The foundation of our operations – environmental friendliness

Our business operation is directly linked to the forest. Wood is our way of life and livelihood. That is why we have a particularly good reason to take care of our environment.

The products of Koskisen are produced from a renewable material, wood. Wood itself is an organic material that is renewable, recyclable and biodegradable. Our aim is to maintain the sustainability of our operation conscientiously.

Koskisen is PEFC certified company which ensures that wood we use is harvested from sustainably managed forests. All the materials form the harvested tree are used in further processing, such as logs for plywood manufacturing and harvesting waste, ie. brushwood and stubs, as biofuel material when possible. By-products of refining process are used in own biopower plant, filling over 90% of our thermal energy needs. We also make sure that the forests harvested are re-planted – every year we plant over a million seedlings ourselves to ensure that forests remain where they are.

Sustainable operations

It is our aim to be in the frontline of realizing international environmental standards, and to adhere to the principles of sustainable forestry. Every step of our operation is undertaken with the deepest consideration towards its heart – the forest. Koskisen has pioneered environmental measures in the Finnish forest industry and has been awarded numerous certifications in the recognition of this.

Koskisen was the first wood products company in Finland to be granted ISO 14001 certification in recognition of our environmentally friendly operations in 1997.