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Little Free Libraries: Take a Book, Return a Book

Posted by Resolute's Communications teamCommunity1 Comment

Employees at our Catawba, South Carolina paper mill have been abuzz with excitement since the launch of the first Little Free Library!

A Little Free Library is a public station stocked with a variety of books available for borrowing at no charge. The goal of the Little Free Libraries is to bring the joy and power of reading to community members of all ages. Visitors to the Little Free Libraries can peruse the books and take home one that catches their eye – and if they have books at home that are ready to be enjoyed by someone else, they can bring those back to the Library.

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Blueberry season is beginning in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec!

Posted by Resolute's Communications teamCommunityNo Comments

According to the Journal de Québec, “At the height of the season, Lac-Saint-Jean welcomes at least 1000 blueberry pickers to the region, as well as a horde of tourists who head out into the forest to one of more than 275 picking sites.

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Major Progress – and an Impeccable Safety Record! – in Northwestern Ontario

Posted by Resolute's Communications teamCommunity, Safety1 Comment

Resolute’s plan to invest $90 million for three major projects in Northwestern Ontario is well underway and includes a new sawmill in Atikokan, the upgrade and restart of our idled Ignace sawmill, and the production capacity increase and building of a wood pellet plant at our Thunder Bay sawmill. The projects will create about 175 new jobs in the region – not to mention many indirect jobs in areas like harvesting, hauling and forest management.

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Inside Resolute’s Sustainability Committee

Posted by Resolute's Communications teamEnvironmental Performance, SustainabilityNo Comments

Sustainability is one of our core values at Resolute, and our CEO himself, Richard Garneau, can often be heard discussing the importance of balancing the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social, and economic. Back in 2010, we made some important changes to our practical approach to sustainability. We set a number of ambitious targets in several different areas, and we began producing a GRI-compliant sustainability report to provide updates on those targets. But perhaps most importantly, we gathered a team of some of our best and brightest to tackle the responsibility of ensuring that we, as a company, respect our commitments.

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