Sustainability articles
Sustainability articles
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Valmet supports the wellbeing of children at Dąbrówka Orphanage
Valmet supports the wellbeing of children at Dąbrówka Orphanage in Jelenia Góra, Poland, as part of its social responsibility program that includes selected local projects around the world.
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Valmet supports children’s wellbeing and education in Thailand
Valmet’s social responsibility program supports selected local projects around the world for the wellbeing of society and the environment. In Thailand, Valmet aims at helping children living in the country´s northern Chiang Rai province to have better learning and living conditions.
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Valmet’s new site supplier sustainability auditing process piloted in Kemi
Valmet has comprehensive processes to evaluate and manage sustainability risks and compliance of its suppliers' operations, and sustainability audits are one part of this. The latest addition to the portfolio is a site supplier sustainability auditing process. It was piloted at Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill project site in Finland.
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Sustainability e-learnings grow employees' knowledge of climate change and Valmet’s actions
As part of the company’s capability development, in 2022 Valmet launched new Climate program trainings that complement existing sustainability e-learnings, initially launched in 2018.
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Developing new innovations to speed up the green transition at Metsä Group’s Äänekoski mill
Right from the start of the planning Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill in Äänekoski was planned to take pulp production to a new level. In the mill, every single bit of the wood raw material and production side streams are utilized to achieve maximum material and energy efficiency.
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Significant CO2 emission reductions through paper making technology development
Valmet smart line includes the latest paper making technology, and it saves a significant amount of CO2 emissions when compared to more traditional machines.
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Sustainable business is a joint commitment
Developing sustainable solutions to help tissue producers meet their environmental and financial targets is a never-ending process. Valmet’s tissue mill technology gives flexibility and helps to adopt a circular resource flow between the mill and society reducing the environmental footprint of the mill significantly.
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Inspiring Beyond Circularity launch event with 150 participants
Around 150 partners, Valmet R&D professionals and stakeholders came together to officially launch Valmet’s Beyond Circularity program in Helsinki, Finland on November 30, 2022.
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Valmet rebuild enables Metsä Tissue to reduce their carbon footprint
The rebuild of Metsä Tissue’s PM 10 recently started up in Mänttä mill in Finland and has proven to increase the production capacity by 15% and improved product quality and energy efficiency.
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Valmet’s climate program takes concrete steps forward
Valmet launched its climate program – Forward to a carbon neutral future – in March 2021, with ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets set for the whole value chain: supply chain, Valmet’s own operations, and the use phase of technologies. After a year in implementation, the program is fully integrated into Valmet’s strategic and annual planning, and is has taken concrete steps forward.