Iggesund Workington mill wins environmental award

Photo: Iggesund Paperboard

Iggesund Paperboard’s commitment to continuous improvement and sustainability was recognized recently when the company received the Environmental and Energy Awareness Award at the CN Group Business Awards.

The judges picked out Iggesund as winners having understood the scale of the contribution to the reduction in fossil fuel CO2 emissions resulting from the investment in the Biofuel CHP plant.

Moreover, it was also acknowledged that Iggesund had shown a broad commitment to improving the impact on the environment through a dedicated and structured approach to maximizing its process efficiencies within the wider Pulpmill, Boardmachine and Finishing operations over the years as well as minimizing its process wastes.

According to Euwid, Iggesund will upgrade its board machine in Workington.The upgrading measures will be carried out during a three week downtime in March.