Metsä Board strengthens its 2030 sustainability targets

The Finnish producer of cardboard from Nordic virgin fibers has up to date its strategic sustainability targets for 2030. The replace contains adjustments to present and new targets specializing in areas corresponding to logistics emissions, personnel variety, and occupational security.

The earlier replace to the targets was made two years in the past when measures bettering the biodiversity and well being of forests had been included, in addition to initiatives selling fossil-free manufacturing at Metsä Board’s mills. Since then, the achievement of targets has been monitored with the assistance of a complete set of indicators. A number of key successes have been achieved so far; for instance, the share of licensed wooden fibre of all wooden fibre sourced has risen to 92%.

“Our up to date goal for licensed wooden fibre is 100%,” says Markku Leskelä, SVP, Improvement at Metsä Board. “When it comes to fossil-free manufacturing, our goal has already been very formidable. 89% of the vitality we utilized in 2024 was fossil-free, and our goal is to proceed to achieve 100% by 2030.”

Reporting in keeping with the up to date targets will start in 2025.

Metsä Board’s new or revised 2030 sustainability targets embody:

– Increase the goal for the share of licensed wooden fibre to 100%. The earlier goal of over 90% was reached in 2023.

– Cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions from logistics procured by Metsä Board by 30% per tonne kilometre in comparison with the 2022 stage (Scope 3, Class 4).

– Exclude wooden uncooked supplies and bought pulp from the monitoring of fossil-free uncooked supplies and packaging supplies in order that the progress of different fossil-free uncooked supplies could be monitored extra simply.

– The zero accidents at work goal now additionally covers contractor workers along with the corporate’s personal personnel.

– Worker satisfaction will probably be measured yearly with the dedication index, whereas the ethics index will assess the realisation of an moral company tradition. As well as, the Metsä for All index measures the worker expertise of how variety, equality and inclusion ideas are applied.

– Improve the share of ladies in management roles to 35% as a substitute of the earlier 30%. On the similar time, the definition of management roles may even be widened.

Metsä Board’s 2030 sustainability targets could be discovered of their entirety at: