KROONPRESS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2020
CONTENTS A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
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ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY
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Greenline Print report
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Kindergarten donations
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IBC containers for recycling
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PRODUCTION MARKERS Energy consumption
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Paper waster and wastewater
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Emissions into air
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EXPANSION OF PRODUCTION
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TARGETS FOR 2020
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New sheet-fed press
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AGFA Eco3 technologies
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New automation systems and heatset press
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Greenline Print certification
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SUMMARY
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A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Dear reader, It has been two years since the last Sustain‐
provides you an overview of past parameters
ability Report was issued. The biggest inno‐
and achievements, and a brief introduction
vation of that time in Kroonpress has cer‐
to our plans in 2020.
tainly been the opening of the production house extension. There are also many smaller
I wish everyone good health and clean hands.
but not less important news, such as the purchase of a new printing machine with more sustainable technology or monitoring the environmental parameters even more. The aim of Kroonpress is to offer a highquality service in the most environmentally friendly way. Life and economy are going through ups and downs and it is already clear that 2020 will certainly be a challenging year due to the coronavirus. It challenges many companies and affects the way people work and live. However, we must keep our minds positive and tests negative. Regardless of the virus or the economic situation, we can still move towards lower CO2 emissions. This Sustainability Report
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Andres Kull CEO and Member of the Board
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Kroonpress endeavors to increase stakeholder
Our secondary responsibility is voluntary
value by being more resource-efficient, gene‐
obligation to various stricter limitations and
rating as little detrimental waste as possible
norms. We currently hold the ISO 14001
and endorsing a life cycle perspective in
environmental management certificate, Pro‐
printing to increase transparency of the print
gram for the Endorsement of Forest Certifi‐
industry, while providing our clients with
cation (PEFC) chain of custody certificates,
sustainable solutions to their printing needs.
the Nordic Ecolabelling license and the EU
The most important environmental responsi‐ bility for us is to monitor and minimize the impact of our own operations. We do this by following strict EU and national regulations on waste generation.
Ecolabel.
ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY Greenline Print report Greenline Print calculated 125 carbon foot‐ prints in 2019. The majority (71%) of labels was in class A or A+. It means that these are car‐ bon negative products because the paper fiber contains more carbon dioxide than is emitted during the production phase. The class B prints are carbon neutral because the emissions from the production are compar‐ able to the carbon content of the printed paper fiber. All together we printed 8,2 million copies of Greenline Print labelled
LABELS CREATED IN 2019 Pieces 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
A
A+
B
B+
prints in 2019. In fact, 89 of all labels we graded were either A or A+. We are happy that we were able to issue so many labels with a negative carbon footprint last year.
Greenline Print is an online platform for grading and labelling life cycle emissions of prints. Using the unique label on print pro‐ ducts helps the customer to get to know the background of product and carbon footprint
from online platform www.greenlineprint.com 4
Kindergarten donations Kroonpress belongs to Estonian Printing and Packaging Industry Association (EPPA) which organized kindergarten paper donations in 2019. They started this campaign in 2018 and hopefully it will continue the following years. Last year Kroonpress donated 95 reels of quality newsprint to local kindergartens in Tartu. We are doing our best to reach even
more kindergartens in 2020 as we are planning a marketing campaign before the donations day this year. All together the EPPA members donated over 100 kilometers of paper in 2019.
IBC containers for recycling In the beginning of year 2019 we started to
together we have returned over hundred
use the IBC containers as a reusable pack‐
containers to chemical substance producer
aging for the dangerous substances. It has
last year. This way we can keep the pack‐
reduced our packaging amounts for hazard‐
aging in circulation.
ous substances from month to month. All
PRODUCTION MARKERS Energy Consumption Kroonpress consumed 9,3 GWh of natural gas,
our customers portfolios. Nevertheless, we
0,65 GWh of district heating and 8,9 GWh of
place great emphasis on quality printing
electricity in year 2019. There has been a growth
services and continue with needs of market.
in district heating and electricity consum�
Also this is related to increase of electricity
ption due to the extension opening in 2018
consumption in 2019. We were open the
where are more industrial appliances.
extension of production and three more
The production volume has decreased mainly
printing machines were set up there. The
due to the decrease in newspaper print. The
setup and activation increased the con�
global trend shows that people are moving to
sumption of electricity but we could not
read the news online and this has also changed
reach the full capacity on that time.
GAS, ELECTRICITY, HEAT
ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PRINT OUTPUT
12.0
12.0
610
10.0
10.0
600
8.0
8.0
590
6.0
6.0
580
4.0
4.0
570
2.0
2.0
560
0.0
0.0
540
GWh
2017
2018 Gas
Electricity
2019 Heat
GWh
2017 Gas
2018
2019
Electricity Production volume
Millions copies
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Paper waste and wastewater
PAPER WASTES
Paper wastes have been stable in general. The newspapers and paper filings are showing
decrease but aim of this year is to reduce
6000 5000
average waste 1-5%. The paper rolls wastes have been increased a little bit. We are plan� ning a larger campaign this year for local
4000 3000
kindergartens so they can use the paper rolls for handcraft. This way we can help children
with the quality paper and reduce paper waste.
2000 1000 0 Tonnes
2017
Newspaper and paper fillings
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2018
Paper rolls
2019
Cardboard and wrapping paper
BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AND DISSOLVED SOLIDS
PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN 90
1400
80
1200
70
1000
60
800
50 40
600
30
400
20
200
10
0 mg/l
BOD7
Actual
Total Dissolved Solids
Permit
0 mg/l
Phosphorus
Actual
Nitrogen
Permit
In 2019 Kroonpress consumed 7099 m3 of
to usual households. There was a deviation in
water which is about 7% less than a year
Total Dissolved Solids when we tested a new
before. Almost a third of water consumption
dampening solution additive on newspaper
was used in production process. Water is a
press that did not contain algaecides that
major component in dampening solution,
prevent formation of the dissolved solids.
which prevents transmissvion of ink onto
Within the few months we noticed that and
certain areas on the printing plate. Most of
returned to previous additive. Since the
the water is used in the household and the
wastewater analysis are taken once a year,
quality parameters of wastewater are similar
this result does not show the yearly averages.
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AIR EMISSIONS 14
Emissions into air We have maintained all emissions of NMVOC,
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CO and NO2 under the required level. Our aim
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is to get better or at least hold these results
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every year and we are working for it. Nonmethane volatile organic componds (NMVOC)
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amount has decreased over the years but in
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2020 we are going to minimize emissions
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even more. The new LED-UV sheet-fed press will use innovative washing agent and
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NMVOC
therefore the release of NMVOC has been
CO
NO2
Tonnes per year
reduced to zero. More information of this and other updates are introduced on chapter
Actual
Permit
Targets for 2020.
NMVOC 2.5 2 2017 1.5 2018 1 2019 0.5 0 Tonnes
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Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
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EXPANSION OF PRODUCTION The need for larger production area arose
The construction works were almost com�
when we wanted to increase our printing
pleted by June 2018 and installation period of
capacity. Kroonpress is focused on offering
printing machines started in October. The
the best printing service at the same time
working in new building began gradually.
being environmentally friendly. The larger production area has more space (5049 m2) for new investments.
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TARGETS FOR 2020 The 2020 will be an expeditious and in‐ novative year for Kroonpress. Many of the large investments are showing the results this year.
New sheet-fed press Probably the most important for our produc‐ tion is the new LED-UV sheet-fed press – Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106-8+L which arrived in July. New press is equipped with 8 printing units and WB/UV varnish unit. The activation time will be about 3 months and the real output will be a year. The new printer has sensors that control the need of chemical substances and add according the necessity. Also it uses less water and releases 100% less NMVOC due to innovative washing agent.
AGFA Eco3 technologies
LED-UV inks used in our printing process
According to our environmental policy we
have received 100/100 points from INGEDE
always
deinkability test.
Kroonpress introduces AGFA Eco3 techno‐
work
towards
greener
industry.
logies which saves up to 30% on ink & paper, 50% on waste, and up to 90% on water. This technology has been already installed in June and so far the results have been as expected.
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Greenline Print certification Estonian Printing and Packaging Industry Association (EPPA) and their member printers
have shown interest in the Greenline Print label. This gave us a boost to apply for the ISO
New automation systems and heatset press
certification to Greenline Print carbon foot�
2019 brought us heatset press Goss M600
2020 and hopefully get verified according to
and we would like to keep it in use at least the
ISO 16759 in year 2021.
next 10 years. Kroonpress always want to offer the stable print quality and achieve even more high efficiency of raw materials. In cooperation with Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) the 5 mRC-3D cameras for color register, cutoff register and sheeter- register were installed on the Goss M600 and 2 IDS-3D cameras for color Control on the existing KBA Compacta. Furthermore, the new automation system helps to prevent paper wastes because of faster start-ups. Whereas the new systems were installed at the end of 2019, the results
will be described on next Sustainability Report.
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print platform. We will start this process in
SUMMARY Greenline Print issued 125 labels in 2019 and Kroonpress printed 8,2 million copies of labelled prints. Last year the kindergarten donation was organized by Estonian Printing and Pack‐ aging Industry Association and Kroon‐ press donated 95 reels of quality news‐ print. We started to use IBC containers as a reusable packaging for the dangerous
substances. There are over 100 containers recycled in a year. Total Dissolved Solids indicator above normal because tested new print clean‐ ing agent did not work as expected. The expansion of production was opened in 2018. There are 5049 m2 more pro‐ duction space now. 2020 will be an innovative year and many of investments are showing the results.
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PAPER
Amber Graphic 150
PRESS
Canon imagePress C850
PHOTOS
Remo Savisaar, Silja Järv
DESIGN INFO
Maarika Mar�ns info@kroonpress.eu +372 730 5100