acres of forestland.
- Does not include remanufactured wood, engineered wood and wood pellets.
Social Highlights
Social Highlights
| Health & Safety |
2022 Performance |
| Lost time incident rate1 |
0.19 |
| OSHA recordable incident rate |
0.63 |
| OSHA severity rate |
19.0 |
| Occupational disability rate |
0.1% |
| Absenteeism rate |
6.2% |
| Fatalities – employees |
1 |
| Fatalities – contractors |
0 |
| Fatalities – total |
1 |
| Human Resources |
2022 Performance |
| Employees |
6,424 |
| Hires |
1,350 |
| Women in workforce |
14.6% |
| Women hiring rate |
17.3% |
| Women in management roles |
19.8% |
| Women in executive roles2 |
25.0% |
| Voluntary employee turnover |
14.3% |
| Involuntary employee turnover3 |
9.1% |
| Employees unionized |
58.4% |
| Employee eligibility for participation in retirement plans |
100% |
| Employee participation in retirement plans |
98.5% |
| Sustainability metrics for incentive pay |
Yes, STIP |
| Paid sick leave |
Yes |
| Retirement contributions |
Yes |
| Community Engagement and Impact |
2022 Performance |
| Indigenous partnerships and consultative relationships |
36 |
| Direct economic impact |
$2,288,720,000 |
| Payments to governments4 |
$24,692,000 |
| Community contributions (donations, sponsorships, etc.) |
$1,290,897 |
| Indirect employment impact5 |
20,878 |
| Customers and Suppliers |
2022 Performance |
| Customer satisfaction6 |
96% |
| Customer requests – sustainability and product stewardship |
131 |
| Third-party fiber tracking systems |
100% |
| Fiber processed with minimum due diligence requirements |
100% |
| Fiber purchased from external sources that is third-party certified |
58% |
| Fiber certified to third party standards (sawmills) |
56% |
| Fiber certified to third party standards (pulp and paper mills) |
88% |
- The lost time incident rate is calculated by multiplying the number of incidents that were lost time cases by 200,000, divided by total number of hours worked.
- Effective March 1, 2023.
- Employees who left the organization due to dismissal, retirement or death in service.
- Includes corporate income taxes; franchise tax; property and school taxes; and non-recoverable sales taxes. Excludes payroll taxes; and countervailing and antidumping duties.
- Research by the Economic Policy Institute indicates that for every 100 jobs in the paper industry, 325 additional jobs are supported in supplier industries and in local communities due to the re-spending of wages.
- Customer satisfaction is measured using quality and service key performance indicators (KPI). Including the percentage of root cause problem elimination cases initiated and closed; excludes wood products.
Governance Highlights
Governance Highlights
| Board of directors |
2022 Performance |
| Directors |
8 |
| Independent directors |
75% |
| Gender diversity |
25% women |
| Diversity policy |
Minimum 25% of each gender (men and women) |
| Chair |
Independent |
| Committees1 |
Audit, HRCNG, EHSS, Finance (4) |
| Independance of committees |
All members of HRCNG & Audit independent as per NYSE standards |
| Average tenure |
7.6 years |
| Average age |
64 years |
| Term limits |
<15 years and 75 years old, except special circumstances |
| Number of meetings in previous year |
6 regular meetings plus special meetings |
| Average attendance |
100% |
| Ethics |
2022 Performance |
| Code of business conduct2 |
Yes, annual compliance and training |
| New employees trained on Code of Business Conduct |
100% |
| Ethics reporting policy with hotline and whistleblower protection |
Yes |
| Human Rights Policy |
Yes |
| Related persons policy |
Yes |
| Insider trading policy |
Yes |
| Anti-hedging and anti-pledging |
Yes |
| Recoupement policy |
Yes |
| Compensation |
2022 Performance |
| Annual say on pay |
99% approval rate in 2022 |
| Annual reviews |
Benchmarking by HRCNG against peers |
| ESG metric pay incentives |
Environmental and health & safety incidents as well as GHG remission reductions |
| ESG Reporting |
2022 Performance |
| Board, executive and sustainability committee members trained on ESG |
100% |
| Number of material issues (shared priorities) |
31 |
| Number of high priority material issues |
7 |
| GRI Universal Standards |
Yes, Core |
| SASB Standards |
Yes, pulp & paper and forestry management |
| UNSDGs |
Yes, eight SDGs |
| CDP Climate |
B |
| CDP Forests |
B |
| CDP Water Security |
C |
| Ecovadis |
Bronze |
| MSCI |
BB |
| S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (March 17, 2023) |
49 (87th percentile) |
| Sustainalytics |
17.2 (low risk) |
- Committees included: audit; human resources and compensation/nominating and governance (HRCNG); environment, health, safety and sustainability (EHSS); and finance.
- The Code includes provisions on legal compliance, conflicts of interest, anti-bribery and corruption, human rights, sustainability, fair dealing with third parties, appropriate workplace behavior, protection of intellectual property, security and cybersecurity.
Unless otherwise noted, amounts in this document are in U.S. dollars, and data reported is as at December 31, 2022.
Resolute became a privately-owned company pursuant to the merger of Resolute with a subsidiary of Domtar Corporation on March 1, 2023.