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New courses and projects within the Treesearch collaboration
The work within Treesearch is underway and one important step is that several new and recent training courses now are available.
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SCA is the official partner of ASAP 2019, the arena for future sustainability leaders
A Sustainability Acceleration Project (ASAP) is an arena for students, companies, experts and organizations to learn from each other and collaborate to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society.
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SCA invests in Obbola kraftliner mill
SCA to build a new paper machine for the production of kraftliner at its Obbola paper mill in Umeå. The annual production in Obbola will increase from the current 450,000 tonnes of kraftliner to 725,000 tonnes to meet the growing demand for renewable packaging. The investment amount is SEK 7.5 billion.
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Summer workers increase the number of women in the harbor
Harbor worker is a job category that is mainly male-dominated. However, at SCA Logistics, a change is taking place and at the Sundsvall terminal, no fewer than five girls have got summer work there.
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Emissions at historically low levels
An improvement project carried out at Obbola paper mill last year, resulted in a dramatic reduction of emissions to the Ume River. Emission levels are still at a very low level after just over a year.
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Burning and seed planting to help endangered pasqueflowers
At the end of July, SCA carried out controlled burning at two smaller areas in Härjedalen to encourage the growth of the endangered and rare pasqueflower. More than 300 pasqueflower seeds have now been sown in order to hopefully increase the flower population.
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SCA appoints new General Counsel
SCA has appointed Katarina Nilsson new Senior Vice President Legal Affairs and General Counsel. She will be a member of SCA’s Executive Management Team. She succeeds Jan Svedjebrant, who will retire.
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Successful restoration of rich fen in Västerbotten
Wetter and lusher vegetation with an abundance of ponds. That is the result of a restoration of the Rödmyran Paulund fen, Västerbotten. The fen covers an area of 14 hectares, mostly on SCA’s land.
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An inventory of SCA’s forests is now under way
SCA’s tenth forest assessment, where all of SCA’s forests are being inventoried, has been in full swing since May. The data collected will provide valuable information about the amount of forest that can be harvested in the coming years without reducing future harvesting volumes.
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