Use of natural and forest resources
We use natural resources wisely and promote biodiversity
Sustainable forestry
- Wood sourcing and forestry services in accordance with best practices
- Taking into account operations-supporting ecosystem services
- Social impacts in forestry and timber sourcing
Biodiversity
- Protecting and promoting biodiversity in accordance with Sahateollisuus’ forest environment programme in forestry and timber procurement
- Information, training and communications: increasing knowledge regarding sustainable forestry and biodiversity
- Contributing to sustainable forestry by means of transparent stakeholder collaboration (local, forest owners, nature organisations, partners)
| Theme | Objectives | KPI | KPI target Base year 2022 | In 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable forestry | 2024: Availability of high-quality, certified Finnish wood | % of certified wood raw material | 88% (2022: 81%) | 84.5% |
| Biodiversity | 2024: Timber sourcing in accordance with the forest environment programme | Monitoring in accordance with the forest environment programme | 100% | – |
| 2024: Increasing expertise | Extensiveness of diversity training – Own timber procurement personnel – Subcontractors | 100% | – |
Wise use of natural and forest resources ensures the availability of raw materials and the acceptability of wood use in the future
ESRS E4: Biodiversity and ecosystems