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April 23, 2021
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Leadership in Sustainability Award: Innovation in Sustainability

Member Spotlight: The Price Companies

The forest products industry leads with an approach that supports sustainable practices furthering the betterment of our planet.

Beginning in the 1980s, AF&PA member, The Price Companies began acquiring under managed agricultural and timberland to increase conservation and sustainability practices.

Those best management practices include:

  • planting hardwood timber on marginal agricultural land 

  • designing corridors to enhance wildlife habitat and conserve soil and water 

  • establishing berms and buffers along streams for nutrient management 

  • improving timber stands 

  • constructing and managing lakes as fisheries to improve subsurface water 

  • re-establishing native composition 

The Price Companies are managing some of the least productive lands to enhance the profitability of the overall property and to bring back original features to the landscape that make the Mississippi Delta region unique.

The goal is to not just improve the environment through cleaner water, healthier soils and enhanced biodiversity, but to also improve the quality of life in the Mississippi Delta now and for future generations.

Learn more about AF&PA’s sustainability initiative.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance public policies that foster economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness for a vital sector that makes the essential paper and packaging products Americans use every day. The U.S. forest products industry employs more than 925,000 people, largely in rural America, and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 44 states. Our industry accounts for approximately 4.7% of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufacturing more than $435 billion in products annually. AF&PA member companies are significant producers and users of renewable biomass energy and are committed to making sustainable products for a sustainable future through the industry’s decades-long initiative — Better Practices, Better Planet 2030. 

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