The winner of Metsä Group’s sustainability competition for suppliers is Soilfood

Soilfood Oy has been selected as the winner of Metsä Group’s sustainability competition for suppliers. The company produces soil improvement materials for farms and recycled materials for industry from the waste and side streams of the forest industry, for example. This year, Metsä Group invited service and product suppliers to its first sustainability competition, which received a total of 92 entries.

Soilfood uses side streams containing nitrogen, phosphorus, lime and carbon, among others, in its products.

“Instead of being burned, these materials arising from our production are reused and returned to nature to improve the growth conditions of fields. The material obtained from forest industry waste also reduces the need for new raw materials in the production of fertilisers. Our cooperation with Soilfood is a good example of the circular economy, which benefits all parties,” says Katja Tuomola, VP, Sustainability Management at Metsä Group.
more at: https://www.metsagroup.com/news-and-publications/news/2023/the-winner-of-metsa-groups-sustainability-competition-for-suppliers-is-soilfood/

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