VIDA´S TOES

Toe 1: Carbon uptake in growing forests
As forests grow, carbon is bound in the wood fibres.
Here, the VIDA group has calculated the area of forested land needed to cover our raw material requirements. The net growth (difference between growth and logging) on this land provides the basis for how much carbon is bound per hectare per year.
    Discussion of carbon emissions and uptake in forest land continues, but is presently outside the scope of the calculation. For details on calculation click here!

Toe 2: Carbon in paper
Here, VIDA has calculated the amount of carbon bound in a tonne of paper. Being 84 % wood fibre, one tonne of paper binds 420 kg of carbon. For details on calculation click here!

Toe 3: CO2 emissions in connection with paper production
Fossil carbon emissions are detailed here. The details include data on carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels in connection with the production of both “internal pulp” and “third-party pulp”. For details on calculation click here!
Toe 4: CO2 emissions in connection with forestry
VIDA here calculates carbon dioxide emissions in connection with thinning and final felling. Regard being given to the type of cutting (i.e. thinning, clearing or final felling), the values are calculated as an average consumption of diesel per produced m3. For details on calculation click here!

Toe 5: CO2 emissions in connection with the manufacture of other inputs
The goal in CEPI’s framework is the capture of 90 % of the carbon dioxide emissions. Because they are considered to be as low as < 0.01, the values for VIDA Paper’s emissions, in respect of other input to production, have initially been omitted from the calculation. Nonetheless, calculation of this percentage is under way. For details on calculation click here!
Toe 6: CO2 emissions in connection with the production of electricity and heat
Heat used by VIDA Paper comes from own-manufactured biofuel and as such is, in relation to CO2, a zero-sum game. Therefore, this calculation takes into account emissions specifically in connection with electricity used by VIDA Paper. Approximately half the pulp used in VIDA Paper’s production comes from pulp mills that sell electricity to communities and thus obtain remuneration for marginal electricity production. For details on calculation click here!
Toe 7: CO2 emissions in connection with transport of raw materials and internal transport
Transport from forests (via sawmills) to VIDA Paper and all internal transport up to VIDA Paper’s gates are taken into account here. For details on calculation click here!



Toe 10:    
• Paper is largely produced from sawmill by-products that require no extra energy in working up for use at the pulp-paper mill.
• The products produced by the sawmills are predominantly used as construction materials that replace other materials such as steel and concrete, which are responsible for larger CO2 emissions and are much less sustainable.
• Sawmills and paper production facilities both draw their heat from the use of biofuels. These are also by-products from internal production. As regards CO2, the burning of biofuels is a zero-sum game.
• When wood products and paper products come to the end of their service lives, they are increasingly used as biofuel (and thus replace fossil fuels).
• VIDA Paper is an integrated pulp and paper mill. This means that we transport far less pulp to the mill. Furthermore, waste heat from pulp production is utilised in the production of paper.
• Forests that are cropped in cycle fix more carbon dioxide than mature forests left alone. Forest harvesting is a direct consequence of the need created by the forest products and paper industries.
• The raw materials in all  of VIDA’s products come from sustainably managed forests.
• Paper is recycled 4 – 5 times before the wood fibres are considered to be beyond use. This extends the time in which carbon is bound in the wood fibre. In Sweden it is calculated that 70 % of paper is recycled. The percentage is sadly less in most other countries. For details on calculation click here!