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
The UN recognises UPM as the only forest industry representative and the only Finnish company in the Global Compact LEAD network
UPM has today been recognised as one of the world’s 37 most sustainable companies by the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. The company received the LEAD Participant status as the only forest industry...
UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery repair works are on the home stretch
The damage caused by a fire at the Lappeenranta Biorefinery on 10 May is nearly repaired. The fire caused substantial damage and repair works have proceeded safely and well during the summer. “The start-up process of the biorefinery is long – it...
Sustainable forest management and fossil substitution in key role to enable EU’s green growth
European Commission has yesterday, 14 th of July, published an extensive set of proposals on climate and energy policies, framing the pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050. These proposals begin a lengthy process to agree on the details. UPM is...
Fire at UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery
We had a fire at UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery in the morning after 5 o’clock on May 10th 2021. There was a leakage in the process which caused the fire, and it spread to the roof constructions of the Biorefinery. Fire departments were able to put...