Publications

A selection of publications and thought leadership is available to forest, paper and packaging companies in the UK:

Sustainable Packaging: Threat or opportunity ?
Under constant pressure from government, the media, customers and consumers, the packaging industry is increasingly being forced to consider how its products can be made more sustainable. Faced with pressing issues of over capacity, low prices and high raw material costs, should ‘sustainable packaging’ be a top concern for packaging senior executives? Will the issue have any real, lasting impact on how the industry does business, and how will packaging shape up?

CEO Perspectives: Viewpoints of CEOs in the forest, paper & packaging industry worldwide
The economic crisis exacerbated existing market declines and precipitated steep drops in demand in many forest, paper and packaging companies.  It’s clear the industry needs to reshape itself to meet future challenges – but how?  The third edition of CEO Perspectives in FPP summarises the thoughts of 33 CEOs from the forest, paper & non-paper packaging sectors around the world. 

Forest, paper and packaging deals – Annual Review
Forest, Paper and Packaging Deals 2008 reviews in detail 2008 deal activity in the forestry, paper and fibre packaging sectors, and examines several related themes. It also focuses on deal activity by key regions, the success of deals and considers the likely outlook for industry. The report is the latest edition in our annual series on deal-making in the sector, previously titled Branching Out.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Annual Forest, Paper & Packaging Survey
This survey benchmarks the financial performance of the PwC Top 100 forest, paper and paper-based packaging companies around the world. It includes a write-up of our global industry conference, which takes places annually in Vancouver in May 2008 and features new and evolving industry themes.

CEO Perspectives in forest, paper & packaging
"CEO Perspectives in FPP" summarises the views of 26 Chief Executives from the forest, paper & non-paper packaging sectors around the world on key issues facing the industry. The views are drawn from face-to-face and telephone interviews conducted between August and December 2007.

Risks & Rewards - Forest, Paper & Packaging in South America
This third publication in the Risks and Rewards series looks at forest, paper & packaging in South America. With the lowest wood costs of any leading producer region, South America looks set to become the dominant producer of pulp globally.

Risks & Rewards – forest, paper & packaging in Russia
Addresses the state of the industry in Russia and reflects on the key considerations anyone thinking of investing in the sector there should make. It explores the risks and rewards of doing business in Russia.

Risks & Rewards – Paper & Packaging Industry in China
Presents an overview of the impact of China on the paper and packaging sectors including an in-depth look at some key issues of particular importance to companies operating – or looking to invest - in the Chinese marketplace.

Distinguishing the Wood from the Trees: The Impact of EU Enlargement on the Forestry, Forest Products and Paper Industries
Examines what effect the enlarging of the EU will have on companies in these sectors – whether they operate in a new accession country or are based in the pre-enlarged EU.

Responding to a changing environment – Applying emissions trading strategy to industrial companies
Looks at the issue of how the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) impacts on energy intensive companies, including those involved in pulp and paper production. The EU-ETS presents substantial risk and potentially creates significant opportunities for these companies.