Over the past year, SCA has blocked ditches across a 150-hectare wetland area in Lycksele Municipality. In total, around 15 km of century-old ditches have been restored with funding through LONA. “We can already see positive effects of the re-wetting",says Ulf Hallin, Nature Conservation Specialist at SCA.
The role of forests in reducing fossil emissions
Transition toward renewable alternatives
There is an urgent need to transform our society – and we have a clear vision of how to achieve this. We see a transition toward renewable alternatives, with an economy that works for both people and the environment.We are seeing a shift towards products designed to reduce their impact on the climate and the natural environment, and that we instead are part of the eternal cycle. We are seeing investments and innovations that demonstrate how forest-based products can contribute to the transition towards reducing fossil emissions.
Our platform for sustainability
Using the forest as a base, is at the very core of SCA. Our growing forests sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide, and high forest growth ensures a supply of raw material that can be used for products and bioenergy – replacing fossil-based alternatives. In this way, we contribute to climate benefits. Furthermore, we generate thousands of jobs, preserve biodiversity, and safeguard the other values of the forest. All of this is described in our sustainability platform.
More about our platform6strategic priorities
includes social, financial and environmental related goals 12million tonnes of CO₂e
SCA's climate benefit 2025 100percent
of the wood raw material comes from responsibly managed forests
As a company, our forests sequester more carbon dioxide than we emit, but we are continuing to improve our positive contribution by gradually reducing fossil emissions. The main challenge is in heavy raw material transportation, where every single timber truck counts.
Forests and forest products in the low-carbon transition
Growing forests absorb and store carbon dioxide. At the same time, forest-based raw materials enable the production of products that can replace alternatives made from fossil-based raw materials. The overall climate impact depends, among other things, on forest development, how products are used and how long they last, as well as which materials and products they replace.
In 2025, our estimated climate benefit amounted to 12 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO₂e), according to our calculation methodology. The result reflects the climate benefits included in the calculation and should be considered in light of the boundaries, assumptions and comparison scenarios on which the methodology is based.
We report on our climate benefits and how they are calculated as part of our sustainability target.
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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Annual and sustainability report
SCA has a combined annual and sustainability report. Here you will find all the detailed information about how we work with sustainability. SCA’s core values are based on the belief in the value of forests for a sustainable future for everyone.
The latest sustainability news
Reduced logging delivers limited climate benefits at high cost
Proposals to reduce forestry activity and increase protected forest areas have become an important part of the European forestry debate. However, according to a new impact assessment, such measures risk leading to lower production, tens of thousands of lost jobs, and higher societal costs – without delivering any climate benefits.
Successful basal burning in Ångermanland
In April, SCA carried out a basal burning on 35 pine trees in Hornsjömon, part of SCA’s Conservation Park Sörgraninge. The fire makes the trees grow more slowly and develop dense wood impregnated with resin. Many species are adapted to this type of wood.
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