Sustainability

Sustainability to us

There is an urgent need to change our society – and we have a clear picture of how to achieve this. We see a green transition, with an economy that works for both people and the environment. We see a transition to products that do not damage nature, but are instead part of the perpetual cycle. We see sustainable investments and innovations. The forest is showing the way to a fossil-free world in balance. 

What is sustainability to us?

Our platform for sustainability

Using the forest as a base, sustainability is at the very core of SCA. We contribute climate benefit, create thousands of jobs, preserve biodiversity and nurture the forest’s other values. All of this is described in our sustainability platform.

More about our platform

  • 6strategic priorities

    includes social, financial and environmental related goals

  • 12.8million tonnes of CO₂e

    SCA's climate benefit

  • 100percent

    of the wood raw material comes from responsibly managed forests
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We are doing good for the climate

Limiting global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our time. As a forest company, we are one part of the solution. Our growing forests capture and store enormous volumes of CO2, several times more than the fossil CO2 emissions from our entire operations. But we provide an equal benefit by manufacturing bio-based products, which reduce society’s need for fossil-based alternatives and thereby prevent large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions.

We are a climate-positive company and in 2023 generated a climate benefit of 12.8 million tonnes of CO2e. The climate benefit is an important part of our contribution to the green transition and is described in more detail in the sustainability target: ‘A fossil-free world’.

Our target Fossil-free world

Biodiversity

SCA’s forests provide a habitat for a wide variety of flora and fauna – and we want these species to continue to live there in the future. We constantly endeavor to make our nature conservation activities even more effective and in addition to the considerations we take in all of our measures, we use targeted initiatives to preserve and promote biodiversity.

This includes the identification of 203 red-listed species present in our operating areas and that are affected by forest operations. We have also identified a dozen habitats of special importance for these.

We are now working actively to preserve and recreate these prioritized habitats in our forests. In this way, we benefit not only species included under SCA’s Species Commitment, but also many other species.

Our biodiversity efforts are an important element in our ‘Valuable forests’ sustainability target.

Our target Valuable forests

Certificates and documents

Looking for SCA's certificate, policies and other sustainability documents? 

Find our documents here
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SCA continues with geofencing

Digital speed limitation for timber trucks works well on stretches with a lot of infrastructure, . This is demonstrated by the geofencing project that SCA has undertaken in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Administration. "We continue to utilize the technology on both existing routes and new ones," says Lars Nolander, logistics manager at SCA Skog.

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SCA positive towards stricter sustainability goals

By 2040, forest industry products are to be entirely fossil-free and recyclable. This is an ambitious joint sustainability pledge made by all members of industry organisation Swedish Forest Industries, and which aligns with SCA’s existing vision.

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How SCA will contribute to increased climate benefits

By 2040, the climate benefit contributed by the forest industry is set to increase by 30 per cent. For SCA – which is already strongly climate positive – this is a logical development that can also support the bottom line.