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Product declarations and ecolabels

Transparency in product declarations and ecolabels provides valuable insights into the environmental performance of our products, while supporting more sustainable choices. 

Easy access to declarations

We want to ensure that our customers have easy access to sustainability-related product and supply chain information. Product declarations and environmental data is available for most of our products. 

The product declarations serve as a tool for gathering information on hazardous chemicals, assessing the use of renewable and non-renewable resources, the potential environmental impacts across selected impact categories, and identifying appropriate recycling or reuse options at the end of a product's lifecycle.  

The environmental impacts reported in the product declarations are based on ISO 14040 and 14044 standards for life cycle assessment or EN 15804 standard for environmental product declarations.

Some carbon footprints are based on the ten elements of the Carbon Footprint Framework for Paper and Board Products developed by CEPI (the Confederation of European Paper Industries). 

Find product declarations in our Certificate Finder

Wide coverage of ecolabels 

Ecolabels help customers make informed choices and provide relevant information also to other stakeholders. Third-party verified environmental certifications provide and communicate the environmental performance of our products and solutions.

Most of our products are certified with widely recognized ecolabels, such as the FSC™ (FSC N003385) and PEFC (PEFC/02/44-41) forest certificates, EU Ecolabel and the German Blue Angel certificates.

Did you know?

We are the world’s largest producer of EU ecolabeled newsprint, graphic and office papers. We offer approximately 200 EU ecolabeled paper products (from paper mills in Finland, Germany and the UK)  
Most of our businesses have FSC™ and/or PEFC chain of custody certification, which verifies the origin of wood and guarantees that all wood used in our products is legally harvested from sustainably managed forests and does not originate from controversial sources.

Our ecolabels and certifications      

The EU Ecolabel helps identify products that have a reduced environmental impact in comparison with a respective product throughout their life cycle from the extraction of raw materials to production, use and, disposal.  
The German Blue Angel is the world’s oldest ecolabel. Created in 1978, it focuses on examining a product’s impact on the climate, resources, water, soil, and air. 
The Nordic Swan Ecolabel evaluates a product’s environmental impact throughout its whole life cycle – from sourcing to the end product.  
FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council™) certification ensures that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits, and provides a global foundation for all forest management standards.  
PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) is an umbrella organization for the mutual recognition of national or regional forest certification schemes, which meet internationally recognized requirements for sustainable forest management.  
The SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) standard is based on principles and measures that promote sustainable forest management and take into account all forest values.  
The ISCC is a sustainability certification system covering the entire supply chain and all kinds of biobased feedstocks and renewables.  
The China Green Label helps identify products that meet certain environmental standards. 
The Singaporen Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS) is Singapore’s leading environmental standard and certification mark with over 3,800 unique products certified across 43 countries.

¹⁾ No EU Ecolabel criteria available for label paper or industrial packaging paper. 
²⁾ UPM has Nordic Swan Ecolabel Inspection status for its Kaukas, Kymi, Jämsänkoski (SC), Rauma and Nordland paper mills as well as for UPM pulp mills. 