SCA Kraftliner makes packaging solutions with the lowest carbon footprint possible

We use the entire tree – nothing goes to waste

Our Kraftliner products are made from the parts of the tree that cannot be sawn timber products. About half of the tree is turned into sawn timber, 25 percent is used to produce pulp and paper, and the rest is converted into renewable energy, biofuels, green chemicals and other sustainable products. SCA make sure to use that the entire tree that is harvested, nothing goes to waste. 

The right product for the right application

Our product portfolio includes the original SCA Kraftliner, made from strong Nordic fresh fibers. We also offer specialised products refined for specific needs, such as SCA Kraftliner Wet Strength for extra durable packaging and SCA Eurokraft, our Kraft Top product with a higher content of recycled fibers.

Major environmental investments

SCA Containerboard's carbon dioxide emissions are already low due to the investments made when replacing oil-fired lime kilns in both of our Kraftliner mills with lime kilns that are fired with biofuel in the form of pellets.

In the major expansion project of the Obbola paper mill, SCA invested SEK 7.5 billion and built the world's largest and most advanced Kraftliner machine. This included SEK 1 billion in environmental improvements. Through the project, fossil oil consumption can be reduced by app. 8000 cubic meters per year. Thanks to these investments our industrial processes are almost entirely fossil-free. We continue to strive for improved performance in our mills and throughout the whole supply chain.

Several different initiatives are underway to reduce emissions from transportation. SCA’s electric timber truck, delivering pulp timber to the Obbola mill, is one important part of the effort to reduce fossil emissions in the value chain. 

Another initiative is the installation of frequency converters in our own vessels that reduces fuel consumption.

Optimisation for a lighter but equally strong packaging with a lower carbon footprint

Reducing the weight of packaging reduces the carbon footprint. SCA has developed an optimisation tool called Smartbox. With this tool, composition of boxes can be calculated and compared to support reducing package weight, environmental impact, improving performance and obtaining an attractive price index.