Our pellet products only contain wood shavings of known and acceptable origin and production uses almost entirely renewable energy. Pellets can counteract climate change.
Sustainability is a natural part of how we work.
Our forests are responsibly managed from a long-term perspective. The aim is to have at least as much timber, biodiversity and nature experiences in the future as we have today.
A renewable raw material around which we have created an efficient value chain. Our industrial processes are currently 95% fossil-free as a result of the bioenergy yielded by the forest. Our goal is that these should become completely fossil free.
Part of the tree is converted by our sawmills into solid-wood products, other parts become, for example, pulp in our facilities. The remainder becomes bioenergy. Branches and crowns are directly used as biofuel and when timber is sawn we utilize the sawdust and refine this into pellets. Therefore, we do not harvest trees solely to produce pellets.
The sawdust dryer at the Härnösand pellets plant is run on bioenergy. The electricity used in our pellets plants in Härnösand and Stugun is largely from wind power, generated on SCA’s own forest land. Waste heat from the pellets plant in Härnösand is also delivered to the district heating grid in Härnösand. The pellets plant in Luleå is connected to SSAB and the drying process uses part of SSAB’s local energy surplus, which means pellets can be manufactured with limited environmental impact.
We have made some progress in our work for a fossil-free society. But our work to reduce climate impact and limit global warming is continuously ongoing. We hope you can also make a contribution through sustainable choices in your everyday life.
It can begin with just a few pellets.
We have begun using 35% recycled plastic in small sacks for wood fuel pellets. This has reduced the use of new plastic by about 60 tonnes every year. Recycled plastic leads to a reduction in oil use and reduction in CO₂ emissions. Material recycling to produce new raw materials is one of the most effective measures to reduce both climate impact and energy use. We hope to increase the share of recycled plastic going forward.
We can see growth and business opportunities in wind, bioenergy and biofuels. Rising demand for renewable and climate-friendly energy combined with the need for alternatives to oil and gas provide us with good potential to make a further contribution to the energy transition – by providing and developing sustainable energy.
Our pellet products only contain wood shavings of known and acceptable origin and production uses almost entirely renewable energy.