Addendum to Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Wood Fiber Goods

If Seller is supplying Goods with a wood fiber component to any paper manufacturing mill of Packaging Corporation of America, use this section.

If supplying Goods to a non-paper manufacturing mill, click here.

Packaging Corporation of America, including subsidiary Boise White Paper, L.L.C. ("PCA") and Seller intend to have this Addendum set forth supplemental terms and conditions for Goods (as defined in the Production Order or purchase order) with a wood fiber component supplied to any paper manufacturing mill of PCA, including mills located in Counce, TN; DeRidder, LA; Filer City, MI; International Falls, MN; Jackson, AL; Tomahawk, WI; Valdosta, GA; or Wallula, WA. These supplemental terms and conditions are integrated with the PCA purchase order (PO).

Seller acknowledges that PCA is a participant in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative^® (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) (PEFC/29-31-222, PEFC/31-29-09) programs, and desires to comply with the applicable Chain of Custody, Fiber Sourcing, and Controlled Wood standards to enable PCA to make certain claims and to use appropriate on-product labels with respect to SFI^®, FSC^®, and/or PEFC certified products sold by PCA manufactured from any Goods with a wood fiber component supplied by Seller in conjunction with this PO. To make such claims and use such labels, PCA must rely on information provided by Seller.

To that end, Seller shall ensure that documents associated with each delivery of Goods to PCA shall include: (1) Seller identification, (2) quantity of delivery, (3) date of delivery (or delivery period or accounting period), (4) category of origin (including percentage of certified Goods if the percentage method is used by Seller), & (5) such other information as PCA may from time to time reasonably require for purposes of complying with the standards and principles of the respective SFI, PEFC and FSC programs.

Seller certifies that all such information shall be true and correct and complete at the time provided. Upon PCA’s request, Seller shall provide periodic written summaries of such information under Seller’s written certification that all such information is true and correct and complete as of the date of certification. Seller agrees not to substitute and deliver non-certified for certified Goods, or mix non-certified with certified Goods. Seller shall take reasonable steps to ensure no mixing of non-acceptable material has occurred in the fiber supply chain. Seller shall cooperate with on-going monitoring and internal and independent auditing of each certification program by providing access to documents, supporting the organization’s need to collect information necessary to implement risk mitigation measures, and when relevant to verify risk mitigation measures, providing access to sites.

To the best of Seller’s knowledge, Seller certifies that: (1) All Goods supplied to PCA are obtained from legal sources in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, and in compliance with applicable voluntary and mandatory best management practices. (2) No Goods originate from any controversial sources as that term is defined by SFI, (3) All Goods supplied to PCA are obtained in compliance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), &, where Seller delivers Goods from non-certified sources, (4) the Goods supplied to PCA qualify as controlled material (acceptable sources) as defined by FSC (that is, the Goods are not (a) wood from forest areas where traditional or civil rights are violated, (b) wood from forests where high conservation values are threatened (as defined by FSC), (c) wood from genetically modified (GM) trees, (d) illegally harvested wood, nor (e) wood from natural forests that have been harvested for the purpose of converting the land to plantations or other non-forest use, unless Seller can assure the material originates from limited and legal sources of conversion (e.g. conversion that results in conservation benefits, small or low-intensity managed forest (SLIMF) sources with maximum size, publicly approved changes in zoning in urban areas, utility right-of-ways, etc., and does not come from sources where conversion threatens high conservation values), and (5) all Goods supplied to PCA are sourced in compliance with requirements of the SFI standards for having a program for the purchase of wood from wood producers that have completed training programs and are recognized as qualified logging professionals. Seller agrees to comply with all mandatory or voluntary BMP guidelines for water quality specified by state and local government, and federal wetlands BMPs.

Seller shall be deemed to have re-certified as to each of such five statements at the time of each delivery of Goods to PCA, except to the extent the documentation for such delivery sets forth a specific exception or qualification. Upon completion of a series of deliveries of Goods over a period of time, if PCA shall so request, Seller shall provide PCA with a written certification, effective as of the date of completion of that series of deliveries, re-certifying as to each of such five statements for that series of deliveries.

Seller agrees to maintain adequate records systems to enable Seller to provide PCA with accurate and complete information and substantiate Seller’s representations and certifications set forth in this paragraph. In the event, at any time, Seller determines that any certified information provided to PCA was not true and correct and complete, or was misleading, at the time that information was provided to PCA, Seller shall promptly notify PCA of that determination and provide corrected information under Seller’s written certification. Seller shall notify PCA of any changes to the supply area, species harvested or supply chain prior to supplying material impacted by these changes.

SFI, PEFC and FSC guidance, as applicable, shall be followed for any allocation methods used by Seller to generate information certified to PCA, for any percentage based claims by Seller, and for like determinations. Seller shall cooperate with any reasonable request by PCA for assistance to verify Seller’s assertions.

If Seller is supplying Goods with a wood fiber component to any Packaging Corporation of America operation that is not a paper manufacturing mill, use this section.

Packaging Corporation of America ("PCA") and Seller intend to have this Addendum set forth supplemental terms and conditions for Goods (as defined in the Production Order or purchase order) with a wood fiber component supplied to any corrugated plant, any converting plant, and any other plant (excluding only paper manufacturing mills) owned or operated by PCA and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Hexacomb Corporation and Hexacomb Canada Corp, but excepting its subsidiary Boise White Paper, L.L.C. These supplemental terms and conditions are integrated with the PCA purchase order (PO).

Seller acknowledges that PCA is a participant in the Sustainable Forestry Initiative^® (SFI) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) (PEFC/29-31-222) programs, and desires to comply with the applicable Chain of Custody and Fiber Sourcing standards to enable PCA to make certain claims and to use appropriate on-product labels with respect to SFI^® and/or PEFC certified products sold by PCA manufactured from any Goods with a wood fiber component supplied by Seller in conjunction with this PO. To make such claims and use such labels, PCA must rely on information provided by Seller.

Seller shall be deemed to have re-certified as to each of such four statements at the time of each delivery of Goods to PCA, except to the extent the documentation for such delivery sets forth a specific exception or qualification. Upon completion of a series of deliveries of Goods over a period of time, if PCA shall so request, Seller shall provide PCA with a written certification, effective as of the date of completion of that series of deliveries, re-certifying as to each of such four statements for that series of deliveries.

SFI and PEFC guidance, as applicable, shall be followed for any allocation methods used by Seller to generate information certified to PCA, for any percentage based claims by Seller, and for like determinations. Seller shall cooperate with any reasonable request by PCA for assistance to verify Seller’s assertions.

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Revised August 2021
SFI Marks are registered marks owned by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. FSC^® C139165 and C020415.

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