Environmental data

 

 

Consumer Tissue and
Professional Hygiene

 

Personal Care

 

Essity Group

 

 

2017

2016

2015

 

2017

2016

2015

 

2017

2016

2015

Essity’s specific (related to production) emissions (Scope 1 and 2) in 2017 corresponding to 0.75 kton CO2/kton production, 0.78 kton/kton in 2016 and 0.74 kton/kton in 2015.

Production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tissue and pulp

ktons

3,173

3,200

3,097

 

 

 

 

 

3,173

3,200

3,097

Personal care

ktons

 

 

 

 

683

642

761

 

683

642

761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Raw materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood

ktons

420

435

460

 

 

 

 

 

420

435

460

Purchased pulp

ktons

1,549

1,358

1,402

 

337

350

383

 

1,886

1,708

1,785

Purchased tissue

ktons

19

12

10

 

0.2

0.5

0

 

19

13

10

Recovered paper

ktons

2,116

2,156

1,972

 

5

5

5

 

2,121

2,161

1,977

Water

Mm3

104

105

98

 

0.89

0.95

0.98

 

104

106

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-generation

GWh

569

547

532

 

0

0

0

 

569

547

532

Grid supply

GWh

3,720

3,822

3,687

 

489

466

518

 

4,210

4,289

4,206

Total

GWh

4,289

4,369

4,219

 

489

466

518

 

4,778

4,835

4,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biofuel

TJfuel

4,414

4,923

4,485

 

0

0

0

 

4,414

4,923

4,485

Fossil fuel

TJfuel

26,640

26,809

26,313

 

302

318

304

 

26,942

27,127

26,617

Electric boiler and hood

TJfuel

79

88

65

 

0

0

0

 

79

88

65

Total

TJfuel

31,132

31,820

30,863

 

302

318

304

 

31,434

32,138

31,167

of which co-generation

TJfuel

2,532

2,210

2,238

 

0

0

0

 

2,532

2,210

2,238

Total energy (electricity and fuel)

GWh

12,937

13,208

12,792

 

573

555

603

 

13,510

13,762

13,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Discharges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Air

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOx as NO2

tons

1,849

1,942

1,649

 

23

25

23

 

1,872

1,966

1,673

SO2

tons

789

768

321

 

0.1

0.2

0.1

 

789

768

321

Dust

tons

126

139

133

 

0.2

0.3

0.1

 

126

139

133

CO2 fossil

ktons

1,537

1,560

1,491

 

17

18

17

 

1,554

1,578

1,508

CO2, grid electricity

ktons

1,222

1,304

1,199

 

129

123

156

 

1,351

1,427

1,355

CO2 biogenic

ktons

459

524

500

 

0

0

7

 

459

524

508

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COD

tons

7,489

7,860

9,434

 

31

37

36

 

7,520

7,897

9,470

BOD

tons

883

1,156

1,326

 

1

1

1

 

884

1,157

1,327

Suspended solids

tons

1,068

1,323

1,282

 

1

1

1

 

1,069

1,324

1,283

AOX

tons

5

4

5

 

0.1

0.1

0.1

 

5

4

5

P

tons

37

43

35

 

0.2

1

1

 

38

43

36

N

tons

237

379

230

 

2

2

2

 

238

381

232

Effluent water

Mm3

72

75

68

 

0.4

0.4

0.4

 

72

75

68

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid waste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disposal

tons

625,818

672,697

675,230

 

3,490

4,351

2,533

 

629,308

677,048

677,763

Recovery

tons

960,871

1,051,527

994,559

 

63,242

55,168

56,928

 

1,024,113

1,106,695

1,051,487

Total waste

tons

1,586,689

1,724,224

1,669,789

 

66,732

59,519

59,461

 

1,653,421

1,783,743

1,729,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certified volumes, Essity’s main sites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO 9001

%

73

77

77

 

97

96

82

 

 

 

 

ISO 14001

%

85

86

87

 

85

85

90