Fibre Sourcing Principles
Catalyst does not harvest forests on either public or private lands to manufacture paper and pulp. To supply our divisions, we purchase wood fibre from independent suppliers.
We make our products primarily from residual wood fibre, waste wood from British Columbia sawmills that was once consigned to landfills or burned. We also use pulp logs, logs that are poor in quality, defective or otherwise unsuitable for lumber manufacture, and de-inked pulp recycled from old newspapers and magazines. We are also a leader in the use of alternative waste fibres, such as sawdust and log sort debris.
When buying wood fibre from suppliers, Catalyst follows a set of fibre sourcing principles that require all suppliers to regularly provide evidence that the forests they harvest are managed responsibly. Usually this means they have an environmental management system and are registered with a major forest management certification system — the Canadian Standards Association, the Forest Stewardship Council or the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Sourcing Certified Fibre
For those customers to whom environmental sustainability is a key concern, we offer some paper products that contain 100 per cent fibre certified as coming from sustainably managed forests. We can make this claim because we track our fibre supply through an independently verified chain of custody system.
Learn more about our certified chain of custody system.
Member of Metafore
We support Metafore, a non-profit organization that works to catalyze business action to conserve, protect and restore the world's forests. Metafore encourages business and other civil society leaders to work together on innovative, market-based approaches that support thriving forests and communities.
