RTDI Needs for the Wood Working Industry

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1 myynnin uusi sukupolvi näkökulma RTDI Needs for the Wood Working Industry Trees4Future 24 September 2013, Nancy, France Luottamuksellinen Kimmo Järvinen

2 Content Who is EOS? EOS Key Messages Risks & opportunities for the European sawmill industry EOS advocacy program EOS & European legislative framework RTDI needs for the wood working industry Conclusions

3 WHO IS EOS? The European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) is a Brussels-based non-profit association representing the interests of the European sawmilling sector and the benefits of its products. The collective expertise of EOS s members provides a unique source of information both for and on the industry; coordinating essential exchanges of experience and knowledge among its members, the ability to provide technical assistance to legislators and to identify independent experts on specific issues. Through its member countries EOS represents some companies across Europe. Together they represent 75 % of the total European sawn wood output and a turnover of almost 37 billion EUR, and 15% of the overall woodworking and furniture industry in EU.

4 Who is EOS? Sawmill industry vision European sawmill industry is the primary processor of European wood and wooden byproducts and the basis for the European sustainable biobased industry

5 EOS key messages + Annual increment in European forests is bigger than the harvesting + Wood based products are the only renewable and sustainable products for multitude of usages, and their demand is increasing + European forest industry is a fully integrated business ecosystem to produce wide range of sustainable industrial commodities, consumer products and energy + Strong research in use of wood in construction, opening up of regulations, biochemical industry, biofuels and fiber industry - Increasing competition for woody raw material combined with rapid escalation of log exports to outside EU - Barriers for the use of wood in high-rise and commercial buildings - Multiple and non-compatible certification systems (FSC vs. PEFC vs. EUTR) - Non-existant fostering of EU-regulations for imported woody products

6 EOS key messages Wood working industry is the biggest primary user of forest biomass is Europe Source of the graph and quantities: Prof. Udo Mantau, University of Hamburg 2011, Wood Flows in Europe (EU27) Prices used in value evaluation: Pӧyry 4 billion 19 billion 6 billion

7 EOS key messages Wood working industry is the biggest revenue producer in Europe 201 billion 2.1 million jobs Source of the graph and quantities: Prof. Udo Mantau, University of Hamburg 2011, Wood Flows in Europe (EU27) 76 billion 1 million jobs Prices used in value evaluation: Pӧyry

8 Forest 1. Degree processing 2. degree processing End-user products recycling Forestry residues, sawn dust, bark, energy production Wood processing value chain

9 EOS key messages

10 Risks & opportuntities for the European sawmill industry Opportunities Better coordinated policies for the role of wood as a renewable raw materials for construction, chemicals and energy Risks Disruption of raw material supply due to isolated promotion of one single usage Recognition of wood as a renewable, carbon-storage material contributing to resource and energy efficiency in construction Fair competition with other materials in terms of environmental accountability Level playing field of trade/financial/logistical policies in the EU market Policy focus on use-phase of buildings, rather than on the resource efficiency and sustainability of the construction products Distortion of competition with other construction materials for environmental accountability Continued lack of profitability due to more favorable industrial policies for the overseas competitors

11 EOS advocacy program 1. Improved utilization of European forest resources (wood mobilisation) 2. Origin, sustainability and legality of construction products required for all materials 3. More efficient pan-european logistics 4. Support RTDI and standardization initiatives of the wood working industry in order to develop new business solutions

12 EOS advocacy program IMPROVED WOOD MOBILIZATION Forests and other wooded land cover over 40% of the EU land area with a great diversity of character across the different regions. Afforestation and natural succession of vegetation, have increased EU forest area over the last decade by around 2%. In Europe, with only 60-70% of the annual increment being cut, the growing stock of wood is also rising EU s forest owners should be given a clear incentive to sell more in a more organized way, which will further support economic growth, carbon sink and renewable energy production. Technologies for using waste and recycled wood in industrial scale should be developed Green taxation should encourage the utilisation of renewable natural resources, as well as improving resource and energy efficiency in businesses.

13 EOS advocacy program Wooden construction products are certified for sustainable origin and manufacturing Why are not the other construction materials? Comprehensive construction product certification about origin, sustainability and legality makes different materials equal. Certified products should be given priority in public procurement. A system should be created for the compilation of statistics and monitoring of material flows and for the use of materials. As for the FSC, EUTR and PFC, transparency and mutual recognition should be forced. If there is no uniform definition for the sustainability the idea is highly questionable and can be abused. Construction industry wide LCA (and maybe EPD) calculations methods should be established

14 EOS advocacy program Truly open EU-market for logistics An important cost factor for sawmill industry is the transportation of logs to the mill and the products to customers. Today, there exists various national and local restrictions and regulations concerning woody biomass transportation keeping the logistics cost unnecessarily high. European wide regulations on log and lumber products should be homogenized to remove the unnecessary restrictions.

15 EOS advocacy program RTDI and Standardization to support the use of wooden construction products Present legislation, for example with regard to energy efficiency, only concerns the use of products. The environmental impact of products during the manufacturing stage is neither assessed nor compared. Technical development and harmonization of European timber construction methods will results in competetive and more widespread use of timber in construction industry Harmonized and sufficiently simple standards are needed in order to measure and compare the environmental impact caused by all industrial manufacturing, in accordance with the TC 350 standards. Legislate to ensure that these standards (including TC 350 standards) be adopted by the member states.

16 Overview of the European legislative framework A Growth Programme for Industrial Renewal in Europe Against the backdrop of the economic and financial crisis and recent discussions on the need for growth, industrial policy seems to be back on the European public agenda. Echoing positions put forward by major European think tanks, leaders in Europe have challenged the idea of industrial policy as purely national issue, and called for a rethink of European industrial policy. On one side of the Rhine, the head of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, firmly advocates the European growth agenda to include a European industrial strategy, on the other side, France s President Hollande, who had put re-industrialisation at the heart of his election campaign, has established the first ever ministry for productive recovery, led by Arnaud Montebourg. The wood working industry will be profoundly influenced by the combined efforts of EU policy makers to establish a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy in the EU with reindustrialization as the main driver. Indeed, the European Commission wants to make sure that manufacturing output reaches 20% of GDP (currently 16%) in the EU by Against this backdrop, key issues for the sector will be energy efficiency, resource availability, sustainability, product development, and the protection of biodiversity.

17 Overview of the European legislative framework

18 European legislative framework

19 RTDI needs for the wood working industry

20 EC/Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe ; Opportunity buildings: 45 % final energy, 35 % green house gas emissions, more than 50 % of all extracted materials

21 Schweighofer Prize 2013 The worlds tallest wooden building LIFE CYCLE TOWER - Austria Murray Grove, London, UK Metla, Joensuu, Finland

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29 "Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." -- Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998 HAVE A NICE NETWORKING WEEK Kimmo.jarvinen@eos-oes.eu Phone +32 (0)