Using biodiesel for rail transport reduces carbon dioxide emissions from WISA plywood by a quarter
(UPM, Helsinki, 19 April 2024 at 09:00 EEST) – UPM Plywood and the Finnish railway operator VR have agreed that VR will replace the fossil diesel it uses with biodiesel to the same extent as the biodiesel used to transport plywood from the UPM Pellos mill in Finland. The agreement, together with a more efficient operating model, will reduce the total emissions of WISA[®] plywood transport in Finland by 24 percent. In addition to the new transport contract, UPM Pellos