UPM Adhesive Materials has published its Climate Review 2025, outlining significant steps toward its 2030 climate targets. The report highlights reductions in operational emissions, expanded collaboration with suppliers, and ongoing support for customers through transparent data, reliable services and impactful material solutions.
In 2025, UPM Adhesive Materials reached a 58% reduction in scope 1 and 2 emission intensity, compared to its 2015 baseline. The result reflects the impact of targeted site-level actions to improve energy efficiency and reduce fossil fuel use, bringing the business closer to its 2030 target of a 65 percent reduction per million m² of material produced.
At the same time, to accelerate scope 3 emission reductions in the value chain, UPM Adhesive Materials expanded collaboration with raw material suppliers. In 2025, most key suppliers responded to product carbon footprint questionnaires, significantly increasing primary data coverage. This enables a more detailed understanding of emissions across materials and regions.
UPM Adhesive Materials has already achieved one of its key 2030 targets ahead of schedule. By the end of 2023, 100 percent of its purchased paper raw materials were certified under credible third-party forest certification schemes. This provides customers with trust in the responsible origin of paper-based label materials.
Supporting customers remains central to UPM Adhesive Materials’ climate ambition. In 2025, the business continued to expand its UPM Label Life service, providing externally validated life cycle assessment data and Scope 3 reports to customers. Product footprints are available for around 94 percent of its label products by sales volume globally and integrated directly into customer quotes. UPM Adhesive Materials also continued to evolve its product portfolio to meet changing market and regulatory needs, focusing on recycling compatible label solutions. The UPM RafCycle service continued to help customers and brand-owners recycle their label release liner waste efficiently.
“Customers need impactful ways to reduce carbon footprint and respond to evolving recyclability and regulatory requirements. The significant progress we’ve made in emission reductions, product footprint data availability and product portfolio development helps them make material choices that meet these needs,” says Robert Taylor, director, sustainability, UPM Adhesive Materials.
UPM Adhesive Materials will continue to refine its sustainability action plans in 2026, with a focus on accelerating value chain emission reductions, developing circular products and streamlining customer access to environmental data.
