Forestry

Ensuring sustainable land use

We manage our forests sustainably and develop our strategic forest assets to secure the high-quality wood supply to our mills. Our targets for 2030 related to forests focus on ensuring sustainable land use and maintaining and enhancing biodiversity, securing forest ecosystem services and climate-positive forestry.

 

 

Forestry KPI Contribution to the SDGs 2030 target 2022 results

Climate-positive land use in UPM's own and leased forests

SDG Targets 13.1 & 15.2

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Forests as carbon sinks
(continuous)

Five-year annual average carbon sink was approx. 2.3 m tonnes of CO2 equivalents

Share of certified fibre¹

SDG Target 15.2

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100%

86% 

¹ Forest management certification

 

 

Forestry targets Contribution to the SDGs 2021 results

Climate-positive land use (continuous)

SDG Targets 13.1 & 15.2

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Five year annual average carbon sink of UPM’s own and leased forests was approx. 3.8 m tonnes of CO2 equivalents

100% of fibre certified by 2030¹

SDG Target 15.2

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84% of all wood used by UPM is sourced from certified forests

¹ Forest management certification

 

 

Forestry targets Contribution to the SDGs 2020 results

Climate-positive land use (continuous)

SDG Targets 13.1 & 15.2

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Five year annual average carbon sink of UPM’s own and leased forests was approx. 6.1 m tonnes of CO2 equivalents

All fibre certified by 2030¹

SDG Target 15.2

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83% of all wood used by UPM is sourced from certified forests

¹ Forest management certification

 
 
 
 

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