BETHESDA, MD — Enviva, a leading global renewable energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, published its 2020 Impact Report, which details the progress made in 2020 to implement the company’s Responsible Sourcing Policy (RSP) provisions in its operations. Enviva’s RSP provides strict sourcing guidelines that hold the company to the highest standards of sustainability, integrity, forest stewardship, and continuous improvement and serves as the guiding principle for its global wood sourcing. Enviva’s sustainably sourced wood is used to manufacture wood pellets, a renewable fuel source, that allow power and heat generators to eliminate coal and reduce their carbon footprint by more than 85 percent on a lifecycle basis. For power generation, Enviva’s sustainable wood pellets provide reliable and dispatchable energy that complements the intermittency of wind and solar energy, ensuring a stable grid without having to utilize fossil fuels.

NEW YORK — Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, announced its investment in Vicksburg Forest Products, a manufacturer of Southern Yellow Pine lumber products that operates a sawmill facility in Vicksburg, Mississippi. …VFP’s sawmill produces a diverse mix of dimensional and specialty lumber products. In 2018, the family-owned and operated company underwent a large-scale transformation to convert from a hardwood mill to a softwood mill. …Blue Wolf’s investment will support the Company in this expansion that aims to more than double lumber production capacity to approximately 180 million board feet annually and add approximately 60 new jobs. In addition to Blue Wolf’s investment, the Company has received federal, state and local grants. The project is under construction with completion anticipated in the summer of 2021. Vicksburg Forest Products, LLC is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi.