2009 Environmental impact constraints: Paperitalo 2nd Tuesday Surveys

Survey subject:

Environmental impact constraints

2^nd Tuesday Surveys are Copyright 2010 by Paperitalo Publications and used by permission of the Copyright Owner

Confidential level and error band:
(94% confid. Level, +/- 10% error band)

No. of respondents: 82

Pulp & Paper Industry

56% US respondents, 9% Scandinavia, 11% Western Europe, all other were less

• When asked “estimate the percentage of CAPEX in the last 10 years spent on environmental activities” 42% of respondents said 11 – 20%
   
• 54% said water controls where the greater portion
   
• 54% said environmental compliance had not helped them find more economical ways to manufacture their products
   
• 13% of the respondents had previously worked in a mill closed because of environmental compliance costs
   
• 23% of the mills are monitoring the activities leading to the Copenhagen Climate conference in December 2009
   
• 45% said ‘perhaps’ environmental compliance will close their mill in the next 10 years
   
• 52% said the environmental officers that monitor their site are ‘reasonable people’