SCA-Files

This report draws attention to the unsustainable forest management of the Swedish forest company Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA). Is trading in forest products based on virgin fibers from SCA in Sweden compatible with your company’s sustainability policy? The report shows that the risk is extremely high, almost to be regarded as a guarantee, that buyers will receive products that originate from forests with high conservation values or that violate Sami rights. The report also reveals that existing certification systems in Sweden, such as FSC and PEFC, do not guarantee socially or environmentally responsible forestry.

SCA’s felling of forests with conservation values has taken place, and continues to take place, in a systematic manner and on a landscape scale. The report presents a list of over 500 examples of felled and threatened forests with conservation values, which refutes SCA’s claims that such cases are only “individual mistakes” or the result of “human error”.