Wood fibre LCA confirms low climate impact

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Metsä Group’s Kuura textile fibre is demonstrating a low greenhouse gas emission level in relation to comparable man-made cellulosic  products

uura is made with pine and spruce from certified, sustainably-managed Finnish forests

Finnish forest industry products company, Metsä Group has completed the second life-cycle assessment (LCA) test on its sustainable wood-based, textile fibre, Kuura which, it says, shows that its global warming potential score is less than one-third of the next best option, viscose.

Kuura is made with pine and spruce from certified, sustainably-managed Finnish forests which have almost doubled in size since 1970, making them a major carbon sink.

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