SCA still one of the world’s most sustainable companies
April 17th 2009

For the fifth consecutive year, SCA has been recognised as one of the world’s 100 most sustainable companies by Canadian Corporate Knights. SCA has qualified each year since the list was first presented in 2005.

The Corporate Knight’s list, ‘The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World,’ was presented in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Companies from 15 countries were evaluated on various environmental and social aspects. The 100 companies that qualify for the list must have an exceptional ability to address their sector-specific environmental and social risks and opportunities.

“It is a great honour that SCA qualifies for the list,” says Patrik Isaksson, vice president environmental affairs at SCA. “It is also an acknowledgement of the comprehensive and long-term work we put into environmental and sustainability issues, an effort than continues undiminished.”

SCA recently decided on a new environmental goal whereby the company will reduce its carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and from the purchase of electricity and heating by 20% in relation to the production level by the year 2020, with 2005 as reference year.

SCA’s forests have an annual growth that exceeds felling and leads to a net absorption of carbon-dioxide, corresponding to 2.6m tonnes.

The company is a large consumer and producer of bio-fuels with only 1% of its fuel balance consisting of coal and 5% of oil.

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