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Achievements
International Paper is always working toward its vision of being one of the best and most respected companies in the world by staying focused on its mission: making people’s lives better. International Paper distinguishes itself from its competition by strengthening and leveraging the power of its three success drivers — its customers, its people, and operational excellence — to accomplish this mission.
Since it was founded over 100 years ago, International Paper has steadily grown its businesses and today maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs nearly 90,000 people all over the world. International Paper is listed as number 71 on the Fortune 500 ranking of the nation’s largest companies, and its stock is traded on six international exchanges, including New York and Zurich.
As a company focused on the success of its customers, IP has a long tradition of identifying opportunities and developing solutions tailored to the needs of its partners. International Paper continually develops innovative solutions that help its partners grow their businesses. As a result, International Paper is consistently named “Supplier of the Year” by a number of different customers.
Another of International Paper’s proudest achievements is its leadership role in forest management practices. As one of the largest private landowners in the world, IP foresters and ecologists manage the woods with great care in compliance with the rigorous standards of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® program. The SFI® program is an independent certification system that ensures the perpetual planting, growing, and harvesting of trees while protecting wildlife, biodiversity, and plants as well as soil, air, and water quality. In the United States alone, IP protects more than a half million acres of unique and environmentally important habitats on its forestlands through conservation easements and land sales to environmental groups. The company also has a longstanding policy of using no wood from endangered forests.
These achievements are just a few of the reasons Fortune magazine named International Paper in its 2003 and 2004 Most Admired Companies surveys. |
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