12 | PROGRESS WITH GRÖNSAMHET
Core areas and progress with Grönsamhet Our sustainability work encompasses many different issues and is an integrated part of our everyday operations and strategic business development. Our knowledgeable and committed employees are the driving force behind this work and the reason we can be proud of a number of exciting advances in 2020.
Our portfolio Working to promote greater use of wood products – having more houses built of wood, for example – is the most important contribution Setra makes to climate issues. We are also working to increase the level of processing in our portfolio, through added emphasis on CLT, for example, which allows the construction of larger and taller wooden buildings. In addition, we are developing new, climate-friendly products, including our focus on pyrolysis oil, which is made from sawdust and serves as a raw material in the production of biofuel.
Climate-smart raw material The forest is the source of our most important raw material. Sourcing timber from sustainable forestry is important both to us and to our customers. Through certification according to the FSC® and PEFC™ programmes and checking against set criteria, we ensure that the raw material we use comes from legal logging activities that feature full respect for biological diversity.
The start of wood contruction on a larger scale Setra is playing a key role in the Cederhusen project in Stockholm, a future-oriented project where one of the largest city center wooden residential areas in the world is now taking shape. The building frames are made of bespoke CLT units made in our Långshyttan factory. Page 17
Timber quality ensured for the future Climate change entails new challenges for forestry and our access to climate-smart raw material of the highest quality. For example, the risk of storm-felled and insect-damaged timber is rising. One measure to ensure the quality of stocked timber is the option to water stocks at our units. Page 21
Sustainability Report 2020 — Setra Group
