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Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees for Hurricane Recovery in Six States

Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees for Hurricane Recovery in Six States
10/31/2024 | Companies
In response to the severe damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Arbor Day Foundation has pledged to plant 10 million trees across six impacted states.  "After witnessing the destruction left by Helene and Milton, we felt a strong responsibility to contribute meaningfully to the...
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Aflac Volunteers Help Provide 45,000 Meals for Food-Insecure Families in Georgia and Alabama

Aflac Volunteers Help Provide 45,000 Meals for Food-Insecure Families in Georgia and Alabama
08/19/2024 | Companies
Over the past half-year, teams of Aflac employees have dedicated 134 collective hours to volunteering at Feeding the Valley Food Bank, part of the Feeding America network. Their efforts have resulted in nearly 45,000 meals provided to children and adults facing food insecurity in the Chattahoochee...
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Georgia-Pacific Wins AF&PA 2023 Sustainability Award for Save My Life Digital Work Process

Georgia-Pacific Wins AF&PA 2023 Sustainability Award for Save My Life Digital Work Process
01/05/2024 | Companies
Georgia-Pacific is delighted to announce that the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) has granted the company the 2023 Leadership in Sustainability Award for the innovative Save My Life Digital Work Process. This accolade acknowledges outstanding sustainability initiatives within the...
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Georgia-Pacific's Annual Charity Golf Tournament Raises $4.3 Million for Cancer Research

Georgia-Pacific's Annual Charity Golf Tournament Raises $4.3 Million for Cancer Research
10/09/2023 | Companies
Georgia-Pacific employees, suppliers, and representatives from the City of Hope recently came together for an event aimed at supporting the fight against cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.  The golf tournament, which consistently sells out year after year, often has suppliers eager...
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Southwire's Villa Rica Plant Earns OSHA VPP Star Recertification for Safety Excellence

Southwire's Villa Rica Plant Earns OSHA VPP Star Recertification for Safety Excellence
07/24/2023 | Companies
Southwire's plant, located in Villa Rica, Ga., has successfully obtained recertification as a Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star site by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA).   The VPP program acknowledges private industry employers and federal agencies that have...
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Home Depot Foundation grants $185,000 to Atlanta-based Black-led and Black-benefiting NPOs

Home Depot Foundation grants $185,000 to Atlanta-based Black-led and Black-benefiting NPOs
02/09/2023 | Companies
The Home Depot Foundation works all year to promote long-term change and social equity in our communities. The Foundation is granting $185,000 to Atlanta-based Black-led and Black-benefiting non-profit partners in honor of Black History Month. The Home Depot Foundation is donating $75,000 to the...
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Conservation of forests areas and wildlife receive $10M funding

Conservation of forests areas and wildlife receive $10M funding
12/20/2022 | Companies
International Paper and The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) have renewed their Forestland Stewards Partnership for the next five years, with IP committing $10 million to wildlife and working forest conservation. The Forestland Stewards Partnership (FSP), one of the most successful...
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Atlanta’s mass timber project progressing well

Atlanta’s mass timber project progressing well
11/29/2022 | Companies
619 Ponce is expected to launch itself sometime in 2024. The mass timber project for one of Atlanta's favorite hot spots, Ponce City Market, is gaining traction, and Georgia-Pacific is collaborating. To support the construction of a four-story mass timber loft office building called 619 Ponce,...
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Igniting the entrepreneurial mindset

Igniting the entrepreneurial mindset
07/19/2022 | Citizenship
Awakening the entrepreneurial spirit. It is said, you are never too young to start thinking big! In fact, according to Rod Hames, a business teacher at Crews Middle School, is counting big time on it. Employees from Georgia-Pacific along with other local business professionals have recently spent...
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Bioswale Combats Pollution And Adds Greenery

Bioswale Combats Pollution And Adds Greenery
03/29/2017 | Environment
GDOT and The Ray turn to “nature tech” to fight against pollution. Dailycsr.com – 28 March 2017 – The area of “median and northbound lane gore”, near LaGrange of “Exit 6 on I-85”, is known as “bioswales”, wherein the “Georgia Department of Transportation” or GDOT, along with The Ray planted “native...
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