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Resource-efficient business – How we work
Climate report Our goal is for Setra’s business to be climate neutral by 2030. The goal applies along the entire value chain, with the exception of foreign distribution.
Our opportunities and challenges Wood binds carbon and our products are climate positive. The climate benefits of using wood as a construction material far outweigh the emissions from production and transport of the products. For Setra’s wood products, the net effect lies between around 600 and 800 kg captured carbon per cubic metre of wood, depending on the transport distances involved. To make the business climate neutral, we also need to work on our own negative carbon footprint, with the main challenge in this area coming down to our dependence on energy for production and transport.
Governance
The annual climate report shows where the emissions are occurring in our operations and the size of these emissions, seen in relation to the whole lifecycle. The climate report help us to prioritise where we need to put interventions in place and follow up their effects.
Climate neutral The term climate neutral means that the total climate impact of a certain operation or a product is net zero. First and foremost, the emissions that the operation causes must be reduced to the minimum possible. The business is able to offset the remaining emissions so that the net total is zero.
Sustainability Report 2019 — Setra Group
How we work Monitoring emissions with climate report For several years now, Setra has produced an annual climate report for the business. The climate report shows emissions from a lifecycle perspective, from planting spruce or pine seedlings to delivering sawn and processed wood products and bioproducts to customers. Setra’s emissions of greenhouse gases from its own heating boilers, machinery and vehicles (Scope 1) account for a small proportion, around 5%, of the total emissions. Indirect emissions from purchased energy (Scope 2) account for less than 1% of emissions. This is because Setra has bought in ecolabelled electricity since 2018. The vast majority of the emissions thus fall within Scope 3, with transport accounting for
the most (read more about our transport on page 36). Climate calculations in line with the GHG Protocol Setra’s climate calculations are conducted in line with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, an international calculation standard. The standard divides the emissions into three categories, or scopes, as follows: • Scope 1: Direct emissions from the business (fuel combustion at own plants and company vehicles) • Scope 2: Indirect emissions from purchased energy (electricity, district heating, district cooling) • Scope 3: Indirect emissions from other parts of the value chain, such as purchased transport, travel and the carbon footprint of the raw materials.
Emission categories SCOPE 3
SCOPE 2
SCOPE 1
