UPM-Kymmene (UPM.HE)

Overall impact
A (96)

Commentary

UPM-Kymmene is a leader for overall positive impact. With an 'A' rating of 96.3 for overall impact (99th percentile compared to all companies), UPM-Kymmene ranks 1st out of 43 industry peers, ahead of Weyerhaeuser, UFP Industries, Jewett Cameron Trading and 39 others. On top material causes for UPM-Kymmene's industry (Lumber and Wood), UPM-Kymmene performs well in Fair Labor Practices (95.2 score), Reduced Waste (95.6), No Poverty (95.7) and 14 other causes where it received an 'A' score. UPM-Kymmene did not receive a 'D' or 'F' rating on any cause.
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Company
Employees
15,827
Sector
Materials
Industry
Paper & Forest Products
Sub-industry
Paper Products
SASB industry
Pulp & Paper Products
Headquarters
Finland
Share classes
UPMMY
UPM.HE
Description
UPM-Kymmene Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the forest-based bioindustry in Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. It operates through UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers, UPM Plywood, and Other Operations segments. The company provides softwood, birch, and eucalyptus pulp for tissue, specialty, and graphic papers and packaging; sawn timber for joinery, packaging, furniture, planning, and construction industries; and wood-based renewable diesel and renewable naphtha for transport and petrochemical industry. It is also involved in the generation of electricity through hydro, thermal, and nuclear power plants. In addition, the company offers self-adhesive label materials for branding and promotion, information, and functional labeling in the food, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical, and logistics segments; and specialty packaging materials, such as label papers, release liners, office papers, and flexible packaging for labeling, packing, commercial siliconizing, and printing, as well as graphic papers for advertising, publishing, and home and office use. Further, it provides plywood and veneer products for construction, vehicle flooring, liquefied natural gas shipbuilding, and parquet manufacturing, as well as for other industrial applications; wood and wood-based biomass, and forestry services for forest investors and owners; wood-based biomedical products, such as nano-fibrillar cellulose for clinical and life science applications; wood-based lignin products for industrial use; and UPM ProFi decking products and UPM formi granules. Additionally, the company offers financial portfolio management services. UPM-Kymmene Oyj was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for UPM-Kymmene, based on its industry sub-industry Paper Products. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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