November 18, 2016

Creating Value of
Sustainable Packaging
Through Partnerships
Quentin Yan
PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue
Bali Indonesia

WestRock
Building a Growing Paper and Packaging Leader
$14.2 billion
sales (1)

>250 locations in
Americas, Europe
& Asia Pacific

~39,000
employees

13.3 million
tons of mill
production

With a Strong Sustainability Platform

People

(1) Represents FY 2016 consolidated sales

Planet

Performance

Sustainability isnt just a word.

Its the fiber of our company.
Chain of Custody
Our goal is to certify all of our wholly owned manufacturing
facilities across the globe to internationally recognized
chain-of-custody certification standards by 2018.
Current Status: 99% of manufacturing facilities certified.

Certified Fiber
Our goal is to increase our purchases of virgin fiber from
lands certified to credible forest management standards by
25% by 2025.
Current Status: All the WestRock paper mills are certified
to international standards including PEFC.

Certified Land
Our goal is to promote increases in the amount of land that
is certified to internationally recognized forest management
standards through our landowner outreach activities.
Current Status: Over 70,000 acres certified.

* Measured from 2015 baseline

Consumers care about sustainability

Make a difference:

Make it a brand standard:

42%
35%
Consumers

I want to save the planet for my kids.

Make it convenient:

Brands
Manufacturers

Consumers
consider brands
to be most
responsible for
sustainability

23%

Consumers want to do whats right, but

it has to be easy

Government

Ill do my part to help in recycling and

sustainability, but I dont see it as
primarily my responsibility.
Easy on the
Environment
& me
6

Easy to
understand

Easy to
use

Easy to reuse/
recycle

Consumers
WestRock Sustainable Packaging Consumer Insights / 2013 & 2014

Creating value through

sustainable packaging partnership

We achieved this through

cooperation with our
suppliers, such as WestRock