• Renewability FAQs Is it bad to cut down trees? It is not bad to cut down trees as long as;
    • The trees do not come from high conservation value or intact natural forests;
    • The trees are replaced either through planting or through natural regeneration;
    • The local characteristics of the forest, including biodiversity and the practices of people using the forest, are protected.

    Is cutting down trees causing forests to disappear? No, northern forests, from which Tetra Pak sources its wood pulp, have been growing in size over recent decades.

    Is Tetra Pak FSC Chain of Custody certified? 100% of our paperboard sourced in Europe is traceable to its origin in the forest and meets the FSC chain-of-custody standard, including Tetra Pak’s Wrexham converting plant. Globally, 76% of paperboard comes from paper mills whose chain-of-custody systems that meet FSC and/or PEFC standards.

    In order for us to put the FSC label on a carton both the converting factory and the market company has to be FSC COC certified, and we need to use FSC COC certified board to produce the carton.

    So far six units have been certified: Skoghall and Romont converting plants, Tetra Pak UK including Wrexham converting plant, Tetra Pak Italiana S.p.A., Lamitrade SA and Tetra Pak International SA.

    Tetra Pak is committed to having all of its converting plants certified by 2018

    What does sustainable forest management mean in practice? Sustainable forest management is about finding a balance between environmental, social and economic aspects of forestry:
    • Environmentally appropriate forest management means that the harvest of timber does not affect the plants, animals and other organisms of the forest in a negative way. In practice this means leaving both living and dead trees in harvesting sites, leaving forest set-asides next to the managed areas, keeping a mix of tree species in the forest etc.
    • Socially beneficial forest management helps both local people and society at large to enjoy long term benefits of forest management. In practice this means that forest owners involve indigenous and local people in the planning of the forest management to make sure that they can still use the forest for recreation, food and fuel gathering etc.
    • Economically viable forest management means that forest operations are planned and managed to be profitable, without generating financial profit at the expense of the future forest resources. In practice this means having long term harvesting and regeneration plans.