James Walker, from Finnish board manufacturer Metsa, told a large crowd during an ecoporium by Ball & Doggett session that the company is pioneering an end-to-end sustainability model for its products.
According to Walker, Metsa has made strong commitments, which it was acting on, saying: “They are not just words. For instance, we have made a commitment to zero fossil fuels to be used in Scope 1 and 2 by 2030, and we are on the way to achieving that.
“Metsa started monitoring its emissions in 2018 with the aim of reducing its carbon footprint every year, and since then, those emissions have reduced year-on-year. They are now 30-40 per cent lower than 2018, and that decrease will only continue.”
Walker said the company is developing its own bio-fuels from wood waste, and is also developing better ways of using its forests – the main resource of Finland.
Brad Partington from Metsa's local distributor Ball & Doggett told the assembled guests that Metsa’s fully-integrated business – it manages the forests, the logging the mills and the transport – means that ANZ converters were guaranteed quality and compliance.
He said, “Ball & Doggett's owner in Japan is unbending when it comes to compliance. This not only covers sustainability, but also broader issues such as gender equality and modern slavery.”
“Consumers need to check the full lifecycle of packaging, and they will see where Metsa's board stands in regards to the environment, and that is at the top of the pile.”
