Sustainable Development in

Trust International Paper

Corporation (TIPCO)

Lakan Bautista
Olivia Cheng
Danta Pusaka

October 2008
 What is TIPCO?
• Trust International Paper Corporation
• Located at Barangay Bundagul, Mabalacat Pampanga
• Established on December 13, 1988
• A major player in the newsprint manufacturing industry in
the Philippines
• Apart from the local market, TIPCO’s products are also
exported to other countries such as HongKong,
Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, India, Bangladesh,
Taiwan, China, Singapore and USA
• A multi-million peso company equipped with
technologically advanced paper machines, de-inking
plants, warehouses and environmental management
facilities
 The Business of TIPCO
• Paper making is its main business
• Uses recovered paper from local and
international suppliers
• Recovered materials are sorted out,
converted into fiber and then de-inked.
Pulp is then bleached and converted into
quality paper
 How Paper is Made

De-inking process
Raw materials

Paper Machine Process

Finishing and Shipping

 Sustainable TIPCO
• The entire process of paper making is
focused on using recycled paper and
using recycled water
• Water is used to clean the recycled paper
and is reused again and again then
treated to adhere to environmental
standards before it is reintroduced into the
environment
 ISO 14001 and TIPCO
• TIPCO is ISO14001 certified
• Guided by a set of core values and a sense of social responsibility,
the company has pollution abatement facilities which enable the
transformation of process by-products into treated recycled, safe
and re-useable forms
• The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exists to help
organizations minimize how their operations negatively affect the
environment (cause adverse changes to air, water or land) and
comply with applicable laws and regulations
• ISO 14001 is the international specification for an environmental
management system (EMS). It specifies requirements for
establishing an environmental policy, determining environmental
aspects and impacts of products/activities/services, planning
environmental objectives and measurable targets, implementation
and operation or programs to meet objectives and targets, checking
and corrective action and management review
 TIPCO and the 6 Criteria for
Sustainability
• Economic Viability
– Generate work for people in Mabalacat
Pampanga
• Ecological Viability
– Recycling of paper
– Waste water is treated to meet environmental
standards
– Treated waste water used for fish ponds and
farm irrigation
 TIPCO and the 6 Criteria for
Sustainability
• Technological Viability
– Uses special machines to process and treat
paper and water
• Political Viability
– ISO 14000 (environmental management)
– All stakeholders are encouraged to have
environment-friendly practices
– Good PR
– Linkages with other countries
 TIPCO and the 6 Criteria for
Sustainability
• Socio-Cultural Viability
– Employees are willing to be on-call 24x7 in exchange
for a living space within the compound
– Low cost housing rental with minimum electricity and
water bills
– School for kids within the compound
– Recreational activities for workers
– Regular training workshops and seminars for work
improvement
– TIPCO becomes a way of life
 TIPCO and the 6 Criteria for
Sustainability
• Institutional Viability
– ISO 14001 certified
– Committed to continued practice of
sustainable development activities
– Core practices revolve around the concept of
recycling
 Sources
• http://www.jobscity.net/pls/jobs/companypr
ofile?comid=Y0c1z
• http://www.tipco.com.ph
• actual plant tour at TIPCO
• interview with TIPCO employees