145 direct employees.

Fossil Fuel ReductionProducing biogas reduced Lake Utopia Paper’s need for fossil fuels. This reduction in fossil fuel energy can be equated to:

36% Reduction in total waste to landfill in the past three years.

Community St. George Days Festival is one of the many community events supported.

Heating 4,200 New Brunswick homes

Driving 3,900 cars per year

2016

SUSTAINABILITY SUMMARY

LAKE UTOPIA PAPER SCORECARD

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IrvingForestProducts@JDIrving.com (506) 755-3384

www.jdirving.com/medium

600 Route 785Utopia, NBE5C 2K4, Canada

© 2017 J.D. Irving, Limited

*Lake Utopia Paper produces no hazardous waste

ENVIRONMENTAL 2014 2015 2016Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 186,107 185,848 183,875Amount of recycled input materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 63,074 60,831 72,753

WATERWater usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M3 4,974,811 5,721,511 6,101,577Water usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M3/TONNE OF PRODUCTION 27 31 33Biological oxygen demand (BOD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 310 334 183Total suspended solids (TSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 316 286 183

ENERGYTotal energy consumption (direct & indirect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GIGAJOULES 1,874,733 1,899,201 1,841,450Total energy use intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GIGAJOULES/TONNE OF PRODUCTION 10.1 10.2 10.0

ENERGY MIXRenewable energy use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . % 21 20 22Non-renewable energy use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . % 79 80 78

CLIMATE CHANGETotal GHG emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) TONNES 102,264 106,897 89,576Total GHG emissions intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KG GHGe/TONNE OF PRODUCTION 549 575 487

AIR EMISSIONSNOx (oxides of nitrogen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 169 172 164SOx (oxides of sulfur) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 176 167 105Dust Total Particulate Matter (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 12 10 9

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCEOdour complaints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # OF COMPLAINTS 35 41 28Permit non-compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL # OF NON-COMPLIANCES 2 6 1

SOLID WASTETotal waste* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONNES 5,923 32,760 20,681Waste to landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . % 72 12 14Waste diverted (recycled or reused) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .% 28 88 86

SOCIALNumber of employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS 143 146 145

HEALTH & SAFETYRecordable incident rate # OF RECORDABLE INCIDENTS X 200,000/TOTAL HOURS WORKED 3.3 2.9 3.7Lost time accident rate . . . . # OF LOST TIME ACCIDENTS X 200,000/TOTAL HOURS WORKED 0.7 0.7 0.7

FROM SEED TO SHELF... ALL FOREST PRODUCTS OPERATIONS 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

VALUES AND APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY

J.D. Irving, Limited has core values and an approach to sustainability that motivates us to operate at the highest standards and to meet the evolving needs of the environment, our business, and our stakeholders, and the communities where we are proud to live and work. Our sustainability framework consists of five focus areas: healthy environment, growing and engaging people, vibrant communities, strong partnerships for business success, as well as safe and efficient operations.

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All forests owned or managed are

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI®) certified

All Maine woodlands are Forest Stewardship

Council® (FSC® C041515) certified

All forests owned or managed as well as IRVING PULP & PAPER, LAKE UTOPIA

PAPER and IRVING PAPER LIMITED have an ISO14001

certified management system

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ENVIRONMENTAL

SOCIAL

Vibrant Communities

Healthy Environment

Safe and Efficient

Operations

Strong Partnerships for Business

Success

Growing & Engaging People

Zero Non-Compliances

following 3rd party forest certification audits in 2016, based on 145 indicators (environmental, social and economic) measured

over 5 years.

55% waste to landfill

diverted for beneficial use.

1277 Conservation Sitesa 3.5% increase in our voluntary unique

areas sites in Canada and the U.S.

Absorb More Than We Emit

Over the next 50 years, JDI forest products operations will absorb more CO2 than we emit, equal to

360,000 cars per year for 50 years!

23% Reduction in Green House Gas

Emissions over the past 3 years.

Over

65,000 volunteer hours in support

of PALS from 2001-2016 (Partners Assisting Local Schools).

Over $250,000

per year in scholarships is given to talented students

attending university or community college.

Sustainability at J.D. Irving, Limited

Over 130 years of quality products and

service to valued customers.

512 new employees in

2016.

Record Wood Purchases

from private woodlot owners and producers. (2016-2017)

$25 Million in forest research since 1982.

58% Renewable energy from renewable fuels like biomass.

5.9% Overall Reduction

in Recordable Incident Rate over the last three years.

30% Reduction in Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)

air emissions over the past 3 years.

PAPER

PRINTING AND WRITING PAPER FOR MAGAZINES

AND CATALOGUES

RETAIL TISSUE

MAJESTATM, ROYALETM AND

SCOTTIESTM

BRANDS

OUR TRANSPORTATION AFFILIATES

• TRUCKING: SUNBURY TRANSPORT, MIDLAND TRANSPORT, AND RST TRANSPORT

• RAIL: NBM RAILWAYS

• OCEAN: KENT LINE

• JDI LOGISTICS

TREES

NURSERIES, RESEARCH,CONTINUOUS REINVESTMENT

IN THE LANDS WE MANAGE

LOGGING OPERATIONS

COMPANY LOGGING CONTRACTORS AND

PURCHASES FROM OVER 1,200 PRIVATE WOODLOT

PRODUCERS

10 SAWMILLS

OVER 1 BILLION BOARD FEET OF LUMBER PRODUCED ANNUALLY

• SPRUCE, PINE, FIR (SPF)

• EASTERN WHITE PINE

• NORTHERN HARDWOOD

• EASTERN CEDAR

CORRUGATING MEDIUM

CARDBOARD PACKAGING MATERIAL

PULP MILL

HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD KRAFT PAPER

29% Women in Executive Positions

Susan Coloumbe leading North America’s largest White Pine

Lumber Operations.

FOREST MANAGEMENT CYCLE

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE