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ETHISPHERE NAMES INTERNATIONAL PAPER AS ONE OF THE 2025 WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES® FOR THE 19th TIME

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International Paper (IP) has been recognized as one of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere for the 19th time, standing as one of only two honorees in the Forestry, Packaging & Paper industry. The recognition, which included 136 honorees across 19 countries and 44 industries, acknowledges the company's commitment to business integrity through ethics, compliance, and governance programs.

Chairman and CEO Andy Silvernail emphasized ethics as a central company value in their mission of creating sustainable packaging solutions. Companies recognized in the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® list outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8 percentage points from January 2020 to January 2025.

The assessment process utilizes Ethisphere's Ethics Quotient®, requiring companies to provide over 240 proof points on various ethical practices, governance, environmental and social impact, and value chain initiatives.

International Paper (IP) è stata riconosciuta come una delle World's Most Ethical Companies® 2025 da Ethisphere per la 19ª volta, risultando una delle sole due aziende premiate nel settore della silvicoltura, imballaggio e carta. Questo riconoscimento, che ha incluso 136 premiati in 19 paesi e 44 settori, riconosce l'impegno dell'azienda per l'integrità aziendale attraverso programmi di etica, conformità e governance.

Il presidente e CEO Andy Silvernail ha sottolineato l'etica come un valore centrale dell'azienda nella loro missione di creare soluzioni di imballaggio sostenibili. Le aziende riconosciute nella lista delle World's Most Ethical Companies® 2025 hanno superato un indice comparabile di aziende globali di 7,8 punti percentuali dal gennaio 2020 al gennaio 2025.

Il processo di valutazione utilizza l'Ethics Quotient® di Ethisphere, richiedendo alle aziende di fornire oltre 240 punti di prova su varie pratiche etiche, governance, impatto ambientale e sociale, e iniziative della catena del valore.

International Paper (IP) ha sido reconocida como una de las World's Most Ethical Companies® 2025 por Ethisphere por décima novena vez, siendo una de solo dos galardonados en la industria de la silvicultura, embalaje y papel. Este reconocimiento, que incluyó 136 galardonados en 19 países y 44 industrias, reconoce el compromiso de la empresa con la integridad empresarial a través de programas de ética, cumplimiento y gobernanza.

El presidente y CEO Andy Silvernail enfatizó la ética como un valor central de la empresa en su misión de crear soluciones de embalaje sostenibles. Las empresas reconocidas en la lista de las World's Most Ethical Companies® 2025 superaron un índice comparable de empresas globales en 7,8 puntos porcentuales desde enero de 2020 hasta enero de 2025.

El proceso de evaluación utiliza el Ethics Quotient® de Ethisphere, que requiere que las empresas proporcionen más de 240 puntos de prueba sobre diversas prácticas éticas, gobernanza, impacto ambiental y social, e iniciativas de la cadena de valor.

International Paper (IP)는 Ethisphere에 의해 2025년 세계에서 가장 윤리적인 기업® 중 하나로 19회 연속 인정받았으며, 임업, 포장 및 종이 산업에서 유일한 두 개의 수상자 중 하나입니다. 이 인정은 19개국과 44개 산업에서 136개의 수상자를 포함하며, 윤리, 준수 및 거버넌스 프로그램을 통한 기업의 비즈니스 무결성에 대한 헌신을 인정합니다.

회장 겸 CEO인 Andy Silvernail은 지속 가능한 포장 솔루션을 만드는 사명에서 윤리를 회사의 중심 가치로 강조했습니다. 2025년 세계에서 가장 윤리적인 기업® 목록에 선정된 기업들은 2020년 1월부터 2025년 1월까지 글로벌 기업의 유사 지수를 7.8% 포인트 초과했습니다.

평가 과정은 Ethisphere의 Ethics Quotient®를 사용하며, 기업이 다양한 윤리적 관행, 거버넌스, 환경 및 사회적 영향, 가치 사슬 이니셔티브에 대한 240개 이상의 증거를 제공해야 합니다.

International Paper (IP) a été reconnue comme l'une des World's Most Ethical Companies® 2025 par Ethisphere pour la 19e fois, se classant parmi les deux seules lauréates de l'industrie de la foresterie, de l'emballage et du papier. Cette reconnaissance, qui a inclus 136 lauréats dans 19 pays et 44 secteurs, souligne l'engagement de l'entreprise envers l'intégrité commerciale à travers des programmes d'éthique, de conformité et de gouvernance.

Le président et PDG Andy Silvernail a souligné l'éthique comme une valeur centrale de l'entreprise dans leur mission de créer des solutions d'emballage durables. Les entreprises reconnues dans la liste des World's Most Ethical Companies® 2025 ont surpassé un indice comparable d'entreprises mondiales de 7,8 points de pourcentage de janvier 2020 à janvier 2025.

Le processus d'évaluation utilise l'Ethics Quotient® d'Ethisphere, exigeant des entreprises qu'elles fournissent plus de 240 points de preuve sur diverses pratiques éthiques, la gouvernance, l'impact environnemental et social, ainsi que les initiatives de la chaîne de valeur.

International Paper (IP) wurde zum 19. Mal von Ethisphere als eines der 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® ausgezeichnet und ist damit einer von nur zwei Preisträgern in der Forst-, Verpackungs- und Papierindustrie. Die Auszeichnung, die 136 Preisträger aus 19 Ländern und 44 Branchen umfasste, würdigt das Engagement des Unternehmens für geschäftliche Integrität durch Ethik-, Compliance- und Governance-Programme.

Der Vorsitzende und CEO Andy Silvernail betonte Ethik als zentralen Unternehmenswert in ihrer Mission, nachhaltige Verpackungslösungen zu schaffen. Unternehmen, die in der Liste der 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® anerkannt wurden, übertrafen einen vergleichbaren Index globaler Unternehmen um 7,8 Prozentpunkte von Januar 2020 bis Januar 2025.

Der Bewertungsprozess nutzt das Ethics Quotient® von Ethisphere, das von den Unternehmen verlangt, über 240 Nachweise zu verschiedenen ethischen Praktiken, Governance, Umwelt- und Sozialauswirkungen sowie Initiativen in der Wertschöpfungskette bereitzustellen.

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  • Recognized as one of World's Most Ethical Companies for 19th time, demonstrating consistent corporate governance
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Annual recognition honors organizations committed to business integrity through robust ethics,
compliance, and governance programs

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International Paper a Memphis-based sustainable packaging solutions company has received the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

International Paper has been recognized 19 times and is one of only two honorees in the Forestry, Packaging & Paper industry. In 2025, 136 honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and 44 industries.

"At International Paper, Ethics is a company value that is central to our mission of making the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time," said Andy Silvernail, Chairman and CEO, International Paper. "Being named one of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies nineteen times is a testament to our team's focus on creating a great place to work by doing the right things, in the right ways, for the right reasons, all of the time."

"Our success is rooted in responsible decision-making and actions," said Joseph Saab, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, International Paper. "Our core value of Ethics helps to foster dignity, respect, openness and accountability, and our policies and processes reinforce these values."

"Congratulations to International Paper for achieving recognition as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies®. Behind this honor is a true dedication and a commitment to advancing business integrity. This approach is good for business – employees and other stakeholders value companies that prioritize the kinds of practices we measure with our process," said Erica Salmon Byrne, Ethisphere's Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chair.

Ethics & Performance: The Ethics Premium
The listed 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies® Honorees outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8 percentage points from January 2020 to January 2025.

Methodology & Scoring
The World's Most Ethical Companies assessment is grounded in Ethisphere's proprietary Ethics Quotient®, which requires companies to provide  240+ different proof points on practices that support robust ethics and compliance; governance; a culture of ethics; environmental and social impact; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. That data undergoes further qualitative analysis by our panel of experts who spend thousands of hours vetting and evaluating each year's group of applicants. This process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify best-in-class ethics and compliance practices from organizations across industries and from around the world.

Honorees
To view the full list of this year's honorees, please visit the World's Most Ethical Companies website, at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

About International Paper
International Paper (NYSE: IP; LSE: IPC) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting www.internationalpaper.com.

About Ethisphere
Ethisphere is the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices that strengthen corporate brands, build trust in the marketplace, and deliver business success. Companies turn ethics, compliance, and culture into a business advantage by leveraging Ethisphere's data-driven program and culture assessments featuring the latest guidance and the practices of hundreds of global organizations across the 8 pillars of an ethical culture, and 240+ ethics, compliance, social, and governance data points delivered through a proprietary software platform. Ethisphere also honors superior integrity programs through World's Most Ethical Companies® recognition, brings together a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA), and advances ethical business practices through the Global Ethics Summit, Ethisphere Magazine and the Ethicast podcast. For more information, visit https://ethisphere.com.

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FAQ

How many times has International Paper (IP) been named to Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies list?

International Paper has been recognized 19 times as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.

What performance advantage did the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies show over comparable companies?

The 2025 honorees outperformed a comparable index of global companies by 7.8 percentage points from January 2020 to January 2025.

How many companies were recognized as 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies?

136 companies across 19 countries and 44 industries were recognized in 2025.

What evaluation process does Ethisphere use to select World's Most Ethical Companies?

Ethisphere uses their Ethics Quotient® assessment, requiring 240+ proof points on ethics, compliance, governance, environmental and social impact, and value chain initiatives.
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