(UPM, Helsinki, 6 July 2015, at 09:30 EET) -
UPM has published the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) statements for
the year 2014. The company has certified all its European pulp and paper mills,
the UPM Fray Bentos pulp mill in Uruguay and the UPM Changshu paper mill in
China in accordance with the EMAS.
Transparency and openness with
stakeholders are an essential part of UPM’s corporate responsibility worldwide.
The EMAS registration and third-party verified reporting promote continuous
improvement.
“As a forerunner in the integration of the bio and forest industries, UPM is committed to innovation-driven future. We see circular-economy thinking – making more with less - as the future business model, Anssi Klinga, Senior Vice President UPM Pulp, Bernd Eikens, Executive Vice President, UPM Paper ENA, and Kim Poulsen, Executive Vice President, UPM Paper Asia state in the report.
“Sustainability-driven not only describes our
solutions, but also our way of performing,” they continue.
EMAS requires
participants to have an Environmental Management System and to publish a
third-party verified Environmental Statement, which increases the credibility
and reliability of environmental data. The corporate statement includes
group-level information and core indicators on e.g. energy and material
efficiency. The mill supplements deepen the corporate statement with local
information, such as environmental targets and accomplishments.
In
addition to the EMAS - in which the company has participated for about 20 years
- UPM provides comprehensive environmental information assured by third parties
from corporate level right through to the mills and individual products.
Ecolabelled products, product declarations and certified operations are used to
inform the company’s stakeholders about responsibility and
transparency.
The corporate statement and paper and pulp mill specific
supplements are available on UPM
web site.
For more information:
Päivi Salpakivi-Salomaa, Vice President, Environment and Responsibility,
UPM, tel. +358 400 754 748.
UPM, Media Desk
tel. 040 588 3284
Mon–Fri
from 9:00–16:00
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UPM
Through the
integration of the bio and forest industries, UPM is building a sustainable
future across six business areas: UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM
Paper Asia, UPM Paper Europe and North America and UPM Plywood. Our products are
made of renewable raw materials and are recyclable. We serve our customers
worldwide. The group employs around 20,000 people and its annual sales are
approximately €10 billion. UPM shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. UPM –
The Biofore Company – www.upm.com
