Climate Risk Case Study : Bulleh Shah Paper Mills - Packages, Ltd., Kasur, Pakistan
This report presents a climate risk assessment for International Finance Corporation (IFC’s) investment in Bulleh Shah Paper Mills (BSPM) in Kasur, Pakistan. This facility is owned by Packages Limited, the leading integrated paper products manufact...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/586821482926593582/Climate-risk-case-study-Bulleh-Shah-Paper-Mills-Packages-Ltd-Kasur-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25902 |
| Summary: | This report presents a climate risk
assessment for International Finance Corporation (IFC’s)
investment in Bulleh Shah Paper Mills (BSPM) in Kasur,
Pakistan. This facility is owned by Packages Limited, the
leading integrated paper products manufacturer in Pakistan.
Starting in 2005, packages began to relocate its paper
manufacturing facilities from Lahore (which has limited
capacity for expansion), to Kasur. This has allowed the
company to increase paper and paperboard production at the
new site, while continuing to operate a packaging production
plant at Lahore. This study explores the potential climate
risks to the company’s operational and engineering plant, to
wheat straw input yields, to groundwater resources, and to
the local community. In the absence of detailed information
on the company’s sensitivity to climate variability (a site
visit was not possible for this case study) this report also
presents a general overview of the climate risks faced by
the pulp and paper sector worldwide. For more publications
on IFC Sustainability please visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications. |
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