Sustainably produced products

Resource efficiency means using natural resources as efficiently as possible. At the mills, resource efficiency means efficient utilisation of the raw materials, using water and energy more efficiently and utilising process waste.

Around the world, our customers and their end customers aim to improve their sustainability. Metsä Fibre provides the sustainable and renewable bioproducts that help them reach these targets. The traceable Nordic wood we use comes from sustainably managed forests, and our new pulp and bioproduct mills are among the most efficient in the world.

For example, our Äänekoski and Kemi bioproduct mills use no fossil fuels in their operations. Joutseno pulp mill is also fossil free during normal operations. In 2023, 97 per cent of all the fuel used in production was fossil free consisting mainly of wood-based production side streams.

We produce sustainable wood-based biochemicals for a range of applications and industries. The material side streams from the main production of pulp offer a wide range of possibilities for the development and conversion of innovative bioproducts. Through our pulp production, we produce bioproducts such as Metsä Crude Tall Oil (CTO) and Metsä Crude Sulphate Turpentine (CST) at our pulp and bioproduct mills.

Tall oil and turpentine have been used in the chemical industry for a long time. For example, tall oil is processed for paints and tires. Turpentine, in turn, is used as a raw material for example in perfumes. The pulp is also eaten when it has been processed, as it is a thickener in ice creams and juices, as well as in medicines and toothpaste.

All Metsä Fibre’s sawn timber products are responsibly produced with wood from sustainably managed Nordic forests and the wood we use is traceable. 

Each Metsä Fibre mill has a certified chain of custody management system for wood and each mill is authorised to use the FSC^® and PEFC label (FSC-C002102, PEFC/02-33-21).

We are a significant producer of bioelectricity, generated during pulp production when black liquor, which consists of wood and cooking chemicals, is combusted in the recovery boiler. In Metsä Fibre, the self-sufficiency rate of our mills in terms of electrical energy totals 159% (in 2023).