No of 6th graders

Accident frequency rate in paper industry in 2019 (source in Finnish)

What is bioeconomy?

Biodiversity

Biodiversity forms the foundation for sustainable forestry

A breakthrough in recycling ash

UPM supports the Baltic Sea Action Group's operations to prevent eutrophication

Carbon footprint of the average Finn

Share of certified fibre in 2019

What is circular economy?

Emission per pulp tonne in 2019

Decrease in COD emissions

Consumption impact

Average emissions and energy use of a passenger ship in 2016

Sea distance between Helsinki and Tallinn is 72.23 kilometres

Average cost of typical grocery basket is 61.07€

Total earnings by occupation, 2019

Key figures of municipalities (statistics in Finnish)

Tax impact

Salary of teacher

Cost of grocery basket

What is eutrophication?

Kymi feedback

Forest Life

Passenger ship emission per km

Sea distance between Helsinki and Tallinn

Air quality in Kouvola (source in Finnish)

No of contractors

Environmental and Societal Responsibility 2020

No of personnel

No of trainees

UPM Video

Face masks

Decrease in phosphorus emissions

Employed people in Kouvola

Privacy Policy

Renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels and peat in total energy consumption in 2020

Decrease in sulphur dioxide

CO2 emissions in 2019

Difference to year 2010 (t)

Pulp production in 2019

UPM Biofore Beyond Fossils

UPM Kymi webite

We support UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

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As an active and responsible player in the 

 we manufacture fully recyclable paper and pulp products. Our products are made from wood, a renewable resource harvested from sustainably managed forests.

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The world’s increasing population and rising standards of living are also increasing consumption. At the same time, natural resources are dwindling and climate change is progressing. The bioeconomy and circular economy offer opportunities to help find solutions to these problems.

Wood fibres as well as side streams and residues of wood processing are building blocks of the future. At UPM Kymi, we use 100% of our most important raw material: wood. Wood-based products are mostly recyclable and can also replace the use of fossil-based materials.

The UPM Kymi mill integrate builds on the synergies in efficient pulp and paper production as illustrated in the below graph

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Bark and sludge from the waste water treatment plant are incinerated at Kymin Voima. The power plant produces energy for Kymi mills and  local consumption.
Ash is applied in forests to recycle nutrients back into the soil, and in land construction.

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UPM Kymi in Kouvola, Finland brings together a modern pulp and paper mill producing coated and uncoated fine paper and bleached birch and softwood pulp. In 2020, UPM Kymi employed 744 people.
 
This report shows you some examples of the good progress we have taken in responsibility and the positive impacts in a surrounding communities.

At UPM Kymi we are continually improving our targets and processes to minimise emissions.

Our activities have many positive impacts in the region.

The wellbeing of people matters to us. We work hard to uphold the health and safety of our employees, suppliers and the local residents.

We are working hard to become a zero solid waste to landfill unit.

Certified fibres mean you can be sure the raw material of products you use come from responsibly managed forests.

We minimise water use and treat wastewater to help keep Kymijoki river clean.

The UPM Kymi in Kuusankoski, Kouvola, and by the river consists of a paper and pulp mill.

We think forests are a precious resource that can help in the fight against climate change.

Kymi river provides people with drinking water and opportunities
for business and leisure. The Kymi mills use water from Kymi river in paper and pulp production processes. The water is circulated several times and only a small portion of water leaves as effluent and is being replaced with fresh water. Before releasing water back to the river, it is carefully treated at the wastewater treatment plant and the quality is constantly monitored.

(amount of chlorine bound in the organic compounds of effluent water per pulp tonne from 2011-2020)

(amount of oxygen reduction caused by organic compounds per pulp tonne from 2011-2020)

Despite the significant increase of pulp production, the AOX and COD emissions have decreased considerably due to investments made in the modern process technology.

- Use 100% recycled nutrients in effluent treatment
- Reduce wastewater volume by 30%
- Reduce effluent (COD) load by 40%

UPM supports the Baltic Sea Action Group's operations to prevent 

One of our 2030 environmental responsibility targets for water is to use only recycled nutrients at our biological wastewater treatment plants. We aim to utilise local operators’ sidestreams and this way reduce local eutrophication while also promoting the circular economy. 

To achieve this target, we collaborate with various operators and non-governmental organisations, such as the 

Using recycled nutrients in our wastewater treatment while reducing wastewater volume and COD emissions supports the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

We aim to use water responsibly and to minimise the impact of our operations on water resources

Learn more how our operations, products and solutions support Sustainable Development Goals.

We reduce constantly our energy use and rely on renewable and low-emission energy.

In Finland, cities are responsible for monitoring the air quality in their region. Air quality is affected by, among other things, by respirable small particles as well as sulfur and nitrogen compounds. In addition, odorous sulfur compounds (TRS) are measured in cities with pulp mills.

At UPM Kymi, we constantly follow emissions into the air based on the mill’s own real-time measurement.

In recent decades pulp mills’ emissions into the air have been systematically decreased by means of new technology. In 2020, Kymi pulp mill’s NOx emissions were further reduced thanks to air distribution adjustments made at the recovery boiler.

The air quality in Kouvola is good.

View the air quality monitoring information

This is UPM Kymi

As an active and responsible player in the bioeconomy and circular economy, we manufacture fully recyclable paper and pulp products. Our products are made from wood, a renewable resource harvested from sustainably managed forests.

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