International Paper (IP) is continuing work on its commitment to sustain forests through two new collaborations with the Arbor Day Foundation: the Time for Trees initiative and Community Tree Recovery.
As one of 17 founding members of the Arbor Day Foundation's Evergreen Alliance, International Paper is championing the Time for Trees initiative, a commitment to plant 100 million trees in forests and communities worldwide by 2022. The initiative leverages trees as a simple, natural climate solution, improves community resilience and helps preserve clean air and water, healthy food and a livable climate.
International Paper has also committed to planting 46,000 trees through the Arbor Day Foundation's Community Tree Recovery program – a public and private partnership aimed at distributing free trees to residents in communities affected by natural disaster.
Employee volunteers kicked off the company's participation in the program distributing more than 1,000 trees to residents of Panama City, Florida, who were impacted by Hurricane Michael. Over the course of 2019, International Paper will be involved in several more community tree giveaways, including one in Orange, Texas, where many of its own employees were impacted by 2017's Hurricane Harvey. The company's support will also fund a larger reforestation effort in the Upper Altamaha Watershed of Georgia, a landscape impacted by Hurricane Michael.
International Paper is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products.
