Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) - FAQs on Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) - moving under the beneficial ownership of Jackson Wijaya

Oct 3, 2026

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) sets out frequently asked questions regarding the proposed shift of ultimate beneficial ownership for Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and how it relates to Domtar Group through Jackson Wijaya. The document explains why FSC was notified, whether ownership has changed, what evidence is needed, and the implications for certification and the FSC Policy for Association. It also describes plans for independent legal review, timelines, a pause on prior corporate relation reviews, and adjustments to the APP remedy process, including suspension of a memorandum until end of March 2025.

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FAQs on Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)

Ownership notification and proposed changes

Evidence, legal review, and policy implications

Status of related reviews and remedy process updates

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) FAQs on Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) moving under the beneficial ownership of Jackson Wijaya, the current beneficial owner of the Domtar Group 7 Jan 2025 1. How was FSC informed that Jackson Wijaya will be the beneficial owner of both Domtar and APP? FSC received a letter from the Board of Domtar notifying FSC that Domtar’s ultimate beneficial owner, Jackson Wijaya, had been appointed by his father to become the ultimate beneficial owner of APP, as part of his father’s succession planning. 2. Has there already been a change in the beneficial ownership of APP? There is currently no change of APP ownership, but rather a proposed change in the ultimate beneficial owner of APP as part of familial succession planning under which Jackson Wijaya has been appointed by his father to become the ultimate beneficial owner of APP. 3. Does FSC need any further evidence (legal or otherwise) to help understand the implications of this change in beneficial ownership? FSC will need to better understand the shareholding and ownership relationships, if any, between Domtar and APP as a result of this change. To accomplish this, FSC is commissioning a third-party independent legal analysis. 4. Can you explain the implications of Domtar and APP having a common beneficial owner for the FSC Policy for Association? In the context of the FSC Policy for Association, a legal analysis will enable us to understand the implications of Domtar and APP having a common ultimate beneficial owner for Domtar’s certification status. This is consistent with the manner FSC has treated other instances of changes to ownership of certificate holders to date. 5. If the change of beneficial ownership is duly confirmed by the new owner, APP and Domtar, what is the point of conducting a legal review of relevant company connections to evaluate the implications of this new situation? FSC seeks to have a clear and complete picture of the corporate and ownership links between Domtar and APP. A legal review will help us decide what actions FSC will take to address the implications of this new situation. 6. How long will this process take? This case was assigned as high priority in FSC and we will be pursuing an accelerated timeline for this analysis. 7. What is the status of a second review of the corporate relations between APP and Paper Excellence / Domtar as announced in June 2024, to be conducted by commissioning an independent expert? FSC is putting this review on hold, as the corporate group relationship between Domtar and APP has changed and these two corporate groups will share the same ultimate beneficial ownership. Rather than reviewing allegations of corporate links between these two groups, FSC will now focus on a legal review to understand the shareholder and ownership connections between Domtar and APP. 8. Does this decision imply any changes to the APP remedy process? We are also analysing what consequences this ownership change creates to the ongoing remedy process by APP. The proposed change in the ultimate beneficial owner will require FSC to reassess the corporate structure to ensure that the scope of the remedy process is fully aligned with the remedy framework. This reassessment is crucial for transparency and compliance, and APP has agreed to provide all necessary information to FSC to facilitate this process when it is made available. In the meantime, FSC has suspended the Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the FSC Remedy Framework by APP until the end of March 2025. Please refer to the case page at [https://connect.fsc.org/asia-pulp-and-paper](https://connect.fsc.org/asia-pulp-and-paper)app 9. When will the remedy process resume? FSC needs to be satisfied with the transparency and completeness of the information provided regarding the change in the ultimate beneficial owner, and alignment with the FSC Remedy Framework. 10. In previous years Domtar has donated mone

FAQs

How was FSC informed that Jackson Wijaya would become the beneficial owner of both Domtar and APP?

FSC received a letter from the Domtar Board stating that Jackson Wijaya, as Domtar’s ultimate beneficial owner, was appointed by his father to become APP’s ultimate beneficial owner as part of succession planning.

Has there been a change in APP’s beneficial ownership?

There is currently no change in APP ownership, but there is a proposed change in APP’s ultimate beneficial owner tied to familial succession planning.

What happens to APP’s remedy process as a result of the ownership change?

FSC is reassessing the corporate structure to align the remedy process scope with the FSC Remedy Framework, and it has suspended the Memorandum of Understanding until the end of March 2025.

Oct 3, 2026

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