Treelines Ltd is a large forestry company which grows and harvests trees & transports them to its
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Treelines Ltd is a large forestry company which grows and harvests trees & transports them to its mills where the timber is pulped (an operation which uses a great deal of water & produces unusable waste) for the manufacture of pulp based products. Demand for pulp based products is declining worldwide, but demand for other timber products is stable. The company's forests are spread over numerous regions of the country, and the majority is in remote areas. A key element of the location of forests for both replanting (once trees have been harvested) and new forests is the level of local rainfall as forests are not irrigated. Treelines Ltd employs a reasonably large workforce at its forest locations - a workforce ranging from unskilled to skilled logging machine operators all of whom are vital to the operation. It also has a large administration, financial, marketing & support staff of mixed gender and race at its head office. The Board of Treelines Ltd adopts sound corporate governance in how it conducts its business & in how it reports to its stakeholders. Integrated sustainability reporting & disclosure are regarded as an important part of keeping stakeholders informed, and of building & maintaining relationships & promoting respect between the company and the stakeholders
Identify and briefly discuss, based on the information about Treelines Ltd given in the question, the sustainability issues which the company should report on in its integrated report. (10)