People & Society

Responsible sourcing

Wood is the primary raw material for UPM Communication Papers, but we also purchase pulp, chemicals and recovered paper worldwide. Our sourcing network consists of suppliers ranging from private forest owners and local companies to large international corporations in many different countries. By working closely with suppliers, we ensure that they all understand and meet our requirements on sustainability and responsibility.

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Local communities

We operate globally with local impacts, and have responsibility embedded in our strategy. That means that we must always act and behave responsibly – with no exceptions. We work closely with the surrounding communities of our paper mills and have an open dialogue with the local people. Our engagement with communities is founded on decades of close cooperation; in many cases the community has grown around UPM's paper mills over the years and our mills are a contributor to the local eocnomy. The most important impacts are related to employment – directly and indirectly, logistics, raw materials supply and tax revenues.

Engaged teams

Our papers are produced by 6,422 paper professionals working at 13 modern and efficient mills.s in Europe and North America. Customer understanding, innovations, continuous improvement of efficiency and full utilisation of renewable raw materials are at the core of our sustainable operations.

Our safety culture

The safety of both our own employees and contractors is essential for us. We have strict safety requirements that are applied to all employees as well as visitors and contractors working at UPM premises. Workplace safety can be improved by changing our everyday behavior. In the past few years, our safety performance has remarkably improved. We continue working hard to create a real safety culture at our mills.

UPM's Biofore Share and Care program

We build a sustainable, innovation-driven future by sharing our expertise and assets for causes we care about. Sponsorships and donations are one way we do that.

Our focus areas are: Reading and learning, engaging with communities, and Beyond fossils initiatives. UPM's support can take different forms in different projects. It can be a cash contribution to support community projects, membership of community-related organisation or it can be donations of products or materials or employee volunteering or fundraising.