Sappi's Cloquet Mill in Northern Minnesota (United States) is one of the first dissolving pulp facilities to complete an external environmental-management verification process.The mill achieved a final score of greater than 80% on the Higg Facility Environmental Management (FEM) verification audit, which is an endorsement of sound environmental practices employed by Cloquet Mill.
Cloquet Mill also received a verified score of 100% across energy, water, and wastewater management, highlighting the mill as a pocket of excellence in resource efficiency and emission control. Developed by the SAC, the Higg FEM is part of a suite of tools that enables manufacturing facilities of all sizes to measure and score their environmental performance against a standard set of criteria, allowing for meaningful and credible performance benchmarking in the apparel and textile sector.
Across topics such as water use, carbon emissions and labour conditions, consumer goods brands, retailers, manufacturers, governments, NGOs and consumers can use the Higg Index to inform their individual sustainability strategies and drive collective industry transformation.
A global leader in dissolving pulp and paper-based solutions, Sappi Limited, is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa; manufacturing facilities on three continents, in ten countries (ten operations in Europe, four operations in North America and five operations in South Africa).
