Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide. Our active and sustainable forestry means the trees grow even more than they would otherwise have done. We harvest less than the forest growth, which means that the amount of wood in our forests is constantly increasing. In 2021 it was calculated that the increase in the volume of standing timber in Holmen’s forests alone absorbed and bound 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in trees and soil.
The raw material from the forest continues to bind carbon dioxide when we refine it, and in 2021 Holmen’s production of wood products led to half a milion more tonnes of carbon dioxide being stored in wooden buildings and other timber structures. Our paperboard and our paper also contributed towards increased storage of 72 thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide, albeit more in the short term.
Read more about how bioenergy is part of the forest's natural carbon dioxide cycle