Publications

This year’s Survey summarises the 2008 publicly available year-over-year financial information of the PwC Top 100, the 100 largest forest, paper and packaging (FPP) companies in the world, ranked by sales revenue.

FPP Deals reviews in detail 2008 deal activity in the forestry, paper and fibre packaging sectors, and examines several related themes. The publication also focuses on deal activity by key regions, the success of deals and considers the likely outlook for industry consolidation.

This report features delivered log and sawmilling cost data on actual 2008 results, as well as for Q1/2009, to assist in decision-making.

This study reviews how fair value is being applied by forest owning companies using IFRS. It aims to provide insight into the key judgments that are made by preparers from around the world and highlights some of the difficulties as well as similarities and differences.

This net earnings summary provides a regional comparative analysis of the forest and paper sector’s financial performance for the three-month period ending September 30, 2008.

Now in its 11th year, our survey benchmarks the financial performance of the PwC Top 100 forest, paper and paper-based packaging companies around the world. It includes a write-up of our global industry conference in Vancouver in May 2008, which featured some of the new and evolving industry themes, notably bio-energy.

Branching out reviews in detail 2007 deal activity in the forestry, paper and fibre packaging sectors, along with the first quarter of 2008, and examines several key new investment themes. The publication also focuses on deal activity by key regions, the success of deals and considers the likely outlook for industry consolidation.

The second edition of CEO Perspectives in FPP from PricewaterhouseCoopers summarises the thoughts of 26 CEOs from the forest, paper & non-paper packaging sectors around the world on key issues facing the industry.

Following our previous research papers into the key developing markets of China and Russia, this third publication looks at forest, paper & packaging in South America. With the lowest wood costs of any leading producer region, South America looks set to become the dominant producer of pulp globally.

The annual Global forest, paper & packaging industry survey, now in its 10th year, tracks the financial performance of the PwC Top 100, the world's largest forest, paper, and paper-based packaging companies.

The publication also focuses on deal activity by key regions, the success of deals and considers the likely outlook for 2007 and beyond.

This 48-page analysis addresses the state of the industry in Russia and reflects on the key considerations companies thinking of investing in the sector there should make.

For an industry like forest, paper and packaging that has often been the focus of negative media attention and public scrutiny for its environmental performance, sustainability reporting would seem to offer an ideal opportunity to improve transparency and demonstrate the industry's commitment to the broader suite of sustainability issues—but has this happened?

2005 was a challenging year for the global forest and paper industry, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) ninth annual Global forest, paper and packaging industry survey.

Paper and packaging market in China, part of the Risks and rewards series from industrial products, examines the current market and the benefits/pitfalls for paper and packaging companies growing in China or considering investing there, looking in-depth at some key issues of particular importance to companies operating in the Chinese marketplace.

To meet growing customer and stakeholder demands for assurance that wood, paper and building products come from forests that are responsibly managed, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has developed a new independent chain of custody certification standard.