Protecting our planet

Sustainable forest management

We are committed to sustainable forest management and no deforestation, and we manage and protect conservation areas assessed by independent third parties as High Conservation Values (HCV) or High Carbon Stock (HCS).

RGE is committed to proactive efforts in conservation, restoration and management of the Earth’s precious natural resources, ensuring that while we produce, we can also protect.

Reducing carbon emissions

We strive to continuously reduce our carbon footprint as committed in the 2030 roadmaps of our business groups.

To help achieve this, we’re conducting science-based monitoring and measurement of our GHG emissions across different land uses, particularly on peatlands. That led to a ground-breaking five-year study published in the highly credible scientific journal Nature that sheds new light on tropical peatland management.

We are also understanding the GHG emissions from our production facilities and have been implementing initiatives to reduce these, including increasing the share of renewables in our energy balance.

Protecting forests

We uphold no deforestation in our supply chain, and our suppliers are expected to adhere to our Sustainability Policy. But with decades of experience in forestry we recognise that we have the means to do more.

Through projects in Brazil, China and Indonesia, we’re conserving hundreds of thousands of hectares of natural forest and freshwater ecosystems, applying our production-protection approach whereby our plantation forests provide the funding and the expertise to conserve natural ecosystems and the biodiversity they contain.

We also work with local communities to prevent fire through initiatives such as our Fire Free Village Programme in Indonesia, which covers more than a million hectares and has reduced burnt area by more than 90 per cent since the programme began.

Water, energy and chemicals

We’re committed to closed loop manufacturing, with our business groups’ 2030 roadmaps setting clear goals on water reduction and reuse, chemical recovery, and waste-to-value initiatives.

We’ve also set ambitious goals for the use of cleaner energy, including using biomass for power generation, as well as renewables such as solar.

That led to the building of the world’s first fossil fuel-free pulp mill in Brazil, and construction is underway on the world’s first net zero LNG export facility in Canada, and the largest private solar installation in Indonesia.