Johannesburg, 16 October 2025 - Sappi has once again earned a place on the prestigious Forbes magazine and Statista World’s Best Employers list for 2025 (#289 globally and #5 in South Africa) as well as the World’s Top Companies for Women list for 2025 (#144 globally and #2 in South Africa).

At Sappi, our commitment to forest conservation extends far beyond Arbor Month. While September shines a spotlight on South Africa’s rich natural heritage, it also reminds us of our ongoing responsibility as stewards of vast landholdings—including precious indigenous forests that require protection, restoration, and respect every day of the year.

As South Africa enters the high-risk winter fire season, Sappi Southern Africa reflects not only on the serious threats that fires pose to forests, communities and livelihoods — but on the discipline and readiness it takes to confront them.

South Africa’s rural and peri-urban areas are home to a vibrant informal economy—an enterprising ecosystem of spaza shops, street vendors, barbers, mechanics, and countless micro-enterprises that shape daily life in the townships. It’s a space defined not only by survival, but by creativity and community-rooted resilience. And there’s a name for it: kasinomics. Coined by South African marketer and author GG Alcock, kasinomics speaks to a R1 trillion economy built on grit

Sappi Southern Africa was honoured to host the Honourable Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Mr Velenkosini Hlabisa, at a roundtable discussion held at its Durban office on Friday, 20 June. The engagement was part of the national “Every Municipality Must Work – A Call for Collective Action” campaign, an initiative led by CoGTA to strengthen local governance systems across South Africa.

The official opening of the Sappi Forestry Skills Centre in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal recently, marked a major step in shaping a future of opportunity for those working in the industry.  Designed to equip workers with specialised, hands-on forestry training, the Centre embodies Sappi’s drive to nurture skills, create opportunities, and empower local communities through education. 

Reaffirming its commitment to education as a catalyst for long-term growth, Sappi has once again provided vital educational resources to sch

Global Recycling Day, observed every year on 18 March, celebrates the vital role that recycling plays in preserving the planet.

Sappi’s Billion Rand Investment in Kwazulu-Natal

Arbor Month Sappi RTES Programme protecting medicinal plants

Sappi announces results for the third financial quarter 2024

Sappi Research Chair at Wits marks a milestone year of climate action. Fire season predictions equip forestry industry with more resilience

Sappi’s Pelletin achieves feed safety assurance certification for its lignin-based animal feed additive

Sappi delivers solid results in difficult economic climate

SAPPI Khulisa Programme wins trialogue award for best practice CSI

SAPPI #EmpowerHer Community Programme

Economic Development through collaboration

Sappi Chair in Climate Change and Plantation Sustainability at Wits University

Long-term support sustains Sappi Karkloof Classic

Record earnings for Sappi despite tumultuous year

Sappi Saiccor mill project lauded by President Ramaphosa

Spreading the goodness with a little help from our friends this World Food Day 16 October

Everyone a winner at Sappi Safety Awards

Sappi Saiccor mill expansion and environmental upgrade project lauded by President Ramaphosa