Koskisen Wood Procurement

Strong, responsible and competitive wood procurement
The journey of wood from the forest to highly refined products, is entirely in the hands of our company’s experts from start to finish.

Koskisen acquired 1.5 million cubic metres of wood (2023)

Woodwise Wood Procurement

Koskisen procures wood mainly from private forest owners in Finland and offers versatile forestry services, while also listening to the needs of forest owners. Koskisen only procures wood from legal and responsible sources and is a reliable buyer of wood that follows the best practices and standards of sustainable forestry in its wood procurement, such as PEFC and FSC certifications.

A chain-of-custody

In addition, Koskisen uses a chain-of-custody system in all procurement to ensure that wood material is sourced legally and ethically from reliable and identified sources. The origin of all raw materials is always checked so that the forests in protected areas are safeguarded, and wood is not sourced from controversial sources.

Of the Purchased spruce wood accounted for 53%, pine for 18%, birch for 26% and aspen for 1% (2023)

84.5% share of certified roundwood

At its own plants, Koskisen used
approx. 825,000 m3 of wood(2023)

Woodwise Products

Koskisen uses the majority of the wood it procures in its own operations and sells the rest to third parties, including energy use and the chemical forest industry. The wood is processed in a material-efficient way to deliver high-quality wood products that provide added value in an optimised manner.

Sustainability programme

Koskinen’s operations are based on sustainable forestry and competent wood sourcing, the processing of wood into bioeconomy products and green transition, and the creation of added value for customers and other stakeholders. We manage sustainability as part of strategy and operational activities in accordance with our values.

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