CLEARWATER PAPER CORP

Clearwater Paper Corporation has no publicly disclosed science-based climate target, net-zero commitment, or transition plan aligned with the Paris Agreement. As a manufacturer of pulp and paper products, its operations are energy-intensive and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions, yet the company provides no substantive roadmap for reducing them.

The company has a documented history of environmental violations related to its air emissions. In 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency filed a lawsuit against Clearwater Paper, alleging violations of the Clean Air Act for failing to control emissions of total reduced sulfur and hazardous air pollutants at its Lewiston, Idaho facility. The company settled the case, which was noted in subsequent scientific research on local air quality impacts.

This absence of forward-looking climate governance, coupled with a past enforcement action for air pollution, demonstrates a lack of proactive management on climate and emissions. For a company in a carbon-intensive sector, the failure to establish and disclose a credible, quantitative decarbonization strategy constitutes climate intransigence.