Sappi Europe, Brussels Videos

Q4 Financial Results
The packaging and speciality papers segment experienced a positive quarter in Europe, with the regional demand improving, though off a low base. Our European CEO, Marco Eikelenboom shares his insight into his plans to further remove graphic paper capacity in FY2025 and ramp up the wet strength label production on Gratkorn PM9 📈. #SappiFinancialResults

Sappi Financial Results
Our European business generated an adjusted EBITDA of €36 million, which is significantly better than the prior year. The sale of the Stockstadt and Lanaken mills were completed and substantially reduced fixed costs for the region in Q4 FY24. Learn more about Sappi’s Financial Results 📈 https://bit.ly/4eiDfRc #SappiFinancialResults #sappiq4results

Our industry is leading the shift to a competitive EU bioeconomy. Check out what Sappi Europe’s CEO and Cepi chair Marco Eikelenboom and Sappi Europe’s Director Sustainability and 4evergreen alliance chair Sarah Price have been up to this month. Given Europe’s ambitious agenda for sustainable competitiveness, it is critical that wood fibre is recognised as a strategic resource and material in EU. 🔁 At the PRIMA Conference, Marco outlined the industry’s key opportunities and risks amid EU's dynamic legislative and regulatory landscape. The need for an EU Industrial Deal is clearer than ever, especially given Draghi's recent report which emphasises EU's "innovation gap" and the call to action on decarbonisation, competitiveness and resilience. 🔁 Sarah joined the Specialty Papers Europe 2024 conference, and in a panel session, she discussed the opportunity that the ‘PPWR’ regulation presents for fibre-based packaging to be recognised for its circularity. She said: ‘It’s essential that the industry is involved in the development of secondary legislation, where Design for Recyclability criteria and many other details will be developed.’ 🔁 In her role as Chair of the 4evergreen alliance, Sarah also moderated the online webinar ‘Unlocking the toolbox to perfect fibre-based packaging circularity’. The group discussed the design recommendations of packaging and the challenges and solutions for assessing recyclability using 4evergreen’s Circularity by Design Guideline and Recyclability Evaluation Protocol – tools for fibre packaging circularity. Sappi Europe is focused on delivering solutions for accelerating the circular economy, and we’re incredibly proud to play our part in forging a sustainable and thriving future for our industry. #sappi #circulareconomy #pulpandpaperindustry

Marco Eikelenboom, CEO of Sappi Europe, unpacks Sappi’s Q3 results and highlights the key issues from the European business and our year-round focus on safety, which has notably reduced our lost time injury frequency rate. 🔊 Listen in to learn more. #SappiFinancialResults #SappiQ3Results #SappiEurope

Today, we released Sappi’s financial results for Q3. Sappi Europe increased sales volumes by 13%, although rising input costs created further headwinds. Variable (chemicals and wood) and fixed (maintenance and restructuring) costs both decreased by 7% y-o-y. Explore our results here: https://bit.ly/3YIutYe #SappiFinancialResults #SappiQ3Results #SappiEurope

What does safety at work mean to you? 🤔 July was Safety Awareness Month at our Sappi Europe mills – helping us to embed a culture of safety across the business. We all know that successful safety is a team effort – it takes the efforts of every employee to make a workplace truly safe. So we asked a few of our colleagues – Jessica Bergner, Kamuran Ylmaz, Mika Elonsalo, Jan Hofmann and Joachim Junge – how they live up to that responsibility. What does safety mean to them? But what do you think? What does safety mean to you? #safetyfirst #healthandsafety #sappi

What does safety at work mean to you? 🤔 Fresh from our July Safety Awareness Month, all of us at Sappi Europe are focused on embedding a culture of safety throughout our company. And we know that none of us can make a big enough difference alone – it takes the efforts of each and every one of us to make a workplace truly safe. So we asked a few of our colleagues – Wolfgang Nussmüller, Raul Giacomazzi, Peter Putz and Juha Alhonen – how they try to make a safety difference. What does safety mean to each of them? What does safety mean to you? Hit “comment” and let us know… #SafetyFirst #healthandsafety #sappi

🌠 We are pleased to share a significant milestone achieved at our Kirkniemi Mill in Lohja, Finland: we’ve reduced the carbon footprint of our Galerie papers range by 55%, which is expected to reach 70% by the end of 2024. This is a key step forward and a major milestone in our sustainability journey. We made significant investments to bring renewable energy and clean electricity to the mill. The knock-on effects, for our own Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been enormous, but the positive effects also support our customers’ own efforts to decrease their emissions. Here’s what Sarah Price, Sappi Europe’s Director of Sustainability has to say: “For us, this is much broader than emissions; it’s about investing now for long-term positive change and enabling our customers to do the same.” Read more about the announcement here: https://ow.ly/eNS650SI5xG #SappiEurope #Sustainability #PaperIndustry

How can we create a circular economy? 🤔 We all know that less “take, make, waste” and more “reduce, reuse, recycle” would be good for all of us – and the environment. But what concrete steps can we take to help to create a circular economy? At Sappi, making what we should, not just what we can – from woodfibre-based renewable resources – is central to how we run our business. So, we asked our colleagues – Gustavo Duarte (Head of Business Development), Lasse Lerche (Sales and Technical Customer Service Manager), Georgiana Marin (Sales Manager) and Bram Goorts (Manager Power Plant and Waste Water Treatment) – to tell us what was key to them in creating a circular economy. Tell us – what is key for you? #circulareconomy #Sustainability #sappi

Could shrinkflation be good for the environment? According to strategy consultants at McKinsey, using smarter packaging design can actually benefit the environment by • Reducing waste generation ♻️ • Lowering transportation emissions • Conserving resources Who knew? Find out more here https://ow.ly/xG6f50SI38y What other necessary evils do you think could be turned into positive sustainable steps? Click ‘comment’ and tell us what you think… #shrinkflation #sustainability #packaging

All of Sappi Europe’s sites took part in what was a dynamic and successful programme of safety events throughout June. From personal wellbeing, back care and first aid workshops to skin screenings, physiotherapy massage and safe use of machinery - these informative sessions put safety under the spotlight and celebrated Sappi Europe’s outstanding safety records. In what was Sappi’s Global Safety Awareness Month, we were also proud to have hosted our region’s first annual European Safety Awards. Thank you to each and every one of our employees for their invaluable input into our month of safety awareness events. Here’s to another year of exemplary safety achievements! #sappi #safetyatwork #safetyfirst

What does the circular economy mean to you? 🤔 At Sappi, making what we should, not just what we can – from woodfibre-based renewable resources – is central to how we run our business. For us, the circular economy isn’t a nice-to-have idea, but the driving force that powers our approach to innovation and product design. So, we asked our colleagues – Gustavo Duarte (Head of Business Development), Georgiana Marin (Sales Manager), Matt Spence (Director Sappi Biotech) and Bram Goorts (Manager Power Plant and Waste Water Treatment) – what the circular economy means to them. What does it mean to you? Hit “comment” and let us know… #circulareconomy #Sustainability #sappi