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THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
THE COMMITMENT
SONAE INDÚSTRIA Environmental Policy sets the following
principles for the eco-efficient management of its own business:
› Sustainable Forest Management;
› Sustainable use of natural resources, by saving, reusing and
recycling whenever technically and economically feasible;
› Energy recovery from non-reusable and non-recyclable materials;
› Minimisation of the environmental influence of the industrial units.
These principles are implemented throughout the wood and woodbased products life cycle.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
Sustainable Forest Management
Wood is a natural and renewable material.
However, it is absolutely necessary to have both responsible
forestry and responsible use of forest resources to guarantee the
sustainable use of wood.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
Sustainable Forest Management
WHAT WE DO:
› We promote sustainable forestry management
in the regions where we operate;
› We actively participate in sustainable forest management
standardisation and certification initiatives both at national
and international levels.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
Sawmills
WHAT WE DO:
› By using the best available technology, we optimise the sawing
operation, in order to take the maximum volume of sawn wood
from logs;
› We invest in operations to add value to sawn wood
e.g. drying and pallets production;
› We use all the sawmill co-products (wood dust, chips, slabs)
as raw material for the wood-based panels industrial plants;
› We optimise energy use at our plants, by locally producing energy,
using non-reusable and non-recyclable materials as fuel.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
Wood-Based Panels
WHAT WE DO:
› We produce a wide range of wood-based panels with great flexibility and perfect substitutes of
solid wood, whenever wood’s special characteristics are not needed;
› We invest in operations to add value to panels
e.g. cut-to-size, melamine or veneer surfacing and production of furniture components;
› We optimise energy use at our plants, by locally producing energy,
using non-reusable and non-recyclable materials as fuel.
› We minimise emissions, having always as reference the process eco-efficiency improvement.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
Recycling
WHAT WE DO:
› In the Iberian Peninsula, we established
a network of waste collection and
primary processing centres;
› We use the various raw materials (virgin
wood, pre- and post-consumer wood) in the
process, according to its characteristics
and quality;
› We optimise transport and logistics of
wood procurement, by regionally managing
procurement;
› We, thus, minimise costs and emissions
associated to truck transport.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
Energy
Recovery
WHAT WE DO:
› The non-reusable
and non-recyclable
materials are used for
energy production.
Thus:
› We produce energy
(heat and power)
locally, supplying the
production process’
needs;
› We use materials
that, otherwise, would
become wastes.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT SONAE INDÚSTRIA
WOOD AND WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS LIFE CYCLE
The Cycle Closure
› Our products retain carbon
during their service time, being
an excellent carbon sink;
› Thus, using wood and
wood-based products contributes to
the global goal of
greenhouse gases emission reduction;
› When wood and wood-based products
end their service life, they are
used as fuel for energy production,
and the final balance between
CO2 emission during combustion
and CO2 sequestration during trees
growing is neutral!