Environmental

Huhtamaki, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions, is proud to announce its participation in the Tube Recycling Project led by Tubes Group an initiative that aims to create a major change in the recycling environment for tube laminates.

This spring, UPM launched a new service package, UPM Nature Management Services, to provide Finnish forest owners with more options to enhance biodiversity. The first nature management services to be offered are assisting forest owners in applying for an environmental subsidy and a controlled burning service. More new services will be available later this year.

For two years, SCA has operated the world's first electric timber truck for timber transports between SCA's timber terminal Gimonäs and Obbola paper mill.

SCA's Wifstamon nursery had its seed extraction premier this past winter. Using an in-house developed kiln and seed separator, SCA can now process cones to obtain seeds from its own pine seed plantations.

Sonoco Products Company, one of the largest global sustainable packaging companies, and ENGIE North America ("ENGIE") announced that they have entered into a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement ("VPPA") for production from ENGIE's Big Sampson Wind Project ("Big Sampson"), a wind power project currently under construction in Crockett County, Texas.

Stora Enso has published its Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Report for 2023. It details how the proceeds of the green bonds are allocated and outlines the environmental benefits achieved through these bonds.

UPM Raflatac's RafCycle™ recycling service recently won the 2024 Innovator Award for Innovation in a Recovery Technology or Practice at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) Impact event.

Kruger's Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd. (CBPP) announced that, under an agreement with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, it will sell excess green energy from its Deer Lake Power assets to Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.

Holmen's Board has decided to invest SEK 1.5 billion ($142 million) in the construction of Blisterliden Wind Farm in Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden. As part of Holmen's drive to develop its renewable energy business, the investment will boost hydro and wind power production by 20%.

Starting from May, Metsä Group's contract entrepreneurs will use the Phlebiopsis gigantea fungus for stump treatment and biodegradable oil to lubricate harvesters' saw chains. The changes will support Metsä Group's goals of regenerative forestry and reduce fossil carbon dioxide emissions from harvesting.

Mondi is committed to reducing water use and increasing water recycling in its operations. A great local initiative on reducing water use comes Mondi's Stambolijski mill in Bulgaria.

CDP's annual environmental disclosure and scoring process is recognized as a standard for corporate environmental transparency.

UPM Biochemicals has announced the launch of a new range of bio-based plant stimulants, UPM SolargoTM. This launch marks UPM's entry into the large and profitable agrochemicals market with an innovative, sustainable alternative to fossil raw materials-based products.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiary Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. (TPM) has partnered with Biomaterial in Tokyo Co., Ltd. to commence a demonstration project to produce second-generation bioethanol, which is the raw material for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Södra has decided to invest in a new condensing turbine in the pulp mill at Mörrum, which will increase the county of Blekinge's electricity generation by 20%.

UPM donates EUR 400 000 to the University of Helsinki to study the overall climate impact of commercial forests. The research, called Carbon Sinks+, aims to understand how commercial forests affect to climate change in ways other than as carbon sinks and stores.

The agreement covers 187,500 acres of subsurface rights owned by Weyerhaeuser and spans five potential sequestration sites, including two locations that were previously identified by Weyerhaeuser as prospective opportunities for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) development.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland dismissed the appeal made against the environmental permit package for Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill, as well as the appeal regarding the decision on the environmental permit package issued by the Vaasa Administrative Court on November 14, 2022.

These leases increase Rayonier's total acres under pore space lease agreements with ExxonMobil to approximately 59,000 acres.

Södra and the construction company SSEA will build 12 apartments in Malmö in a new pilot project in sustainable construction. The project, which is carried out on behalf of MKB Fastighets AB, aims to halve the climate impact by, among other things, using cross-glued wood.

Sonae Arauco has set itself the task of actively contributing to the sustainable transformation of the construction industry. The latest measure is a Wind Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) concluded for Germany with ENGIE, which comes into force on April 1.

Last spring, the board of the Rottneros Group decided to invest 93 MSEK in a solar park and energy storage.

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock and American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Jackson Morrill responded to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of an updated National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM2.5), which lowers the standard to 9 µg/m3.

The goal of the multi-year cooperation is to increase the effectiveness of emission reductions and to find completely new ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon Capture Pilot at Vicksburg Containerboard Mill: Vicksburg, Mississippi