SCA Forest Products, Environmental Report 2010, Publication Papers and Pulp

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aylesford newsprint

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Environmental Report 2010Publication Papers and Pulp


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SCA Forest Products:pulp and paper mills

ContentsMessage from the President 3

Analyzing the climate impact of magazines 4

strand pulp mill 14

Ortviken paper mill 16

Laakirchen paper mill 18

Aylesford paper mill 20

Environmental report in gures 22

Contact us 24

SCA strand SCA Ortviken

SCA Laakirchen AylesfordNewsprint 50%

Business units

SCA Forest Products Organisation 2010

SCA Forest Products

SCA Skog SCA Timber

SCA strand SCA OrtvikenSCA LaakirchenAylesford

Newsprint 50%

SCA Transforest SCA R&D Centre


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a battle is going on between the paper and electronicmedia to grab readers attention and advertisers money.Environmental arguments are playing a key part in thisstruggle as we are reminded to use electronic tickets orinvoices to save paper and thus contribute to a betterenvironment.

What this does contribute to is improving the prot-ability of the companies that send out such appeals. Itis clearly cheaper for them if customers download theirinvoices and preferably pay them electronically, straight

into the companys own accounting system.So where does the environment come into this?Electronic communication is not free of environmentaleffects. Signicant resources go into manufacturing com-puters, servers, bre optic cables and other equipment.Many of these resources are limited, such as the rareearth metals required to produce touch screens andbatteries.

Electronic communication also requires electricity, andwe are not talking about small amounts. About a yearago, many people were rather surprised to read aboutGoogles acquisition of a closed paper mill in Finland. Tobe able to service its millions of search engine and map

users, Google has to keep building more server parksthroughout the world. These server parks need a water-tight roof, heavy-duty electrical cables and good access towater to cool the large data servers; in other words, theyhave precisely the same requirements as a paper mill.

SCA participated in a study initiated by the Swed-ish Magazine Publishers Association that analysed theclimate effects of a print magazine and an online maga-zine. The ndings were interesting: Magazine readers willimpact the climate more or less the same, regardless ofwhether they are reading a magazine in print format oron the screen.

Moreover and this is important to stress this im-pact is minimal. In terms of the carbon footprint, readinga paper or web magazine for one year is equivalent todriving a petrol-powered car four kilometres, or produc-ing ten eggs.

We have used this interesting study as a departurepoint for our 2010 Environmental Report. Because alifecycle analysis was used in the study, all steps in theprocessing chain and all relevant environmental effectswere examined although the study primarily focusedon the climate impact.

We hope that you will nd the information containedwithin this environmental report benecial. And I thinkwe can safely say that while there may be many reasonsto choose electronic alternatives over paper, climateconcerns are not among them.

Read with a clear conscience

Ulf LarssonPresident of SCA Forest Products

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Analyzing the climateof magazines

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mpact

eading a magazine for oneyear, whether on paper or

on the computer screen, is equivalentto driving a car four kilometres or

producing the meat for a small ham-burger.

These ndings are taken froma study performed by the researchinstitute Innventia on behalf of theSwedish Magazine Publishers Associ-ation (SMPA). Participants in thestudy included SCA, Pressretur (re-cycling organisation), Posten Medde-landen (post services) and SrmlandsGraska printing house.

The study was carried out as a

lifecycle analysis and involved cradle-to-grave analysis of the productsfrom raw material procurement,through production and use, towaste management. All of the envi-ronmental effects that arise in thischain were analysed, such as the useof limited resources, acidicationand over-fertilisation.

Since the goal of this study was toexamine the effects on the climate,greenhouse gas emissions werethe primary element analysed. Theprincipal greenhouse gas is carbondioxide, but other gases also impactthe climate, sometimes to a much

greater extent, and are thus restatedas carbon dioxide equivalents.

the most important, and usually

the most difcult part of a lifecycleanalysis, is to establish the bounda-ries for the system to be analysed.If the intention is to compare twoproducts, it is especially importantto set the system boundaries for bothproducts to facilitate comparability.

This study is based on the reader more specically, a reader of aprinted magazine and a reader ofan online magazine.

In the case of the print magazine

reader, the analysis is based on atypical magazine, printed in Swedenon paper from the Ortviken papermill. The magazine is issued 11 timesa year, including one double issue.On average, each issue is read for40 minutes and an ordinary issue ofthe magazine is read by 3.23 readers(source: Sifo Research International).The more readers, the lower the cli-mate impact. In the second instance, the researchis based on a reader who spends anequal amount of time, 40 minutes,reading the online magazine, distrib-uted over three visits to the website

A magazine printed in Sweden on paper

from SCA Ortviken and a web magazine

also produced in Sweden have precisely

the same global climate impact and this

impact is minimal.


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per month. The reader uses a laptopcomputer with an ADSL modemand prints out two pages of textper month on paper. For the onlinemagazine reader, the climate impactincreases the longer he or she spends

viewing the website and the morearticles that are printed out on paper.

the raw material in paper manu-facturing is wood bre; either freshfrom the forest or in the form ofrecycled paper. The paper used inthe study was LWC paper from theOrtviken paper mill in Sundsvall.The raw material is spruce pulp-wood. Kraft pulp is also used in theproduction of LWC paper and is

sourced from the strand pulp mill. SCA Ortviken does not use anyrecycled paper in its paper manufac-turing. Although Sweden is a worldleader in paper recycling, the countryhas few inhabitants and thus limited

the 2010 fsc audit of SCAs forest-ry practices was highly successful.

The discrepancies observed atearlier FSC audits have all beenaddressed and the auditors fromSGS Qualifor noted that SCASkogs way of working, proce-dures and internal controls main-tained high standards.

The new Swedish FSC stand-

ard, which came into force onJune 1, 2010, was applied forthe rst time in the 2010 audit.Consequently, the auditors noted

a number of minor discrepancies,all of which were related to thefact that SCA Skog had not yetbeen able to adapt all the instruc-tions and guidelines to the newstandard.

Raw materials from SCAsFSC-certied forests are used inthe production of FSC-certiedproducts, which are growing in

demand. SCA is the worlds larg-est supplier of FSC-certied pub-lication papers, pulp and solid-wood products.

Most forest owners in Austriaand Germany have certied theirforest management according toPEFC schemes (Programme forthe Endorsement of Forest Certi-cation). There is a demand forPEFC certied products, particu-larly on some markets. For thesereasons and to minimise trans-ports, SCA Laakirchen is Chain-

of-Custody certied to both FSCand PEFC and offers productscertied under both schemes.

a good year for certified products

2009 2010

Percentage oftotal deliveries

Deliveries of FSC-certied LWC paper from SCA Ortviken 25% 27%

Deliveries of FSC-certied newsprint from SCA Ortviken 5% 16%

Deliveries of FSC-certied pulp from SCA strand 55% 53%

Deliveries of FSC-certied SC paper from SCA Laakirchen 12% 13%

Deliveries of PEFC-certied SC paper from SCA Laakirchen 6% 9%Deliveries of FSC-certied newsprint from Aylesford Newsprint 36%



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access to recovered paper. However,SCAs paper mill in Laakirchen, Aus-tria, and the jointly owned AylesfordNewsprint in the UK, use largequantities of recovered paper in themanufacture of SC (supercalendered)

paper and newsprint.In the study, forestry and trans-

port of the raw material accountfor only a few percent of the totalclimate impact.

It is signicantly more difcultto obtain data regarding raw mater-ial procurement included in the webmagazine alternative. Servers, com-puters, cables and other equipmentrequire a long list of materials, some

of which are rare and only minedin very few locations in the world.There is insufcient data on theclimate effects of mining and metalmanufacturing.

production accounts for thelargest contribution to the carbonfootprint for both print and digitalmagazines. For the print magazine,paper production which is publica-tion paper largely manufactured frommechanical pulp represents the larg-est component.

Compared to other mills, theOrtviken paper mill has one of theworlds smallest carbon footprints.

Nearly all of the plants energy pro-duction, chiey the production ofsteam for drying paper, is biofuel-based.

The reners that separate thewood bres require electricity for theproduction of mechanical pulp. Theelectricity used to power SCA Ortvik-en comes from the Swedish electricitygrid, which predominately is suppliedwith electricity from hydropower andnuclear power.

this type of electricity produc-tion has almost no carbon emissions.The very small proportion of im-ported fossil-fuel based electricity

Basic scenario

Nordic electricity

European electricity

Low usage*

High usage*

1/3 nitrogen triuoride

No nitrogen triuoride

Without editorial work

GWP (kg CO2e)0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CO2e = Carbon dioxide equivalent

*Calculations based on 10, respectively 300 minutes as opposed to40 minutes which is the basic scenario.The global warming potential (GWP) of an online magazine reader duringone year based on different premises or alternatives.

online magazines climate impact, various scenarios

CO2e = Carbon dioxide equivalentThe global warming potential (GWP) of a print magazine reader during oneyear based on different premises or alternatives.*Calculated with 200 pages versus 120 pages as in the basic scenario.

print magazines climate impact, various scenarios

GWP (kg CO2e)

Basic scenario

100% post

With supplements & DVD

Additional pages*

Nordic electricity

European electricity

1 reader/issue

5 readers/issue

Without editorial work


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sca is europeslargest privateforest owner with 2.6 millionhectares of forest in NorthernSweden. A long-term approach istaken to managing the forest andgreat respect is shown to biodiver-sity. More than 10% of the forestsmanaged by SCA are set aside fromfelling to provide a habitat for

sensitive animal and plant species.One tree in ten is left to die a natu-ral death, thus providing food andhabitation for insects, woodpeckersand wood-decay fungi.

A growing tree absorbs carbondioxide. Through photosynthesis,the tree utilises energy from thesun to build wood bre from thecarbon dioxide in the air. As a re-sult of SCAs long-term approachto managing the forest, growth is

more than 20% higher than the

harvested volume. This means thatthe volume of living, growing forestis increasing each year. SCAs forestsabsorb some 2.6 million tonnesof carbon dioxide each year net!This exceeds the total volume ofcarbon emissions generated fromindustrial production and transportwithin SCA Forest Products.

According to the Innventiastudys lifecycle analysis, if a corre-sponding share of the carbon se-questration of SCAs own forests isallocated to the paper in the maga-zine, the carbon footprint of thepaper magazine would be reducedby 40%.

Virgin forests make neither apositive nor negative contributionto climate change. The amount offorest that dies and rots each year

is roughly the same as the volume

of growth. However, a cultivatedand well-managed forest has highergrowth and absorbs more carbondioxide than an unmanaged forest.

Wood from well-managed for-ests can also be used in a mannerthat further offsets climate change.Timber products can replace suchmaterials as plastic, concrete and

aluminium, which have a sig-nicantly greater impact on theclimate. Logging residues fromforestry activities and residualproducts from industrial processescan replace fossil fuels for the pro-duction of energy.

Furthermore, paper productscan be recycled a number of timesuntil ultimately the bres are wornout and used to generate energy.

each year, scas forests absorb2.6 million tonnes of carbon dioXide net

accounts for the climate impact.However, since the consumption ofelectricity is substantial and otherproduction operations generate minorcarbon emissions in relation to theproduction volume this small share

ofimported electricity accounts forthe largest addition to the carbonfootprint. The climate impact of both printand online magazines depends con-siderably on the amount of fossilcarbon released in the production ofelectrical energy. While electricity inSweden comes, to a large extent,from hydro and nuclear power plants,other parts of Europe more com-monly use fossil fuels such as oil

and natural gas. Therefore, the CO2factor from electrical energy is lowerin Sweden. As this has an impacton the climate effect of printed andonline magazines, absolute valuesmay be higher in other parts of

Europe, but the relation of the cli-mate impact between printed andonline magazines will be consistent.

for the online magazine, produc-tion of the readers computer accounts

for the largest contribution. In addi-tion to carbon dioxide, a number ofother chemicals are used in the manu-facture of computers, and these havea considerable impact on the climate.The manufacture of servers, cablesand other equipment for the instal-lations that store and distribute thedigital magazine account for a minorcontribution, since the share of thetotal Internet infrastructure utilisedby the online magazine is so small.

Viewing the online magazine,whichrequires modems and computers, con-tributes substantially to the carbonfootprint. The size of the contributiondepends entirely on the length of thereaders visit to the website.


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the laakirchen plant pro-

duces SC paper from fresh bre(timber) and recovered bre, alongwith kraft pulp and llers. Bothproduction processes, whetherfrom fresh or recovered bre, gen-erate residues such as bark, rejectsand worn out bres. In manycases, bre that is not t for paperproduction can still be used asbiofuel for energy generation.

For efcient energy generation,

SCA Laakirchen employs a cir-culating uidised bed boiler withdownstream ue gas cleaning.The steam generated is used forelectricity generation and heatingsteam at the paper machines.

The residual ashes from theboiler have been developed into aproduct called Cinerit, which isused in the construction of ood

prevention dams. The y ash is

also sought after by the cementindustry as admixture.Furthermore, bre residues are

being used by the brick industryin particular as an additive in theprocess of porosifying bricks.

The chart below highlights theconnection between SCAs residueproduction and the recyclingprocess.

waste management at sca laakirchen 2010

104,000 tonnes bre residues 58,000 tonnes bark 4,000 tonnes rejects

29%

brick industryconstruction

materialsindustry ashes

ashes

rejectsfibres

71% 74%26%

fluidisedbed boiler

ashescinerit

recycling instead of waste disposal



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sca strand is investing EUR 55million in a new lime kiln, whichforms part of the chemical recoveryprocess.

Two oil-red lime kilns are beingreplaced with one large lime kiln,which will be powered with biofuel fuel pellets from SCA Bionorrsfacility in Hrnsand. The investmentwill reduce SCA strands consump-tion of oil by 17,000 cubic metresper year and reduce the kraft pulpmills fossil carbon dioxide emissionsby 80%.

The new lime kiln will be commis-sioned at the end of 2011.

producing the editorial content isthe same for both alternatives. Thework is carried out by an editorialteam with 15 employees who travelon business a total of 206,000 kilo-metres, distributed between road,

rail and air travel. Over the courseof one year, they consume 11,676kWh to produce the editorial contentfor each type of magazine format. ASwedish electricity mix also formsthe basis for the calculation of en-ergy consumption. The editorial work contributesconsiderably (more than 10%) to thecarbon footprint for both alternatives.

Printing the magazine makes asomewhat smaller contribution to

the carbon footprint than the edito-rial work.

The majority of print maga-zines in Sweden reach the readersthrough subscriptions, that is, viathe postal service. A smaller share,9%, is sold in shops. Distributionaccounts for just over 10% of thecarbon footprint, which is slightlymore than the contribution fromeditorial work. The environmentalimpact of a magazine received by

post is less than the impact causedby a magazine purchased in a shop,since all the issues on the shopshelves will not be sold.

This analysis was calculatedbased on the reader of an online

magazine printing out two articleseach month, using two sheets ofpaper on a home printer. This ac-counts for slightly less than 10% ofthe online magazines carbon foot-print. The carbon footprint is sig-nicantly impacted by the numberof articles the reader prints.

print magazinesare recycled to alarge degree. The actual recyclingprocess involves a climate impact,

primarily resulting from the trans-port of the recycled paper. At thesame time, recycling constitutessound resource management andan energy saving through the reuseof bres to produce new magazines.Moreover, fossil-fuel consumptionis reduced through the use of breresidues to generate energy.

The analysis also assumes thatthe paper used in home printersis recycled. With respect to the

new kiln reduces carbon footprint by 80%

Printing a magazine makes a smaller impacton the carbon footprint than the editorialwork.

The new lime kiln will reduce oil consumption by 17,000 cubic metres per year.



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access to clean water is re-stricted in many parts of the worldand since calculating the carbonfootprint has proven to be an effec-tive way ofmeasuring the impactof industries on the environment,

a similar attempt has been made toassess the impact of industries onwater supply. The water footprint,similar to the carbon footprint, isa lifecycle analysis that focuses onone resource in this case, water.

While greenhouse gas emissionsare undoubtedly a global issue thelocation of the carbon reduction isinconsequential water is always alocal issue.

The importance of restrictingthe use of water is much greater inan area where there is a shortagethan in an area with a surplus. In apart of the world that lacks water,no benets can be gained by savingwater somewhere else. This is whythe water footprint, as it is currentlydened, is not used as an environ-mental parameter in the paper in-dustry.

The mills in Ortviken, strandand Laakirchen are all located inregions with a surplus of water. At

these sites, the focus is on watertreatment and water quality.

The water that is borrowedfrom major streams for use inprocessing and as cooling watercannot have harmful effects onceit is released from the mills. InLaakirchen, the demands are par-

ticularly strict, since the water isreleased into one of Austrias bestshing rivers. Modern water treat-ment technology with biologicalpurication and ozone treatment

ensures that these demands aremet.

Aylesford Newsprint is locatedin an area where water is in shortsupply. An important environmen-tal target at the plant is thus to

minimise the volume of waterused at the site, while at the sametime ensuring that the water thatis released has the smallest possibleenvironmental footprint.

possibility of recycling the actualcomputer, the supporting data isinsufcient. When it comes to therecycling of electronic components,there are other environmentalaspects that are more important,such as the management of limitedresources and the risk of hazardouschemicals escaping into the environ-ment.

In the study, Innventia per-formed sensitivity analyses of thekey parameters and investigatedthe impact of a change in one ofthe prerequisites. Among the fac-tors that impact the result most

are the number of readers per printmagazine, the length of time an on-line magazine reader spends on thewebsite, and the extent to whicharticles are printed on paper.

The electricity mix is anotherimportant factor that impacts thecarbon footprint of paper manufac-ture and computer use. The chemi-cals used in the manufacture of PCscomprise another key factor.

the study concludes that theclimate impact from reading aprinted magazine and an onlinemagazine is roughly the same:

about one kilogramme per yearmeasured as carbon dioxide equiva-lents. Another important conclusionis that this climate impact is ex-tremely small equivalent to drivinga car four kilometres or producingten eggs.

Please take the time to read anabstract of the full report. It canbe downloaded in seven differentlanguages at://..///ev/r-

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for many years, energy consump-tion has been a prioritised issue forSCAs pulp and paper mills, because

it represents an important partof the operations environmentalimpact and because it comprises asignicant share of the productioncosts. For example, the cost ofelectricity is higher than the cost ofwood raw materials at the Ortvikenpaper mill.

SCA Laakirchen bases a majorshare of its energy supply on com-bined heat and power generation(CHP) in a natural gas-red powerplant. Natural gas has a smaller car-

bon footprint than oil-based energyproduction and it is signicantlysmaller than for coal-red power.

SCA Laakirchen also procuressome of its electricity requirementsfrom the grid, which is suppliedby a combination of hydroelectricpower and electricity from gas andcoal-red power plants. Additional-ly, SCA Laakirchen operates its ownhydro power plant in the TraunRiver, which provides eco-friendlyelectricity.

To produce SC paper, SCALaakirchen uses both mechanical

and deinked pulp. Mechanical pulpis manufactured from spruce pulp-wood and requires a considerable

amount of electricity. Deinked pulp,which is manufactured from recov-ered paper, requires less electricitysince the wood bres have alreadybeen released in previous paperproduction.

SCA Laakirchen has successfullyincreased the share of recoveredpaper in the raw material used and,for the past number of years, it hasproduced increasing volumes ofGraphoVerde, a high quality SC pa-per with more than 50% recovered

bre.Similar to SCA Laakirchen,

Aylesford Newsprint receives elec-tricity and heat from a natural gas-red CHP plant. The production ofthis newsprint is entirely based onrecovered paper and thus requiresless electricity than the productionof paper in Ortviken and Laakirch-en.

The strand pulp plant manu-factures chlorine-free bleached kraftpulp. The wood raw materials con-tain about 50% cellulose bre and50% other wood substances. In the

chemical pulp process, cellulose isseparated from all other wood sub-stances. The latter is burnt in a soda

recovery boiler, where chemicalsfor the pulp process are recovered.At the same time, this process pro-duces steam at high pressure andtemperature, which is rst used forthe production of green electricityand subsequently to dry the pulp.strand also supplies the surround-ing community with district heat-ing. Kraft pulp production deliversa considerable surplus of electricity.

SCA strand also producesChemical Thermo Mechanical Pulp,

CTMP, which requires electricityfor grinding the raw material forthe pulp. Overall, SCA strand isself-sufcient in terms of thermalenergy and largely self-sufcient forelectrical energy.

All SCA Forest Products plantsare systematically working to gener-ate energy savings and energyefciency in a programme calledESAVE. Over the course of sevenyears (since 2003), these activi-ties have reduced consumption ofthermal energy by 1,415 GWh andelectrical energy by 693 GWh.

effective energy systems

The SCA strand pulp mill generatesenough of a thermal energy surplusto supply the surrounding communitywith district heating.



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SCA Forest Products AB offers customers a competitive assortment of high-quality paper, solid wood, pulp and biofuel products,

produced with high concern for the environment and based on its vast forest holdings and other renewable fibre resources. Our

vision is to be recognised as a leading provider of value in our field by customers, employees and others.

OUR BUSINESS POLICY

We will strive to understand and meet

our stakeholders needs by:

Always keeping our promises

Benchmarking to the best competitor

in order to always be one step ahead

Continuously reducing the impact our

operations have on the environment

Ensuring that our products meet our

customers demands and all legal re-

quirements on product safety

Ensuring good resource management

in all operations

Meeting all legal requirements

Giving priority to the health and safety

of our employees in all operations

Developing our business with a long-

term view. A prerequisite for this is a

profitable business

Continuously improving our oper-

ations towards specific objectives. Devel-

oping the competence of our employees

in order to meet business targets

Following and fulfilling SCAs overall

policies, strategies and objectives

ORTVIKEN PAPER MILLLWC papers used primarily for magazines and

advertising flyers.

ORTVIKEN PAPER MILLUncoated offset paper, used for supplements

and advertising flyers for example.

STRAND PULP MILLKraft pulp used, among other applications, in

the production of printing and office papers, as wellas tissue paper and hygiene products.

ORTVIKEN PAPER MILLHigh-quality newsprint papers with good

runnability.

AYLESFORD PAPER MILLRenaissance is a high-quality newsprint paper

produced from 100% recycled fibre.

LAAKIRCHEN PAPER MILLSuper-calendered (SC) rotogravure and

offset papers.

STRAND PULP MILLCTMP pulp used in the production of tissue paperand liquid container board, among other products.

STRAND PULP MILLHigh-grade absorption material used in the pr oduction

of sanitary pads, among other products.

From high values to high quality:

SCAs pulp and paper brands

SCA Forest Products AB offers customers a competitive assortment of high-quality paper, solid wood, pulp and biofuel products,

produced with high concern for the environment and based on its vast forest holdings and other renewable fibre resources. Our

vision is to be recognised as a leading provider of value in our field by customers, employees and others.

We will strive to understand and meet

our stakeholders needs by:

Always keeping our promises

Benchmarking to the best competitor

in order to always be one step ahead

Continuously reducing the impact our

operations have on the environment

Ensuring that our products meet our

customers demands and all legal re-

quirements on product safety

Ensuring good resource management

in all operations

Meeting all legal requirements

Giving priority to the health and safety

of our employees in all operations

Developing our business with a long-

term view. A prerequisite for this is a

profitable business

Continuously improving our oper-

ations towards specific objectives. Devel-

oping the competence of our employees

in order to meet business targets

Following and fulfilling SCAs overall

policies, strategies and objectives


ORTVIKEN PAPER MILLLWC papers used primarily for magazines and

advertising flyers.



STRAND PULP MILLKraft pulp used, among other applications, in

the production of printing and office papers, as wellas tissue paper and hygiene products.

ORTVIKEN PAPER MILLHigh-quality newsprint papers with good

runnability.

AYLESFORD PAPER MILLRenaissance is a high-quality newsprint paper

produced from 100% recycled fibre.

LAAKIRCHEN PAPER MILLSuper-calendered (SC) rotogravure and

offset papers.

STRAND PULP MILLCTMP pulp used in the pr oduction of tissue paperand liquid container board, among other products.

STRAND PULP MILLHigh-grade absorption material used in the pr oduction

of sanitary pads, among other products.

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strand pulp mill

Energy self-sufciency running high

Disturbances in the bleached kraft pulp line made for a challenging year, but a strongenvironmental focus offset the negative impact.

facts and figuresstrand pulp mill

k p408,913 tonnes

ctmp88,461 tonnes

a1,175 tonnes

e387

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strand pulp mill

in 2010, production of celeste and Star pulp reachedthe second-highest level ever at 498,549 tonnes.

The years favourable production volumes could mainlybe attributed to CTMP, Chemical Thermo MechanicalPulp. In 2010, CTMP set a production record for thefourth consecutive year, with the volume produced exceed-ing the 2009 gure by 5,500 tonnes. CTMP productionalso set three monthly records during 2010.

The result for the bleached kraft pulp production wasless favourable however, with nearly 409,000 tonnes pro-duced in 2010. This was about 10,000 tonnes below theexisting record, due to technical problems in the digester,evaporation plant and lime kiln.

In August, the furnace in one steam boiler was remod-elled, enabling pellets to be burned instead of oil.

Electricity production in the turbine was 4% higherthan in 2009 and the proportion of purchased electricitywas 8% lower. The kraft pulp plant was entirely self-sufcient in terms of electrical energy and including theCTMP plant, the entire site was 88% self-sufcient.

In 2010, 96 GWh was delivered to the district heatinggrid, up 19% from the preceding year.There were four complaints about odour in 2010. On

two occasions, this was caused by short periods of aerationof strong gases normally burned in lime kiln 2. During thetransition from lime kiln to the odour destruction system,gases have to be vented for about one minute, which isenough time for the unpleasant odours to spread. The

Good focus from the entire organisation hasminimised the impact from production problems on thisyears environmental performance.

Ingela Ekebro, Mill Manager, SCA strand

other occasions were related to unplanned stops ofthe recovery boiler and maintenance problems.

There were also ve dust complaints related to bre duston cars and seven complaints related to dust from the limekilns and boilers. Corrective actions were taken with morefrequent cleaning and control measures.

Environmental Court proceedings concerning newoperations permits under the Swedish Environmental Act

were held on 23-24 November. On February 16, 2011,the court granted SCA strand new conditions under theEnvironmental Code for the mills activities. This will allowthe mill to ultimately increase pulp production to 660,000tonnes. This new maximum permissible production level,of which 550,000 tonnes is kraft pulp and 110,000 tonnesis CTMP provides scope for continued efciency enhance-ments and a long-term gradual increase in production.

Ground sanitation prior to the construction of the newlime kiln commenced in the spring and was completed inAugust, when the preparatory work for the buildings andfoundations was initiated. Sakab, a hazardous waste proces-

sor, carried out extensive sanitation work and large volumesof soil were transported to approved sites.A new turpentine tank, to replace the old one destroyed

in a re, was constructed and commissioned at the end ofthe year.

Periodical controls of emissions to air have been conduct-ed with no major discrepancies reported.

enviromental targets 2009-2011

Zero transgressions ofguideline and limit valuesduring the year.

environmental target progress in 2010The environmental target for 2010 was zero transgressionsof guideline and limit values. This target was achieved thanks toa strong focus on environmental performance within the entirestrand organisation.

The target of 4,500 m3 for oil consumption attributableto steam production in the steam boiler was not achieved.This was mainly due to low dry content of the bark andproduction disturbances in the kraft pulp line, whichalso adversely impacted steam generation in therecovery boiler.



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ortviken paper mill

Record production and energy focus

The Ortviken paper mill produced more paper in 2010 than ever before. At the sametime, it reduced its specic energy consumption, increased the recovery of steam, andimplemented energy and noise-reducing measures.

facts and figures

ortviken paper milln

369,302 tonnes

lwc

507,131 tonnes

e

870

m

ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EN 16001,

FSC Chain of Custody



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ortviken paper mill

enviromental targets 2009-2011

Production has risen sharply this past year and atthe same time we have succeeded in considerablyreducing our bre emissions.

Kristina Enander, Mill Manager SCA Ortviken

Reduce emissions of fossil CO2 by 40%compared to 2008.

Reduce the process water ow at thewastewater treatment plant to a maximum of32,000 m3/day.

Employees will complete environmentaltraining during 2010.

ThE vERy COLD SPELL in the beginning of 2010 causedelectricity prices to skyrocket. The high electricity costsforced the Ortviken paper mill to adjust its pulp produc-tion and steam production suffered, in turn giving rise tohigher oil consumption in January and February. The chillytemperatures at the end of the year had the same effect.However, the mill was able to maintain specic fossilemissions at the same level as those recorded in 2009.

Steam recovery from the new pulp facility has contribut-ed to reducing the need for external biofuel. However, dueto the reasons stated above, it was not possible to reduceoil consumption, although it did help to limit it.

Energy was a major focal point during the year and oneenergy project was to get the bark presses to increase theirproduction while achieving a more even level of dry mattercontent. The aim was to improve combustion in the steamboiler, thus reducing the need for fossil oil.

Another effective measure, resulting in electricity sav-ings, was adding timers to block heater outlets in the em-ployee parking area.

In the autumn, a breakdown in the preliminary sedi-mentation process in wastewater treatment led to excessemissions to water for a few days and guideline values wereexceeded for COD. As a result, our emissions for 2010 werehigher than in the preceding year. The good news is thatspecic emissions of phosphorus have once again declined.

During the year, there were a number of complaintsfrom neighbours concerning noise. Most of these com-plaints were due to a noisy damaged pump used by a sup-plier when delivering oxygen. This has now been repaired.A total of 21 complaints were received with seven typesof disturbances. All comments were examined and actionstaken to remedy the problems where possible. During theyear the following noise-reduction measures were taken:

The noise-reduction unit on the roof of a vacuumpump belonging to the PM2 was repaired

Safety valves on the steam dome of Boiler 3 were cooled LWC1s steam jet ejector was adjusted Ventilation hoods were installed on the roof of the

new pulp facility in September

The turbine was adapted to reduce noise from steamover the roof when steam requirements are low

Safety valves for fresh steam from Pulp Line 6 wereconnected to a noise suppressor

A built-in pump for delivery of oxygen was installedAs usual, the plant continuously consulted and maintainedcontact with the regulatory authorities during the year.

environmental target progress in 2010

Specic emissions of fossil CO2

in 2010 remained at thesame level as recorded in 2009, despite a very cold beginningand end to the year. Since the reference year 2008, the reduc-tion is about 8% to date.

After a good year in terms of the process water ow in2009 when it was 31,700 m/day, the ow increased in 2010to 34,600 m/day. Work is underway to identify the reasonbehind this increase. The Susp70 project is one of the ef-forts to reduce the process water ow, aiming to reduce breemissions in wastewater treatment to 70 tonnes per day by2011. This goal was already achieved during 2010 and it hascontributed not only to reducing the load in wastewater treat-ment, but also in reducing the need for chemicals.

During 2010, Ortviken employees completed environmentaltraining focusing on what they could do to reduce impact onthe environment not only at work, but in private life.



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Consistency in challenging times

GraphoVerde paper, produced with a high percentage of recycled bre, was wellreceived on the market, but maintaining a steady supply of recovered paper putoperations to the test.

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To me, sustainability means economising with limited raw materialsources for production of energy and paper. The way of realisingour vision is by using renewable raw material and recycling.

Mark Lunabba, President, SCA Graphic Laakirchen

with the global economy recovering in 2010, commod-ity prices boomed while paper price increases lagged behind.This led to a signicant decline in protability compared tothe preceding year. However, due to a broad product portfolioand long-standing customer relations, capacity utilisation wasensured and 521,306 tonnes of super-calendered (SC) paperwere delivered. Programmes, designed at an early stage toboost efciency, eased the cost-price squeeze.

The GraphoVerde paper grade, developed in response toincreased environmental awareness, was well received on themarket, accounting for 17.5% of the total amount of paperdeliveries in 2010. SCA Laakirchens GraphoVerde received acommendation in the Innovation Prize category at the Euro-pean Rotogravure Associations European Publication GravureAward 2010 Competition held in Zurich on September 27th.

GraphoVerde is produced with a high percentage of recy-cled bre. The Laakirchen mill continuously aims to increasethe recycled components used in all of its paper grades, whichhas resulted in the extension of its deinking plant to proc-ess recovered paper. The bleaching tower was heightenedand otation expanded in the 2010 extension. Now the

entire production capacity can be achieved as targeted. Dueto a higher rate of recycled material, the demand for energyin paper production can be reduced, leading to lower carbondioxide emissions.

However, the high recycling rate also posed new challenges.The amount of recovered paper coming from private house-holds in the summer is generally lower due to holidays andgiven the general rise in demand for recovered paper, this madeit more difcult to ensure supply.

The humid summer also had an impact on the quality ofthe recovered paper. Both of these aspects led to lower white-ness in the raw materials in 2010. Through bleaching and otherauxiliary means, this effect can be compensated without anynoticeable difference for the customer, but it also causes higherpollution of waste water. It also generates higher costs, initiallyfor the bleaching and additionally for treating the waste waterbefore it is discharged. To counteract this, the entire production

process will be further optimised and in 2011 the storage capac-ity for waste paper will be extended, making it possible to storesufcient amounts of recovered paper with good quality.

Rising energy costs are being countered by strategic energymanagement for the sustainable reduction of power consump-tion. Since 2008, more than 230 energy-saving proposals havebeen made, many of which were implemented in 2010.

The brunt of the Laakirchen mills energy consumptiongoes into driving centrifugal pumps. Thanks to the changing ofpumps and various improvements such as rotation speed controland adjustment of the rotors, more than 30 pumps have beenreconstructed in the previous three years. The electricity savingis equivalent to the energy consumption of 1,200 European

households.The power requirement in the vacuum system of both paper

machines was reduced by 20%. By conducting comprehensiveand detailed vacuum measurements, the Laakirchen mill isdeveloping an energy balance designed to further increase theefciency of the PM 10.

The overall energy that was saved in the previous three yearsis equivalent to the annual consumption of some 6,500European households.

environmental targets for 2011

Extension of recovered paper storage in orderto stock high quality recovered paper and therebyreduce the need for bleaching and complexingagents during periods when raw material is notwhite enough.

Determine and monitor new limit values for theuse of complexing agents containing phosphonate.This will ensure the secure adherence of theapproved phosphorous efuent concentration.

Reduce energy consumption by further

optimising the pumps and vacuum systems ofpaper machines.

environmental target progress in 2010 Pilot tests conducted by SCA Laakirchen to optimiseMoving Bed Biolm Reactors (MBBRs) exceededexpectations and revealed potential for improvement. Thispotential was tested in a large-scale experiment atthe existing facility and opportunities for optimisationwere identied. The results were documented in aBachelor thesis co-supervised by the Laakirchen mill.

The discharge water tower of the grinding facility wasused as a buffer which made it possible to save 2,782MWh of thermal energy in 2010.



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aylesford paper mill

Tough year for UK recycling

As anticipated, 2010 was a difcult year commercially with Aylesford Newsprint beingsqueezed between high raw material costs and low nished product prices.

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enviromental targets for 2011

Squeezed by todays high costs for raw materialsand energy, we are working to improve areaswithin our control such as production efciency,productivity and environmental performance.

Bengt Blomberg, Managing Director, Aylesford Newsprint Ltd.

the uk recovered paper market suffered from a reducedsupply and increased demand from UK paper makers in2010. Additionally, over a third of all paper collected wasshipped to China. This resulted in an increase in prices anddeterioration in quality, with collectors able to sell poorquality material to desperate buyers. Whatever high qual-ity material remained was fought over in an increasinglyaggressive market.

With competition expected to remain strong, Ayles-ford Newsprint will be working hard in 2011 to promotesource-segregated recycling schemes whilst at the same timeinvesting to increase its own paper sorting capacity.

2010 was the rst full year in which Aylesford News-print was running the power generation plant withoutsupplying SCA Packagings New Hythe mill, which closedin 2009. Aylesford Newsprint was thus able to achieve abetter balance of consumption and generation, improvingits steam dumping. It also improved sludge burning, withbetter sludge quality and was successful in opening up newoutlets for ash as a secondary product. This enabled the

burning of 50% more process sludge to produce steam,thereby reducing gas usage signicantly.

However, there were disappointments in 2010, withproduction performance falling well below the level expect-ed, which had a knock-on effect of preventing the achieve-ment of some of the environmental targets. Safety perform-

ance was also poor, with fourteen employee and contractoraccidents resulting in at least one day off work.

On the bright side, good progress was made with theLean Excellence programme, the newsprint market wasstrong, and there was some success with product diversi-cation. Signicant progress was also made in the recyclingof Aylesford Newsprints process residues, thereby reduc-ing the amount sent to landll and, in some cases, generat-ing additional income.

Achieving FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certica-tion at the end of 2009 enabled Aylesford Newsprint toexplore new markets in 2010, with retailers and directorypublishers particularly interested in ensuring that all papersupplied to them carry the FSC logo. These new marketswill be important for Aylesford Newsprints success in2011 and beyond.

In 2011, focus will be on achieving production targets,continuing to reduce costs, and getting back on the pathtowards an incident and injury-free workplace. AylesfordNewsprint will also continue to work on improving the

efciency of its operations and lessening the environmentalimpact, involving and engaging all employees in the pur-suit of its shared vision of excellence in newsprint.

environmental target progress in 2010

The target to recycle at least 80% of process residues

was narrowly missed with 79% of Aylesford Newsprintsprocess residues recycled.

The target to recycle more than 65% of general wastewas achieved, with 75% of general waste recycled.

A waste awareness week called Bin it Right was heldin July with the principal aim of raising awareness amongemployees and contractors on the importance of improvingwaste segregation.

Despite efforts to reduce energy usage, targets to re-duce specic electrical power consumption on paper ma-chines were not achieved due to disappointing runnability.Aylesford Newsprint was however successful in reducing

the specic electrical power consumption in the bre prep-aration plant, although not by the amount hoped for.

Continue the segregation and recycling of ourgeneral waste, with at least 82% being recycled.

Achieve 100% recycling of ash sent tothird parties.

Reduce energy consumption by furtheroptimising the pumps and vacuum systemsof paper machines.

Establish a recycling outlet for rejectsfrom the bre preparation plant.



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Environmental report 2010 in gures

*The increase in hazardous waste

(compared to 2009) is due to a change in

the fly ash classification.

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p ktonnes 499 487 876 829 521 519 376 382 2,272

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Internal hydro power GWh 0 0 0 0 14 17 0 0 14

Cogeneration GWh 439 423 55 75 428 411 336 351 1,258

Grid supply GWh 57 63 2,007 1,886 192 220 18 7 2,274

TOTAL GWh496 486 2,062 1,961 635 648 354 358 3,547

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Biofuel TJ fuel 12,872 12,419 2,505 2,691 0 0 368 231 15,745

Fossil fuel TJ fuel 1,122 1,008 542 514 4,289 4,264 4,260 4,634 10,213

Electric boiler and hood TJ fuel 0 0 51 157 0 0 0 0 51

TOTAL TJ fuel13,994 13,427 3,097 3,362 4,289 4,264 4,628 4,865 26,008

of which is cogeneration 1,850 1,782 242 333 2,230 2,306 4,621 2,885 8,943

discharges

t NOx as NO2 tonnes 641 640 196 220 222 184 239 314 1,298

SO2 tonnes 380 362 55 41 0 0 4 8 439

Dust tonnes 52 50 36 38 0 0 6 5 94

CO2 fossil ktonnes 82 75 39 37 240 239 239 260 600

CO2 bio ktonnes 1,324 1,298 250 269 0 0 35 22 1,609

CO2 fossil, from electricity grid supply ktonnes 3 97 41 9 15

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COD tonnes 5,792 5,302 3,805 3,188 1,058 997 899 840 11,554

BOD tonnes 452 515 130 92 53 36 27 34 662

Suspended solids tonnes 148 81 291 164 47 27 94 87 580

AOX tonnes5.4 7.9 4 2 0.2 0.2 0 0 9,6

P tonnes 16.0 15.0 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 2.4 1.9 25

N tonnes 124.0 126.0 77.3 65.0 4.3 4.9 22.5 8.3 228,1

Efuent water Mm3 13.35 14.47 12.62 11.56 7.39 7.29 5.27 5.30 38,63

solid waste

Landll tonnes 52 31 376 596 0 11,292 11,094 11,720

Recovery tonnes 53,900 79,270 40,398 41,195 170,342 155,232 46,175 160,231 310,815

Hazardous tonnes 575 557 275 270 92 92 46,624* 27,452 47,566


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All emissions to air are derived from combustion.

Combustion of oil produces higher emissions ofnitrogen oxides than combustion of biofuels.s x so2

Burning of, primarily oil, results in acidifyingemissions of sulphur dioxide. Smaller amountsof other sulphur compounds are also producedbut they have been restated as sulphur dioxide.These include the very small amounts ofsulphurous organic compounds that cause theodours from the strand pulp mill.

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Suspended solids are suspended particles suchas fibre residues and biological sludge.c aoX

The source is the fresh water treatment andnot the production process, which is totallychlorine-free.p p

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CO2fossil COD Water flow

Laakirchen and Aylesford have efcient production of electricity and steam, based on natural gas.Ortviken uses electricity and biofuels and has very low CO 2 emissions from the site.

COD emissions from strand are decreasing, but the COD load from a kraft pulp mill is stillhigher than from a mill producing mechanical or de-inked pulp.

Ortiken paper mill uses onl fres wood bre for its production of TMP pulp. Fres

wood bre brings a iger COD load tan recoered paper. Bleacing is also an

important factor.

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