UPM and SGS sign landmark agreement to ensure the origin of wood fibre
UPM and SGS have finalised a landmark agreement in which the origin of all UPM pulp and paper products will be ensured with a single, global system. For UPM's customers, the new multi-site certification means a major step towards a simple, standardised way to guarantee the origin of UPM products.
The multi-site certification covers all UPM's pulp sourcing activities, pulp and paper mills, and sales offices. The certification continues to allow UPM and its customers to accurately follow the amount of certified wood fibre in their operations and products being distributed worldwide. In addition, it sets a solid base to further increase the share of FSC and
PEFC certified fibre in UPM's products as further forest areas become certified.
"The project to merge the individual chain-of-custody certificates from 19 operations and 30 sales offices into two global certificates has been a great accomplishment. With our key partner SGS we have achieved a global system which is very simple and manageable," says Sami Lundgren, head of environmental services, UPM.
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