UPM Timber has been awarded Timber Development UK's (TDUK) Sustainability Award. The Sustainability Award recognises a company that shows leadership in push for net zero emissions. TDUK is the largest, most comprehensive supply chain body for timber in the UK, with a mission to unite the supply chain, from sawmill to specifier, and to support a sustainable, net zero timber industry.

"The UPM Timber team has worked systematically and determinedly towards sustainability. It's truly great to receive this recognition from our customers and the industry organisation in the UK. Our efforts continue, and we want to challenge the entire wood products industry to reduce emissions from logistics in particular," says Antti Koulumies, VP, UPM Timber.

Justification for the award included that UPM Timber has implemented measurable sustainability improvement actions. UPM Timber also collaborates with its customers on sustainability challenges. These collaborations not only strengthen individual companies but also accelerate progress towards sustainable practices in the industry.

Antti Koulumies (left), VP UPM Timber, with David Hopkins, CEO of TDUK.

UPM Timber utilizes only renewable energy sources for production. Other sustainability actions include for example sawn timber transport from Seikku sawmill to the port of Rauma by trucks that use renewable diesel, a change to using exclusively renewable diesel in the internal logistics at sawmills and increasing the share of recycled plastic by up to 75% in three of UPM Timber's sawmills.