We're committed to certification
AbitibiBowater manages more land that is independently certified to sustainable forest management standards than any other company in the world.
We own or manage approximately 21 million hectares (53 million acres) of forestland in North America. Ninety-eight percent of this area is public land in Canada, managed through long-term forest management agreements that include a public input process and regular periodic government auditing.
Virtually all of these lands are certified to Canadian Standards Association (CSA) or Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) sustainable forest management standards. We are also certified to the SFI® standard in our US operations, making AbitibiBowater among the largest sustainable forest management certificate-holders in the world.