Sustainability at the heart of the European paper industry

Submitted by: The Two Sides Team November 17, 2011

The Confederation of European Paper Industries, (CEPI), launch their latest Sustainability Report and announce ambitious targets to reduce emissions by 80% and increase value added by 50%, by 2050Sustainability is central to the European paper industry and this new report details the achievements of the industry. Key figures in the report are:

• 80% of the wood used by CEPI members comes from CEPI countries
• 61% virgin wood fibre used by the industry is certified, 5% more than in 2008
• 94% of water used is returned to its source
• 69%, the European Paper Recycling Rate: a world record
• 90% of newspapers and corrugated boxes are made from recycled fibre
• 90% of production capacity has environmental management certification
• 14% reductionin energy consumption since 1990
• 86%less SO2 since 1990
• 95% reduction in AOX per tonne of product since 1990
• 58& reduction in the accident rate since 1990

Sales: €80.6 billion
Added Value: €16 billion
Investments €3.6 billion

Contained within the report is also the details of  the CEPI road map to substantially reduce emissions by 2050

Download the Sustainability Report here:

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