UPM Biofuels produces renewable and sustainable products for the transport and petrochemical industries. We offer our customers ways to replace fossil raw materials and reduce their carbon footprint.
At the forefront of biofuels development
The Lappeenranta Biorefinery uses wood-based residual raw material, crude tall oil, to produce unique renewable materials that decrease emissions and mitigate climate change.
Driving cleaner traffic
The fuels and chemicals of the future are already here. We produce renewable diesel and naphtha. Made in Finland.
At the forefront of biofuels development
The Lappeenranta Biorefinery uses wood-based residual raw material, crude tall oil, to produce unique renewable materials that decrease emissions and mitigate climate change.
What makes our biofuels so sustainable?
Saves fossil resources
Supports the circular economy
Drop-in biofuel and biofeed
Lowers GHG emissions
Unique sustainability certifications
Origin in sustainable forestry
No direct or indirect land use change
Products
Traffic fuels
UPM BioVerno diesel and UPM BioVerno naphtha are both renewable and sustainable alternatives to fossil-based transport fuels.
Chemicals
Renewable UPM BioVerno naphtha, turpentine and pitch are wood-based alternatives to petrochemicals.
Latest news
UPM and Paperworkers’ Union agree on first-ever business-specific collective labour agreements – strike ends at UPM mills in Finland
UPM and the Paperworkers’ Union have agreed on first-ever business-specific collective labour agreements for five UPM businesses. The strike at UPM mills in Finland will end immediately and employees will return to work. The strike covered UPM Pul...
UPM deepens the scientific knowledge on its products’ climate impacts
A scientific report “Fossil carbon emission substitution and carbon storage effects of wood-based products” has been published today by The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and the German Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg...
UPM Biofuels initiates its first apprenticeship programme
UPM Future Professional of Biofuels Training Programme, initiated on 29 March 2022, is the first “Future Professional” training programme of UPM Biofuels. “We want to ensure a skilled, highly motivated and active workforce also in the future by...
UPM launches a new forest responsibility programme and biodiversity initiatives for sustainable forestry
UPM has published a new Forest Action Programme, which will run until 2030. The global programme steers UPM’s global wood sourcing operations and covers its own forests in Finland and the United States as well as its plantations in Uruguay. The...
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The BIKE journey — working towards climate positive farming and sustainable land use
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UPM position paper on Fit for 55
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02/01/2022 13:16:14
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2022 outlook on biofuels: advanced biofuels mandate kicking off
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