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Domtar has released a new Global Indigenous Relations Policy, representing the company’s long-term commitment to fostering meaningful relationships with Indigenous Peoples. The policy is grounded in the principles of inclusion, transparency and mutual respect. The policy commits to advancing reconciliation, promoting economic opportunities, and fostering respect and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, culture and connections to the land in all our business practices. “This new Global Indigenous Relations Policy represents an important next step in our company’s commitment to values-based engagement with Indigenous Peoples,” says Luc Thériault, President, Wood Products. “The policy will serve as our guide for interactions with Indigenous communities and partners as we promote partnerships that are grounded in trust, respect and shared prosperity for all.”
Few paper products are as ubiquitous as printed receipts and labels made from thermal POS paper. And in North America, those slick bits of paper used to print your grocery receipt, restaurant bill, shipping label, coffee order, ATM transaction and other data from your day-to-day life are likely made by Domtar. Domtar, through its Domtar POS business, is a leader in the thermal POS paper industry. Today, we are North America’s only integrated supplier of phenol- and Pergafast-free POS paper, and the only domestic supplier of base paper for a wide range of thermal applications, including labels. Our investments over the past five years and our long history of advocacy — both for our industry and for consumers’ right to choose printed receipts and statements — mean we are well positioned to lead this market segment now and into the future. “As the only domestic producer of thermal POS paper, we are uniquely committed to the North American paper industry, offering the most reliable supply chain,” says Tina Howard, vice president of sales, converting. “We strive to provide our customers and consumers with products that go further than simply meeting their needs to also take into consideration our environment and human health.”
Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy includes three pillars: Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities, and Responsible Business. This three-part article series explores each pillar in greater depth. Read on to learn more about how we care for Our People and Communities: https://ow.ly/JGsp50WApcF La stratégie de développement durable de Domtar comporte trois piliers, soit Intendance environnementale, Nos gens et nos collectivités, et Entreprise responsable. Notre série de trois articles examine chaque pilier. Suivez ce lien pour découvrir comment nous prenons soin de nos gens et de nos collectivités : https://ow.ly/R4bg50WApcE
Finding a career after college can sometimes be challenging. For many students, summer internships provide valuable experience, help build resumes and make it easier to land a job in their chosen field after graduation. Summer internships serve as a key component of career development. Internships allow students to gain practical, hands-on experience, which they can apply in the classroom and in the real world. Gen Z interns also have new ideas and knowledge to share, which adds value to their summer work. Domtar offers a wide range of internship opportunities in the forest products industry, from co-ops in our operations to internships in our corporate center departments. “Many Domtar leaders, including myself, began our careers as interns and are glad to take the opportunity to ‘pay it forward’ with the next generation,” says Lauren Hultz, director of digital communications and brand management for Domtar. “Summer internships allow students to apply their knowledge and develop their skills in a safe space, and they also help us stay up to date on changes and trends in our fields of expertise.” For National Intern Day, we asked a few of our summer interns about their experiences working with Domtar.
At Domtar, being a responsible forest products manufacturer means more than just creating sustainable products. It means being an active partner in the communities where we live and work. Through Domtar Connects, our flagship community investment program, we are deepening that commitment with the support and encouragement of our owner, Jackson Wijaya. Since the launch of Domtar Connects, dozens of projects have come to life across North America, from funding school libraries and technical training programs to sponsoring local environmental cleanups and supporting Indigenous community partnerships. At the heart of each initiative is a shared belief: Strong communities create stronger companies.
How do we put sustainability at the heart of everything we do? It starts with our Sustainability Strategy, which focuses our efforts in three areas: Environmental Stewardship, Our People and Communities and Responsible Business. The framework, which launched in May 2025, is the result of nearly two years of work, led by our Sustainability Team with the collective feedback of operational and subject matter experts across our business units. The integrated strategy drives all of our operations and commitments as we continue our work as a leading manufacturer of diversified forest products under the ownership of investor Jackson Wijaya. “I’m tremendously proud of the strategy we’ve created,” says Domtar Chief Sustainability Officer Sabrina de Branco. “Considering the strong history of all our legacy companies, I can say with confidence that Domtar is moving onward and upward while being firmly rooted in sustainability.” In this article, we’re exploring the first pillar in our strategy: Environmental Stewardship. Upcoming articles will explore the other two pillars and their key objectives.
Domtar recently had the pleasure of hosting a panel discussion on Indigenous Partnerships Across Canada at the Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference (IROC) in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The event was held on the traditional lands of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. Domtar also sponsored the Indigenous Artists’ Exhibition at IROC, which gave local Indigenous artists the opportunity to showcase their work to conference delegates free of charge. The annual conference brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous business, community and government leaders to build partnerships between Indigenous communities and the natural resources sector. This year’s conference theme was Working Together with the Land. The spirit of working together was also at the heart of the Domtar-hosted panel on Indigenous partnerships. We heard directly from leaders representing Indigenous partners from four corners of the country: Tina Rasmussen from Meadow Lake Tribal Council Industrial Investments in Saskatchewan; Alexandre Girard from Le Groupe Aishkatsh in Mashteuiatsh, Quebec; Dale Levesque from Dallan LP at the Fort William First Nation in Ontario; and Erik Blaney of Tla’amin Nation in British Columbia. The wide-ranging discussion looked at the opportunities and challenges of creating partnerships that result in positive outcomes for all.
The Domtar name may be primarily associated with pulp and paper, but we are also a leader in the wood products market. Our Wood Products business unit includes 21 production facilities in North America, and we produce close to 3 billion board feet of lumber and other remanufactured wood products annually, many of which are produced using byproducts from our other businesses. These wood products include: Wood pellets used in power generation plants I-joists for floor and roof trusses Framing lumber for constructing walls, roofs and floors Decking boards used as high-performance flooring A portion of production includes remanufactured wood products, many of which are produced at our Château-Richer facility located in Château-Richer, Quebec. Since the 1970s, the Château-Richer facility has produced lumber and wood products serving the Canadian and U.S. markets.
Our Windsor Mill in Windsor, Quebec, has gone to great lengths to close its sustainability loop and nurture the forests that support its operations and the people that live and work in the surrounding area. That includes a partnership with local maple syrup producers. The Windsor Mill is one of Canada’s last fully integrated pulp and paper mills, and it owns 400,000 acres of forestland to support its operations. The mill manages its forests for multiple uses, selectively harvesting trees about once every 20 years. The mill has developed partnerships for the forests to benefit the larger community during the two decades of growing time. One of these partnerships was formed in 2016 to allow local maple syrup producers to harvest sap from the large stands of sugar maples that dominate the land. Since starting its partnership with local syrup makers, more than 260,000 taps have yielded enough tree sap for 47 maple syrup producers to create thousands of gallons of their signature product.
We are closing in on one of the most important milestones to date in the ongoing integration of our three legacy companies: unveiling Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy. “Each of our legacy companies brought a great deal to the table in terms of sustainability-related mindsets, achievements and best practices,” says Domtar Chief Sustainability Officer Sabrina de Branco. Her team has led the development of Domtar’s Sustainability Strategy in close collaboration with subject matter experts from across Domtar’s business units. The nearly two-year exercise involved careful assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities that matter most to our company’s resilience and success. It involved extensive outreach to learn the sustainability-related priorities of our employees, customers, operating communities and many other stakeholders, along with the unique perspectives of Indigenous peoples. “An effective and meaningful sustainability strategy needs to be stakeholder driven,” says de Branco. “We are confident we’ve invested the time and effort in properly understanding where our stakeholders would like to see us focus our efforts within Domtar's Sustainability Strategy while respecting the goals of our ambitious owner, Jackson Wijaya.” Wijaya is committed to operating Domtar with a commitment to sustainability, innovation and building meaningful partnerships with local communities and stakeholders.
