A chain-of-custody certificate is one way to know for certain how the wood raw material for your paper was sourced. Read on if you want to know how to tell your FSC® from your PEFC.
A chain-of-custody certification, such as FSC® or PEFC, guarantees that the fibre raw material used for the paper doesn’t come from an unacceptable source. It shows that it can be traced all the way from the forest to the point of sale.
The chain of custody certification guarantees that the wood:
For us as a paper supplier, it guarantees to our customers that we are in control of our supply chain, and that there is no uncertainty surrounding the origins of the wood used in our products.
All the raw material we at Holmen use complies with the requirements for controlled wood according to the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC ID-FSC-C020071) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest certification (PEFC/05-33-134), regardless of whether it’s certified or not. Customers who require FSC®, PEFC or EU Ecolabel-certified paper need to request it when ordering.
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Which paper is actually best from a climate perspective? This was a question Penguin Random House asked. Holmen BOOK had the lowest carbon footprint of all the papers in the study.
Read about the resultsHolmen's paper mills were awarded EcoVadis Platinum medal 2023, for the seventh consecutive year.
Read about EcoVadisThe Paper Profile is an environmental product declaration that makes it easy to compare paper from different manufacturers.
Paper profilesWith nature as the starting point in everything we do, climate issues are very closely integrated with our business. This applies both to our ability to contribute to positive development and how our business may be affected by a changing climate.
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