Sappi Limited · JSE:SAP

Sappi — Investor Day (December 2019)

56 slides from Sappi's investor day presentation, Dec 5, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp

    Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp sappi| Verve

  2. Slide 2: Sustainable fibre for a thriving world

    Sustainable fibre for a thriving world

  3. Slide 3: Dissolving Wood Pulp operations

    Dissolving Wood Pulp operations 3

  4. Slide 4: Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp Locations

    Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp Locations Ngodwana Cloquet Saiccor 4

  5. Slide 5: Cloquet

    Cloquet Sappi Cloquet • Location: Duluth, Minnesota USA • 370ktpa Prehydrolysed Kraft dissolving pulp • 100% Hardwood – Aspen/Maple mix • Bleach sequence OO-ZMC/D-EOP-D • DWP and paper 5

  6. Slide 6: Ngodwana

    Ngodwana Sappi Ngodwana • Location: Nelspruit, Mapumalanga, South Africa • 250ktpa Prehydrolysed Kraft dissolving pulp • 100% Hardwood – Eucalyptus • Bleach Sequence O-D-ZHC/EOP-D • DWP and paper 6

  7. Slide 7: Ngodwana Project Eagle - Scope

    Ngodwana Project Eagle - Scope  Project was executed in 2 phases to enable DWP production increase from 190kt/a to 250kt/a  Eagle 1(FY16/17) focused on quality and reliability  Eagle 2(FY18/19) focused on throughput and sustainability initiatives 7

  8. Slide 8: Ngodwana Project Eagle - Delivery

    Ngodwana Project Eagle - Delivery  Key project successes include:  Project manhours >1million with LTIFR at 0.19 for Eagle 2  Project delivery utilizing in-house project management and incorporating local labour  Project on time and within budget with plant ramp up ahead of plan  Project curren

  9. Slide 9: Saiccor

    Saiccor Sappi Saiccor • Location: Umkomaas, KZN, South Africa • 780ktpa Sulphite dissolving pulp • 100% Hardwood – Eucalyptus and Acacia • Bleach Sequence O-D-EO-D-H • DWP only 9

  10. Slide 10: DWP markets

    DWP markets 10

  11. Slide 11: Fibres on the world market

    Fibres on the world market Source : Lenzing. 11

  12. Slide 12: Textile Market Fibre Production

    Textile Market Fibre Production Source : Textile Exchange Market Insights report 2018. 12

  13. Slide 13: Textile Market Fibre Production

    Textile Market Fibre Production Source : Textile Exchange Market Insights report 2018. 13

  14. Slide 14: Dissolving Pulp and its Uses

    Dissolving Pulp and its Uses DISSOLVING PULP DISSOLVING WOOD PULP COTTON LINTER PULP 2019 Mostly China Rayon – 6,233ktpa Specialities – 1,404ktpa CMC/ethers, Cellophane, Filament, Tyre cord, VSF Lyocell MCC Acetate Others Nitrocellulose, Plastics, Sponges Wear Heal Eat/Drink Wash/Wipe Mend Communica

  15. Slide 15: Viscose Staple Fibre Value Chain

    Viscose Staple Fibre Value Chain Value (Price) multiplies more than tenfold Wood Pulp Cellulosic Fibers Textiles Fabrics End-use Products Retail Nonwovens End-use Products Retail • Beech • Dissolving Wood • Viscose • Woven • Apparel • Eucalyptus pulp Producers • Lyocell • Knitted • Home Textiles • W

  16. Slide 16: DWP global Market

    DWP global Market Source : Sappi estimates.

  17. Slide 17: Textile Value Chain Sustainability

    Textile Value Chain Sustainability 17

  18. Slide 18: Technical Value Proposition

    Technical Value Proposition Krelyne Andrew 1

  19. Slide 19: Product Innovation – on a Global Scale

    Product Innovation – on a Global Scale Intellectual capital : Our technology centres and research and development (R&D) initiatives promote a culture of innovation to support the development of commercially and environmentally sustainable solutions for the company. Forestry Research Centre Sappi Fin

  20. Slide 20: DWP R&D Through the Value Chain

    DWP R&D Through the Value Chain Dissolving Pulp Value Chain Forests Pup Mill Fibre Producer Sappi R&D Value Chain Forestry R&D Fibre Processing R&D Applications R&D Intentional evolution 3

  21. Slide 21: Process & Product Complexity

    Process & Product Complexity bales are fed to steeping tank Alkali cellulose (Alkcell) slurry 1000’s of viscose filaments are regenerated The tow is stretched between heated rollers to orient the cellulose molecules

  22. Slide 22: Global Coordination of Technical Initiatives

    Global Coordination of Technical Initiatives Quarterly DWP Cluster Meetings Weekly Quality Meetings Quality Benchmarking Quality Review Best Practice Process Deviations/Trials Knowledge Sharing Customer Complaints R&D Review & Coordination (biannual) R&D Projects 5

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  24. Slide 24: Sustainability Trends

    Sustainability Trends 1 Krelyne Andrew

  25. Slide 25: Influencers & Sappi Response

    Influencers & Sappi Response Textile exchange MMCF 2

  26. Slide 26: Textile Value Chain

    Textile Value Chain  Complex supply chain Lack of visibility over  Dirty, Fast & Unethical Fashion supply chain has often Most resource-intensive resulted in toxic pollution, industries  Civil Society– ‘Doughnut Economics’ unethical labour practices and in the world escalating waste,. 150 million

  27. Slide 27: Sustainable Fashion and Fibre

    Sustainable Fashion and Fibre 4

  28. Slide 28: Preferred Supplier Status

    Preferred Supplier Status  Transparent and Traceable Supply Chains  Collaboration with NGO’s &, brand owners  Greening the value chain Certified Pulp Water Stewardship Low Carbon Economy Circular Economy Life Cycle Analysis Conservation and Biodiversity 5

  29. Slide 29: Sustainable Fashion

    Sustainable Fashion mconscoys Re UTA More’ sustainable fashi doing the right thing because We've only got one world and time is runni =f A.story of Sustainable Viseosé es

  30. Slide 30: Sustainable Fibre

    Sustainable Fibre ® Lenzing™ EcoVero™ fibers are the innovative and unique answer to the increasing demand a for sustainable products along the textile = value chain ; © Worldwide highest environmental standards 30 in the viscose production relying on three major : srwaracacyontoea pillars a8 Water

  31. Slide 31: Sustainable Forests

    Sustainable Forests 8

  32. Slide 32: Sustainable Forests

    Sustainable Forests MAIN INFLUENCERS  Leaders Group (H&M, Zara, Stella, Eileen Fischer)  210 Members across 25 countries  Support of 150 Global Brands  CanopyStyle Audits KEY FOCUS  Fibre producer pulp sourcing  Fibre producer sourcing practices  Preferred Fibres Report  Hot Button Report 

  33. Slide 33: Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp

    # Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp  Sappi DWP operations were recently given a green rating by Canopy  Member of Textile Exchange (2019)  Participated in the MMCF roundtables in Berlin and Vancouver  Sponsor at the annual Textile Exchange Conference  Visibility with Fashion Brands created 10

  34. Slide 34: Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp

    # Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp  Pulp to Forests Traceability project in progress o Customer Portal o Blockchain integration 11

  35. Slide 35: Sustainable DWP Operations

    Sustainable DWP Operations 12

  36. Slide 36: Sustainable Operations

    Sustainable Operations MAIN INFLUENCER  250 members  35 Countries  $500 billion in revenue 13

  37. Slide 37: Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp

    # Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp  Member of Sustainable Apparel Coalition - 2019  Completed a self assessment of the Higg FEM Module for all DWP operations 14

  38. Slide 38: Air Emissions

    Air Emissions MAIN INFLUENCERS  UNFCCC: - Fashion Charter for Climate Action KEY FOCUS  GHG Emissions  Science Based Target (SBTi) KEY TARGETS  30% reduction by 2030  Carbon neutral by 2050  No new coal fired boiler capacity 15

  39. Slide 39: Water Stewardship

    Water Stewardship MAIN INFLUENCERS KEY TARGETS  Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)  EU BAT compliance  Cradle 2 Cradle (C2C)  EU Ecolabel compliance  Total Chlorine Free (TCF)  Changing Markets Foundation  Zero release of hazardous chemicals  Bluesign  Microplastics FOCUS AREAS 

  40. Slide 40: Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp

    # Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp Water Risk Forecasting Specialist Study (External consultants) Water availability identified as significant risk for SA  Identify Saiccor key water risk areas and significance in the short, medium and long term  Enhance existing water strategy 17

  41. Slide 41: Sappi – WWF Partnership

    # Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp Sappi – WWF Partnership  Established in 2019  uMkhomazi catchment water resources assessment  Partnering for Water Security Proposal 18

  42. Slide 42: Sappi | Verve

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  43. Slide 43: Vulindlela Opening the way

    Vulindlela Opening the way ….for future investment 1

  44. Slide 44: Project Overview

    Project Overview “This investment will secure the mill’s future by increasing its global cost competitiveness and significantly reducing its environmental footprint.” Alex Thiel, CEO – Sappi Southern Africa To decrease production costs, introduce new technology, optimise processes and future-proof m

  45. Slide 45: Investment & Government Support

    Investment & Government Support • Production increase from 780 000 to 890 000 t/y with investment in Phase 1 • Additional increase to 1 000 000 t/y with investment in Phase 2. Vulindlela was the first project showcased at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Investment Conference last year. 3

  46. Slide 46: Major Capital Equipment

    Major Capital Equipment • Production increase to 890 000 t/y to be achieved via: • New chip feeding system • 8 new Digesters • 1 new LD storage Tank • 1 new deknotting, washing and screening plant • Upgrades to Bleach Plant #3 and Continua #4 New Wash Presses in position C4 Screening Upgrade in posi

  47. Slide 47: Major Capital Equipment

    Major Capital Equipment • Increased chemical recovery and Energy via: • 1 new evaporation plant • 1 new Recovery Boiler • Improved emissions via: • 1 new low SO2 emission SRP system • S3 stage addition to MgO3 • Water Savings via: • Wash press installation • New pulp chests and pulp blending Evap Ef

  48. Slide 48: Energy Benefits

    Energy Benefits • Energy efficiency will be improved by 10% • Renewable energy usage will increase by 20%. 6

  49. Slide 49: Air Emissions

    Air Emissions • SO2 emissions will be reduced by 35% • CO2 emissions will be halved, from reduced Coal usage • Coal consumption will be reduced by >130 000 t/y 7

  50. Slide 50: Waste Reduction

    Waste Reduction • Waste to landfill will be reduced by 50% • Realised through less coal ash to landfill 8

  51. Slide 51: Water Reduction

    Water Reduction • Water consumption will be reduced by 5% • Water efficiency increasing by 17% 9

  52. Slide 52: People

    People • Skills Centre for Artisan accreditation • Short term employment peak at 2200 people • 40% local • 40% KZN • 15% RSA • Full-time employment 10

  53. Slide 53: Variable Costs

    Variable Costs • 6.8% reduction in variable costs • Realised through reduced chemicals and cheaper green energy 11

  54. Slide 54: New Woodyard

    New Woodyard To cater for Vulindlela and beyond… 12

  55. Slide 55: New Woodyard

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  56. Slide 56: Project Vulindlela - Progress to Date

    Project Vulindlela - Progress to Date As at 24/11/2019: • Total Manhours Worked – 1 669 062 • Project Completion - 49.7% • Local training and employment count – 1035 14

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