Wood - a building material with less impact

Through a solid mapping of our entire value chain, from the forest, through the sawmill and out to the customer, we now have a firm grasp of the footprint of our sawn timber products. Knowledge that in turn gives us the conditions we need to work in a structured manner towards our sustainability goals and at the same time helps the construction industry to choose building materials with as little impact as possible for tomorrow's buildings.

Our climate footprint today. With SCA's own EPDs, a thorough mapping of our entire value chain, from the forest, via the sawmill and out to the customer, we today have a firm grasp of the climate footprint of our sawn wood products.

The construction industry today accounts for approximately 40 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions and in the coming years needs to undergo extensive change in order to better meet tomorrow's environmental requirements.

From the raw material in the forest, via the sawmills and out to the customer, we at SCA have carefully reviewed and analyzed each process step in our value chain in order to be able to assess exactly to what extent the manufacture of our wood products in particular burdens the climate. An effort that clearly confirms the unique value of the forest and wood products.

SCA Wood reports EPD according to the international standards EN 15804 and ISO 14067. What is reported is GWP Fossil, Global Warming Potential – Fossil. This is our fossil emission from our value chain. The calculations include all the way from the raw material; the trees in the forest, via the sawmills and up to SCA's gates and is described in the form of so-called carbon dioxide equivalents. The climate impact of transport to customers in Scandinavia and parts of Europe is also reported on the customer's invoice.