UPM - The Biofore Company
UPM Timber is part of UPM – the leader in the new Biofore
industry which combines the bio and forest industries into a
new, sustainable and innovation-driven future.
Environmental
Responsibility
Sustainable products
Take responsibility throughout the life cycle
Water
Use water responsibly
Climate
Create climate solutions
Waste
Reduce, reuse & recycle
Forests
Improving biodiversity
Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
The DJSI is the first global sustainability benchmark in the world.
It tracks the stock performance of the world’s leading companies
in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria.
UPM was assessed as the best company in terms of
environmental performance within the Forestry & Paper
sector. UPM is the Supersector Leader for 2012–2013.
UPM Timber
P.O. Box 203
33101 Tampere, Finland
www.upmtimber.com
UPM TIMBER
Environmental Life Cycle of Sawn Timber
UPM Timber –
Certified Operations
LOW EMISSIONS
• ISO 9001
MINIMIZING WASTE CREATED
DURING PRODUCTION
SMALL CARBON
FOOTPRINT
EFFECTIVE USE
OF RAW MATERIALS
• ISO 14001
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
• PEFC™
UPM BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM
• FSC ®
GOOD INSULATION
PROPERITIES
SUSTAINABLE
FORESTRY
HEALTHY
Alholma
REUSABLE, RECYCLABLE
PRODUCTS
Korkeakoski
Seikku
Kaukas
RENEWABLE
RAW MATERIAL
ENSURE CARBON LIFECYCLE
BY REFORESTATION
BIO-ENERGY
FROM BURNING
WOOD
Trees absorb CO2
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
and produce O2
Trees absorb carbon while they
and after production, in the wood
product.
www.pefc.org
UPM Timber Environmental Targets for Year 2020
Carbon Footprint
• Growth in share of eco-labelled products by 25 %
Carbon footprint of wood products has two different
• Responsible water management
• Reducing energy consumption by 10 %
• Reducing operation residues sent to landfill by 25 %
• Maximising the percentage of certified raw material
UPM Timber Carbon Footprints for
Whitewood and Redwood
grow. Carbon is stored in the log
PEFC/02-34-05
Promoting Sustainable
Forest Management
CERTIFIED
ORGANISATION
NO WASTE TO
LANDFILL FROM
WOOD
700
810
60
80
meanings.
Biogenic carbon footprint – the amount of carbon dioxide
absorbed from air and stored in the wood product.
Fossil carbon footprint – the actual emissions during the
product’s life cycle.
CO2 kg/m3 of
sawn timber