The entire production process within the Portucel Soporcel group is based on a sustainable development cycle. Its products originate in woodlands managed with the strictest care for the environment and are manufactured using energy from natural and renewable sources. The excellent environmental performance recorded by the Group?s production units reflects significant and ongoing investment in the best available techniques in this field. From 1990 to 2010, the Group invested approximately 300 million euros in environmental protection projects.
The Group is committed to improving the eco-efficiency of its production processes, in order to minimize environmental impacts. This means cutting its use of natural resources and reducing the level of emissions.
The result has been sound environmental performance, coupled to successive improvements in the production process. This success has been achieved thanks to strict controls, monitoring and stability in industrial processes, and the Group is proud to report:
- A reduction in water consumption per ton of end products.
- Increased use of renewable energy.
- Reduced consumption of fossil fuels.
- Lower CO2 emissions per ton of output.
- Improved waste management.
The targets achieved have been set as part of the Group's efforts over recent years in the field of environmental protection, including pioneering work in the field of quality certification (Portucel was the first company to obtain certification, in 1988). The Group is currently certified 
in the fields of Quality, Environment, Safety and the Chain of Responsibility. All the Group's plants are certified under ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, NP 4397 FSCSTD-40-003, FSCSTD-40-004, FSCSTD-40-005, PEFC - Annex 4, and its laboratories are accredited under ISO/IEC17025.
The Group's Management Systems Policy has been designed to further its quest for excellence in the production and marketing of premium quality pulp and paper, in keeping with principles of sustainable development.
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