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.
Five years at the forefront of biofuel 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.
Five years at the forefront of biofuel 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 BioVerno tested in Paulig’s coffee packaging
Finnish food and beverage company Paulig is testing UPM BioVerno naphtha, made from tall oil, as a raw material for its packaging. The first test batch with Paulig Café New York has been successfully packed and released to market . UPM BioVerno is...
UPM recognised the best in the forest and paper industry in the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index
UPM has been listed as the forest and paper industry leader in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2020-2021. “Population growth, climate change and the scarcity of natural resources call for companies to take...
Replacing fossil-based plastics with renewables – introducing Mysoda’s new sparkling water makers made of innovative UPM Formi EcoAce
UPM Biocomposites and Finnish Mysoda have collaborated to create a range of sparkling water makers made almost entirely out of renewable materials. Traditionally, small kitchen appliances are made out of fossil-based plastics, so this innovation...
UPM Raflatac’s revolutionary Forest Film label material wins Innovation in Sourcing Award from Sustainable Packaging Coalition
UPM Raflatac’s Forest Film™ label material has received the 2020 Innovation in Responsible Sourcing Award from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). The announcement came on Wednesday, September 30, at the SPC Innovator Awards ceremony as par...