Mercer International Inc. (“Mercer” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:
MERC), a global forest products company with operations in Germany,
the U.S. and Canada, announces that it has received an ESG Risk
Rating of 17.4 from Sustainalytics. This rating places Mercer in
the low-risk group and the 20th percentile of the 16,215 companies
rated worldwide. The rating marks a 4.0-point improvement since
2023, underscoring Mercer's ongoing commitment to sustainability
and effective ESG risk management.
Juan Carlos Bueno, President and CEO of Mercer, stated, “The
strong improvement in our Sustainalytics risk rating reflects our
ongoing efforts to integrate sustainable practices into our core
business operations. It also highlights our commitment to creating
long-term value for our stakeholders by balancing environmental
stewardship with responsible business growth.”
The Sustainalytics ESG Risk Ratings evaluate a company’s
exposure to industry-specific material ESG risks and its management
of those risks. Ratings are categorized across five risk levels:
negligible (below 10 points), low (10-20 points), medium (20-30
points), high (30-40 points) and severe (above 40 points). In its
specific industry (Paper & Forestry) and sub-industry (Paper
& Pulp), Mercer was ranked in the 18th and 17th percentile,
respectively, indicating superior ESG risk management compared to
many of its peers.
Notably, in the Sustainalytics assessment, Mercer received a
“Strong” rating for its management of ESG issues. Additionally,
Mercer achieved “Low” ESG Risk ratings in critical areas such as
water use, emissions, and carbon. Additionally, Mercer achieved
“Negligible Risk” scores in the areas of community relations,
corporate governance and human capital categories. These
achievements reflect progress in workforce development, sustainable
sourcing, environmental stewardship, and community engagement,
underscoring Mercer's commitment to governance, reducing
environmental impact, sustainable supply chains, safety and
well-being.
“We are honored to be recognized in our industry and globally.
Our Sustainalytics rating is a testament to our teams, who are
engaged every day to deliver on our business, including ESG,
goals,” said Bill Adams, Vice President, Sustainability and
Innovations.
For further details, an abstract of the report is available on
Sustainalytics’ website at Sustainalytics ESG Rating - Mercer
International Inc.
About Mercer International Inc.
Mercer International Inc. is a global forest products company
with operations in Germany, the USA, and Canada. Its consolidated
annual production capacity is 2.1 million tonnes of pulp (air-dried
tonnes, ADTMs), 960 million board feet of lumber, 210 thousand
cubic meters of CLT, 45 thousand cubic meters of glulam, 17 million
pallets, and 230,000 metric tonnes of biofuels. For further
information on the company, please visit its website at
mercerint.com.
About Morningstar Sustainalytics
Morningstar Sustainalytics is a leading ESG data, research, and
ratings firm that supports investors around the world with the
development and implementation of responsible investment
strategies. For more than 30 years, the firm has been at the
forefront of developing high-quality, innovative solutions to meet
the evolving needs of global investors. Today, Morningstar
Sustainalytics works with hundreds of the world's leading asset
managers and pension funds who incorporate ESG information and
assessments into their investment processes. The firm also works
with hundreds of companies and their financial intermediaries to
help them consider material sustainability factors in policies,
practices, and capital projects. Morningstar Sustainalytics has
analysts around the world with varied multidisciplinary expertise
across more than 40 industry groups. For more information, visit
www.sustainalytics.com
About Morningstar Sustainalytics ESG Risk
Ratings
Morningstar Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Ratings measure a company’s
exposure to industry-specific material ESG risks and how well a
company is managing those risks. This multi-dimensional way of
measuring ESG risk combines the concepts of management and exposure
to arrive at an assessment of ESG risk, i.e., a total unmanaged ESG
risk score or the ESG Risk Rating, that is comparable across all
industries. Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Ratings provide a quantitative
measure of unmanaged ESG risk and distinguish between five levels
of risk: negligible, low, medium, high, and severe. Learn more
about the ESG Risk Ratings here:
www.sustainalytics.com/corporate-solutions/esg-solutions/esg-risk-ratings.
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environmental regulation and compliance, disruptions to our
production, market conditions and other risk factors listed from
time to time in our SEC reports.
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William D. McCartney Chairman of the Board+1 604 684-1099
Juan Carlos Bueno Chief Executive Officer +1 604 684-1099
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