Nine Dragons Papers | Sustainability Performance
Paper manufacturing company producing packaging paperboard, printing, and writing paper.
1995
United States
10,001+ employees
Paper & Forest Products
$1B - 10B in revenue
$500M - 1B in profitability
Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#13132
Overall#2995
in United States#88
in Paper & Forest ProductsSustainability Maturity
Sustainability Intent
Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste managementWater managementSocial
Diversity and inclusionGovernance
TargetsESG scores and exclusionsFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
CO2 scope 1 + 2
Critical
Waste generated
Critical
Female engagement
Critical
Market cap
Revenue
Carbon emissions
Reveal data for 1 credit
Industry rank: 29 out of 91
Total CO2 emissions
(CO2e tonnes)
Industry rank: 29 out of 91
Scope 1
Scope 2 location based
Scope 3 downstream
Scope 3 upstream
Industry benchmark
(adj. for revenues)
(adj. for revenues)
Renewable energy
Reveal data for 1 credit
Industry rank: Beyond Top 100
Total energy consumption
and % renewables
(MWh, % of consumption)
Industry rank: Beyond Top 100
Total energy
Share of renewable energy
Industry benchmark
Renewable electricity
Reveal data for 1 credit
Industry rank: Beyond Top 100
Total electricity consumption
and % renewables
(MWh, % of consumption)
Industry rank: Beyond Top 100
Total electricity
Share of renewable electricity
Industry benchmark
Intensity
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Industry Benchmark
7.0K
B/M 2.3K
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Female engagement
Reveal data for 1 credit
Share of female employees (%)
Share of female board members
25
50
75
100
Company
Benchmark
Waste
Reveal data for 1 credit
5.6M2025
Total waste generated (tonnes)
Total waste
Recovered & recycled
Not-recovered & not-recycled
Industry Benchmark
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Controversy level
- Nine Dragons Paper Limited, Hong Konglisted Chinese major packaging paper (Cheung Yan/Liu Ming Chung founder), has faced sustained Chinese MEE enforcement scrutiny over emissions at multiple Chinese packaging paper production facilities, plus periodic class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of Chinese packaging paper customer demand normalization affecting Hong Konglisted institutional shareholders.
Carbon emissions breakdown
Reveal data for 2 credits
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Waste management
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Water management
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Market cap
Revenue
EBITDA
Operating margin
Revenue & EBITDA
$8.9BFY2025 revenue
Total Annual
Revenue & EBITDA
($ B)
Annual revenue
EBITDA
3 year change
Margin trends
Margin as % of revenue
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
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Free cashflow
Capex
Debt/equity ratio
Return on invested capital
2.0%FY2026
Return on invested capital (ROIC)
Industry benchmark
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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals
Analyst consensus vs actuals
($ B)
Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
Estimate only
8.0
▼ 12.1%
8.3
▼ 11.2%
8.9
▼ 1.3%
80.0
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Environmental policy coverage
Carbon reduction policy
Not available
Human rights policy
Available
Recycling policy
Not available
Workplace health & safety policy
Available
15%
Independent Directors
4 out of 27 incl. management
Overall score
46
Environment
54
Social
42
Governance
42
Exclusion screening
Adult content
Not available
Alcoholic
Not available
Animal testing
Not available
Firearms
Not available
Tobacco
Not available
Gambling
Not available
Nuclear
Not available
