In 2009, SCA’s Ortviken and Laakirchen paper mills delivered 194,650 tonnes of publication paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), corresponding to a 45% increase compared with 2008. SCA’s deliveries of FSC-certified wood products and pulp were also higher than ever.
Deliveries of FSC-certified LWC paper rose from slightly less than 90,000 tonnes in 2008 to almost 120,000 tonnes in 2009. Deliveries of FSC-certified SC paper from the Laakirchen paper mill increased from 39,000 tonnes to more than 60,000 tonnes and deliveries of newsprint doubled from 8,000 to 16,000 tonnes of FSC-certified paper.
Demand for FSC-certified pulp from the Östrand pulp mill also increased. In 2009, 55% of SCA Östrand’s deliveries comprised FSC-certified pulp. A total of 32% of SCA Timber’s deliveries of solid-wood products were FSC-certified.
The Forest Stewardship Council is an independent, international member organisation that promotes environmentally appropriate, socially responsible and economically viable management of the world’s forests. SCA’s two and a half million hectares of forest in northern Sweden have been managed in accordance with the FSC’s standard for responsible forestry since 1999.
(German and Swedish version in the right column)
Sundsvall, 22 February 2010
SCA FOREST PRODUCTS AB
Communications
For further information please contact
Björn Lyngfelt, VP Communications, SCA Forest Products, tel. +46 60 19 34 98