Carbon cycle for the forest products industry 

Stora Enso is well-positioned to address climate change, as wood is a renewable resource. Sustainably managed forests and plantations remove carbon from the atmosphere. This carbon is then stored in wood, paper and board products. These products are themselves recycleble, and can be burned as bioenergy at the end of their life cycle.

1) Trees absorb CO2 (both fossil and non-fossil) from the atmosphere. 2) Trees store carbon in their woody tissue. This carbon is transferred and stored also in wood products. 3) Use of biofuels and recycling of these products release non-fossil CO2 which is again absorbed by the trees. Emissions from biofuels are considered to be carbon-neutral because CO2 is recycled through the atmosphere and stored by growing forests. 4) Use of fossil fuels introduces “new” carbon to the atmosphere in the form of fossil CO2.