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A sustainable and circular bioeconomybusiness model of the forest based industries – climate change mitigation potential
Tytti PeltonenVP, Corporate AffairsMetsä Group
8 February 2018 Metsä Group3
Key figures 2018
Pulp and Sawn Timber
Sales:
EUR 2.5 billionPersonnel:
1,200
METSÄ BOARD**
Paperboard
Sales:
EUR 1.9 billionPersonnel:
2,400
METSÄ FOREST
Wood supply and forest services
Sales:
EUR 2.0 billionPersonnel:
840
METSÄ TISSUE
Tissue and Greaseproof Papers
Sales:
EUR 1.0 billionPersonnel:
2,800
METSÄ WOOD
Wood products
Sales:
EUR 0.4 billionPersonnel:
1,500
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE | Group’s parent company | Owned by 103,000 Finnish forest owners
METSÄ FIBRE
METSÄ GROUP | Sales* EUR 5.7 billion | Personnel 9,300 | Renewable energy 28,4 TWh
* Internal sales eliminated
**Listed on Nasdaq Helsinki
METSÄ SPRING | Innovation Company
Finland – the largest forest cover in Europe
02/07/20194
The area of Finland
Cities, villages and roads
Fields and agricultural use
Lakes and rivers
Forest
10%
10%
75%
5%
100+MILLION M3
• Finland is the most forested country in
Europe. Our forests grow more than they
are used
• More than 50% of Finland’s forests are
owned by private forest owners
• Metsäliitto Cooperative members own
nearly half of the private forest area in
Finland
• Sustainable forest management
safeguards biodiversity and enables
versatile use of forests
Bark, branches and top
for renewable energy
Pulpwood for pulp and
other bioproducts
Logs for sawn timber,
plywood and LVL
RENEWABLE ENERGY
PULPWOOD
PRODUCTS
ELEC-TRICITY
HEAT
PRODUCTGAS
Biogas
Industry
SULPHURICACID
Bio-composites
Newbioproducts
(in R&D)
PAPER-BOARD
TISSUE PAPER
COOKING PAPER
Pulp-based textiles
Paper,specialty products
LIME
Fertilisers
TALL OIL, TURPENTINE
LIGNIN
Construction
All products in BOLD are manufatured by Metsä Group.
All other products are manufactured within the industrial ecosystem.
Beyond traditional forest industry
New bioproducts improve existing value chains and create jobs
Processing
of wood
Recycling
and use of
side streams
More value
added & jobs
from one tree
Processing of
products
New products
from side streams
URBANISATION
POPULATION GROWTH RESOURCE SCARCITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
Biodiversity
Sustainableforestry
Forest renewal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Climate change
mitigation – potential
of the forest-based industries
Mitigation actions
– Sustainable forest management
– Production: energy & resource
efficiency and breakthrough
technologies
– Recyclable and long-term use products
– Renewable energy from side streams
PULP-BASEDTEXTILES
LIGNIN-BASEDPRODUCTS
UTILISEDSIDE STREAMS
BIOCHEMICALS
Using fresh fibre
ensures
availability of
recycled fibre:
fibres are
used on avg.
3.5 times.
PROCUREDWOOD USED WOOD
PULP
PAPERBOARD
SAWN TIMBER
PLYWOOD ANDKERTO LVL
TISSUE PAPER
COOKINGPAPERS
81%of board packaging
is recycled in Europe
MAKE
R&D
USE AND
RE-USE
WE BRINGTHE FOREST TO YOU
• Increasing the amount of carbon
stored in forests and products
• Safeguarding biodiversity
• Responsible corporate culture
• Accident-free work environment
WE WORK FOR A BETTER CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
• Fossil free mills
• Resource efficient production
WE OFFERSUSTAINABLE CHOICES
• Fossil free raw materials
• Sustainable supply chain
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Metsä Group’s 2030 sustainability objectives Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
WE CREATE WELL-BEING
Fossil CO2
emissions
Fossil fuels
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Forestry* Production
Logistics
Growth+
Sales__
Products storing
carbon
- 26 000 000- 2 000 000
+ 1 500 000
+ 18 000 000Products replacing fossil
materials
- 8 500 000 tCO2
Metsä Group is a significant carbon sink
* Forests owned by the members of Metsäliitto Cooperative
• In 2015-2018 Metsä Group invested 2 billion EUR in the European
bioeconomy
– New bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland (1.2 billion EUR)
• In 2018 Metsä Group established a new innovation company Metsä
Spring Ltd
– Identifies and develops new business opportunities in sustainable forest-
based bioeconomy and circular economy
– Textile fibre demo plant investment
• Metsä Group is planning three new investments worth 2 billion EUR
– New bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland
– New pine sawmill in Rauma, Finland
– First phase in renewing the Husum pulp mill, Sweden
– Implementation in 2019 - 2023
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Investments to support
low-carbon circular bioeconomy
• Competitive forest industry means upgrading
each part of the wood to its highest value
• Our products succeed in international market
and have great growth potential without
regulatory subsidies
• Healthy established businesses enable
investing into new innovations
• Public co-funding of R&D&I accelerates the
development of new high-risk technologies
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Successful market-based
and resource-wise
bioeconomy