UPM Future from UPM’s Docelles mill in France was selected due to its environmental features, including sustainable sourcing of wood raw material and the EU Eco-label, the official EU mark awarded to greener products, according to the company.

Philippe Riebel, vice president, environmental affairs at UPM says, “Contributing to the sustainable information flow at the COP15 summit is a perfect fit for UPM. We are well-positioned with regards to EU’s ambitious target of having 20 per cent of all energy derived from renewable sources by 2020.”

He continues, “Today, 60 percent of UPM’s energy consumption is produced using renewable fuels, and about 70 per cent of the Group’s own electricity production is CO2 emission free.”

UPM outlines that its business is based on the use of a renewable raw material, wood, and creates a great platform for a fully sustainable product. The Group’s paper products, like UPM Future, are recyclable, biodegradable and derived from a natural resource that absorbs carbon.

Since 1990, UPM has invested over Euro1bn in the production of renewable energy. These long-term investments have reduced fossil CO2 emissions by 40 per cent per tonne of paper. The group is also the world’s biggest user of recovered paper in the production of graphic papers.

The paper supplied to Copenhagen, UPM Future, is one of UPM’s wide range of paper products that has been granted the EU Eco label, a label awarded only to products which have a reduced environmental impact during their entire life cycle.

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