Strongly positive climate-change impact for Södra
According to a new report, Södra has a positive impact on global climate change, equivalent to 20 percent of Sweden’s combined emissions of CO₂ equivalents. The measurements are based on the growth rate of forests owned by Södra’s 52,000 members, and the effects of forest products when they are used to replace more emission-intensive products and energy.“Our understanding of the climate benefits of forests is often limited to the large amounts of CO₂ absorbed by growing trees, but the effect of replacing products like steel, concrete, plastic and oil with renewable alternatives is equally