Carbon Footprint (Cont’d from Page 5)
rope are growing, deforestation (and emissions of greenhouse gases associated with deforestation) is not an issue that is relevant to the carton supply chain in Europe, as more trees are planted than harvested through sustainable forest management. — The dLUC emissions in the life cycle for cartons are primarily associated with the production of inks used in the converting process, as the extraction of specific minerals required for e.g. ink formulations may lead to localized land-use changes that result in a net release of emissions to the environment. • The GHG removals across the life cycle are -1,626kgCO2e per tonne of cartons — 96 percent of these removals relate to the CO2 flows from the atmosphere into the forests during the growth phase of the wood that provides fibres and internal bioenergy at the pulp and paper mills.
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— The remaining removals relate to CO2 flows from the atmosphere into biomass used for pur- chased biofuels and/or non-fibre natural and re- newable raw materials (e.g. starches). • These emissions and removals can be summed to give us a total GHG footprint across the entire life cycle of 249kgCO2e per tonne of cartons. • In addition, the carbon content of the product when first placed on the market is 1,609kgCO2e per ton of cartons. In line with the CITPA method- ology, this value is provided as additional informa- tion only, and should not be subtracted from the total carbon footprint. The improvements in fossil GHG emissions of 17 percent compared to the 2018 figures are significant. The main drivers for these reductions have been improved resource efficiency during the converting process and investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources at the cartonboard mills and converting operations. Further investments in resource and energy efficiency and renewable ener- gy sources should see continued reductions in the coming years.
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