PLANET: OUR CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Global challenges and sustainable solutions

Borregaard’s sustainable solutions can play an important role in addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges: Population growth and climate change.

Products with documented low footprints

 Our products have documented low climate footprints and provide better environmental performance than the alternatives in almost all environmental categories.

Sustainability dimensions in customer solutions

Borregaard’s products solve different challenges for different customers.

Borregaard's contribution to the UN's 2030 agenda

Borregaard has prioritised six of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development based on how we as a company can contribute to solving the global challenges through our activities and solutions.

Sustainably managed forests – an everlasting resource

The 2019 UN Special Report on Climate Change and Land shows that land use and forests play a vital role, serving three important purposes:

 

Climate: CO2 uptake and storage

Biodiversity: Provide the principal basis for important species

Renewable raw material: For sustainable products that can replace fossil-based alternativesThe 2019 UN Special Report on Climate Change and Land shows that land use and forests play a vital role, serving three important purposes:

Climate: CO2 uptake and storage
Biodiversity: Provide the principal basis for important species
Renewable raw material: For sustainable products that can replace fossil-based alternatives.

Circular economy and cascading use of biomass

In a circular economy, the aim is to make the best possible use of society’s resources for as long as possible, simply explained by the 3 R’s: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.