Sustainability
Sustainability to us
There is an urgent need to change our society – and we have a clear picture of how to achieve this. We see a green transition, with an economy that works for both people and the environment. We see a transition to products that do not damage nature, but are instead part of the perpetual cycle. We see sustainable investments and innovations. The forest is showing the way to a fossil-free world in balance.
Our platform for sustainability
Using the forest as a base, sustainability is at the very core of SCA. We contribute climate benefit, create thousands of jobs, preserve biodiversity and nurture the forest’s other values. All of this is described in our sustainability platform.
More about our platform6strategic priorities
includes social, financial and environmental related goals 12.8million tonnes of CO₂e
SCA's climate benefit 100percent
of the wood raw material comes from responsibly managed forests
We are doing good for the climate
Limiting global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our time. As a forest company, we are one part of the solution. Our growing forests capture and store enormous volumes of CO2, several times more than the fossil CO2 emissions from our entire operations. But we provide an equal benefit by manufacturing bio-based products, which reduce society’s need for fossil-based alternatives and thereby prevent large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions.
We are a climate-positive company and in 2023 generated a climate benefit of 12.8 million tonnes of CO2e. The climate benefit is an important part of our contribution to the green transition and is described in more detail in the sustainability target: ‘A fossil-free world’.
Biodiversity
SCA’s forests provide a habitat for a wide variety of flora and fauna – and we want these species to continue to live there in the future. We constantly endeavor to make our nature conservation activities even more effective and in addition to the considerations we take in all of our measures, we use targeted initiatives to preserve and promote biodiversity.
This includes the identification of 203 red-listed species present in our operating areas and that are affected by forest operations. We have also identified a dozen habitats of special importance for these.
We are now working actively to preserve and recreate these prioritized habitats in our forests. In this way, we benefit not only species included under SCA’s Species Commitment, but also many other species.
Our biodiversity efforts are an important element in our ‘Valuable forests’ sustainability target.
Certificates and documents
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Great interest in SCA’s new electric timber truck
SCA’s new electric timber truck with a crane has now been premiered to a wide audience at the Elmia Lastbil fair. The truck, a collaborative project between SCA and Scania, will be the first electric timber truck in the world to collect timber in the forest for further transport to a timber terminal.
SCA contributes to the restoration of Rörströmsälven
Since 2021, SCA has been involved in the extensive EU project Ecostreams for LIFE, which aims to restore watercourses in Västerbotten, Västernorrland, and Jämtland. During the spring, SCA has replaced ten fish migration barriers in Rörströmsälven, Jämtland.
New wood packaging made with 70% recycled plastic
Timber is exposed to demanding circumstances during storage, loading and transportation. "We have developed a new packaging that consists of 70 percent recycled material, without compromising on quality. SCA Wood will be the first on the market with packaging that has such a high proportion of recycled plastic," says Tom Rautakorpi, product specialist at Trioworld.