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Enviva

Member since: February 2017

Enviva

Member since: February 2017

Intro

Enviva, the world's largest industrial wood pellet producer, operates ten plants in the Southeast US, with a capacity to produce around 6.2 million metric tons of pellets annually.

Enviva primarily exports its pellets to power plants and heat generators in the UK, Europe, and Japan, with expanding applications in industries like steel, cement, and aviation fuels. To meet the growing demand for alternative energy and potential growth in Southeast Asian pellet markets, Enviva pursues long-term contracts with third-party suppliers in the region.

Earthworm supports Enviva as a strategic guide and accountability partner on responsible sourcing principles. Earthworm works with Enviva on strategic analysis, supplier engagement, and stakeholder facilitation to co-create solutions to strategic and operational challenges. For instance, Earthworm and Enviva have collaborated on developing a High Conservation Value (HCV) approach in the US Southeast to ensure ecological and social values are appropriately managed in Enviva's sourcing area.

Due diligence for third-party suppliers is integral to Enviva's Responsible Sourcing Policy (RSP) implementation, particularly in higher-risk regions like Southeast Asia. Enviva and Earthworm assess suppliers against the Responsible Sourcing Policy (RSP) criteria and conduct assessments and field visits. Enviva and Earthworm push and support suppliers to continuously improve through capacity-building initiatives like Earthworm-delivered pieces of training.

News & Media

Jun 4, 2019

Enviva revises policy to establish a better framework for transparency

Key Milestones

Key impacts

Enviva introduced a HCV process across its US operations to identify biodiversity HCVs and ensure their sustainability across its entire sourcing basin.
Through an HCV approach pilot, Earthworm and Enviva mapped cultural sites of importance to a Native American community in Enviva’s sourcing area to protect these sites from harvest impacts.
Earthworm and Enviva develop a due diligence process to assess Enviva’s global third-party pellet suppliers against the same responsible sourcing standards that Enviva applies in the US Southeast.

Biomass

Biomass describes any organic material used as a fuel. Wood pellets are one of the primary forms of biomass and have historically been used for residential or commercial heating, but are increasingly used to replace coal for electricity generation, particularly in Europe. Wood pellets are produced all over the world, but the United States tops the list with 22% of global production.

Earthworm is working with Enviva to implement Enviva's Responsible Sourcing Policy within the company's sourcing basin in the US Southeast and with third-party suppliers globally.This involves working with Enviva to co-create and introduce new concepts, systems, and best practices for implementing sustainability within Enviva's operations. Earthworm develops training, facilitates internal problem-solving processes, and supports supplier engagement, among other activities with Enviva. Enviva is taking steps to ensure that HCVs are addressed on individual tracts it sources from. It collaborates with the conservation community and other stakeholders to tackle landscape-scale challenges in key sourcing regions.

Resources:

Enviva's Responsible Sourcing Policy
High Conservation Value bottomland forests

Feb 14, 2017

Enviva becomes a TFT member