Contact | In English COMPANY CUSTOMER INVESTOR MEDIA JOBS Company Responsibility Sustainability guidelines Wood and paper alignment WOOD AND PAPER ALIGNMENT 4/29/2021 By 2025, all wood and paper products in Kesko's selections will be of sustainable origin. Uncontrolled and illegal logging poses a significant threat to the world’s forests. Deforestation accelerates climate change and reduces biodiversity. However, sustainable forest management can prevent negative environmental impacts and support the rights and economic position of local communities. Sustainable forest management helps to maintain forests and preserve them for future generations. Kesko's selections include numerous wood and paper products. Typical wood products in the construction and building services trade include sawn timber and building boards. Typical paper products in the grocery trade include cooking, kitchen and toilet paper. In 2013, the construction and building services trade was awarded the PEFC certificate, which covers the wholesale trade in spruce and pine sawn goods and their processed products and MDF boards in Finland (percentage method). Since 2019, all K-Raudat Finland has been covered by the PEFC group certificate. Kesko's goal is that by 2025, 100% of the wood and paper products in Kesko's selections will be of sustainable origin. Wood and paper products are FSC or PEFC certified, certified or recycled. In the grocery trade, the policy applies to Kesko's own branded products. In the construction and building services trade, the policy applies to all wood and sawn timber delivered by Kesko. Already in 2009, the trade in construction and building technology has ruled that it will not procure products made from endangered tree species growing in tropical natural forests. All wood products made from tropical wood species are certified. The Wood and Paper Policy was first published in June 2017. Progress towards the wood and paper policy targets for 2020 Rakentamisen ja talotekniikan kaupalla on PEFC-sertifikaatti, joka kattaa kuusi- ja mäntysahatavaran ja niiden jalosteiden sekä MDF-levyjen tukkukaupan Suomessa (prosenttimenetelmä). Vuonna 2020 keskimääräinen PEFC-sertifiointiprosentti oli: mänty 88,3 % (2019: 88,9 %) ja kuusi 82,0 % (83,4 %). Päivittäistavarakaupan Pirkka- ja K-Menu-tuotemerkkien puu- ja paperituotteista 36 % (2019: 24 %) sisälsi kestävää raaka-ainetta, joista FSC-sertifioituja tuotteita oli 61 %, PEFCsertifioituja 36 % ja kierrätetystä materiaalista 3 %. Kespron Menu-tuotemerkin puu- ja paperituotteista 67 % (2019: 31 %) sisälsi kestävää raaka-ainetta, joista FSC-sertifioituja tuotteita oli 73 % ja PEFC-sertifioituja 27 %. Keskon puu- ja paperilinjaus edistää alla olevia YK:n kestävän kehityksen tavoitteita. Read more about the UN Sustainable Development Goals here Print Create a PDF Ice Read more Perspective Sustainability guidelines © K-GROUP 2021 Terms of use Web Browsing Registry The K-Group's cookie policies Cookie settings Kesko Corporation, PO Box 1, 00016 KESKO, tel. +358 10 5311 (Mon-Fri 7.30-18.00). Call price 8.35 cents / call + 12.09 cents / minute (incl. 24% VAT). Follow us Cookies enable better service K Group and its partners use cookies on this website to ensure our services function as they should, to save your Preferences, and to show you content and adverts that are of interest to you. You can accept the use of cookies by clicking “Accept all” . If you later wish to change your Preferences, go to "Cookie settings". Change Preferences Accept all Use of cookies in K Group