Raw birch plywood (Riga Ply) with lignin based glue RIGA ECOlogical

RIGA ECOlogical - Raw birch plywood (Riga Ply) produced with lignin based glue. This EPD covers Latvijas Finieris Group’s raw birch plywood (Riga Ply) produced with our new lignin based glue RIGA ECOlogical. We truly believe that this technological breakthrough is the most significant innovation in plywood gluing for decades and offers a competitive advantage to all our customers in the increasingly green business environment. All woods contain 20-30% of lignin, a polymeric substance which, together with cellulose, binds together the wood fibres and cells. Our new green lignin glue acts as a bio-based, renewable and natural hardener which significantly reduces the traditional fossil phenol content. The technical properties of RIGA Plywood remain unchanged, but the carbon footprint of RIGA Plywood is reduced from production to all its end-uses. Latvijas Finieris Group is a multi-sectoral company with core competence in birch based products, mainly excellence in birch plywood production. Our birch veneer and plywood production facilities are located in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland. We are a part of the Nordic region, which is a global benchmark of sustainability practices, and Latvijas Finieris Group has established strict measures in order to guarantee that the production processes strive to minimise the impact on human health as well as on the environment. That includes usage of renewable energy, waste water, material and resource recycling, heat recuperation, emission cutting, energy efficiency in production and low mileage of raw material. Our wood supply chain is certified according to world’s leading sustainable forest management schemes, which means that all our long-term supply partners manage their forests according to best sustainable forestry practices. Latvijas Finieris is also actively involved in forest management, including our own tree nursery with an output of 1.5 million saplings per year.