Metsä Fibre is committed to sustainable forestry practices and has a dedicated project team to ensure EUDR compliance by December 2025.
• For pulp and sawn timber, compliance involves ensuring the wood is deforestation-free, adheres to relevant legislation, and is covered by a due diligence statement.
• The regulation requires businesses to conduct due diligence, risk assessments, and ensure information flow in the value chain.
• Metsä Group is closely monitoring updates to the EUDR regulation, and actively involved in the regulation related discussions and development work.
Key requirements for companies using products made of wood:
- Reporting obligation starting on 30 December 2025 to prove that:
- the products are deforestation and forest degradation free and thus comply with the EUDR requirements.
- the products have been produced in accordance with legislation of the country of origin.
- the products are covered by a Due Diligence Statement.
- The operator that places commodity on the EU market for the first time has to submit a Due Diligence statement into the EU information System, ‘Traces’ against which the EU system confirms a Reference number.
- The reference number received from the EU Information system, ‘Traces’, must be transmitted to the next downstream operator in the value chain. The transmission of the reference number can by done by using electronic services, interfaces, e-mails, receipts or invoices.
Metsä Fibre will have full EUDR compliance by the end of 2025.
In Metsä Fibre, sustainability and responsibility play an important role in all our activities. Through a rigorous Due Diligence process we ensure that all our products comply with the EUDR requirements.
- The process begins with the wood raw material suppliers. They provide the Due Diligence Statement to the EU Information System “Traces” that generates the unique reference number for the wood. Supplier submits this number to Metsä Fibre.
- Metsä Fibre submits the Due Diligence Statement to the EU Information System “Traces”, which generates unique reference numbers for Metsä Fibre’s pulp / sawn timber.
When selling its products, Metsä Fibre automatically delivers the unique reference number to the customer.
How do we prepare for the EUDR?
We are actively setting up systems and processes to ensure compliance, as well as developing the necessary tools for traceability and reporting.
Metsä Fibre will have full EUDR compliance by the end of 2025.
