Sofidel Achieves 76.6% Score in WWF’s Environmental Paper Company Index

Sofidel, the tissue production Group known for the Regina brand, has made significant progress in reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and in its Environmental Management System and reporting, according to the biannual EPCI, a WWF tool to promote transparency and continual improvement.

The figures from the 2017 edition of the WWF Environmental Paper Company Index have been published in the last days. The EPCI is a biannual tool that the environmental organization proposes to companies in the paper and cellulose sector to assess and make public on a voluntary basis their commitment to the environment and transparency. The results of the index are retrievable at: www.epci.panda.org/results/sofidel

Sofidel achieved an overall score of 76.6 percent which marked a distinct improvement of 10.4 percent on the last assessment, in 2015. Sofidel was able to improve its scores in all three subcategories, responsible sourcing, clean production and EMS (Environmental Management System)/transparency, demonstrating that the sustainability policy implemented by the company is heading in the right direction.

On a scale of 0 to 100 percent, Sofidel achieved a score of 72 percent for responsible cellulose fiber sourcing (compared with 68 percent in 2015); 79 percent in the clean manufacturing category (72 percent in 2015), which considers the reduced environmental impact of production processes; and 79 percent for the reporting & EMS (58 percent in 2015) section.

Sofidel has long employed sustainability as a strategic lever for development and growth, setting a goal of reducing its environmental impact to a minimum and maximizing benefits for society. Sofidel’s activity concentrates in particular on limiting climate-changing emissions, safeguarding water resources and the procurement of cellulose certified by independent third parties with forestry certification schemes.

In addition to increased overall scores assessed in the WWF Index, Sofidel  has disclosed the following improvement data: to date, Sofidel has reduced its own carbon intensity by 19.1 percent (understood as direct CO2 emissions into the atmosphere between 2009 and 2016 per kg of paper produced), has achieved an average use of water resources of 7.0 kg/L, against a sector benchmark of 15–25 L/kg, and procures 100 percent cellulose certified by independent third parties with forestry certification schemes (FSC®, FSC Controlled Wood, SFI®, PEFC™).