UPM Biofore Beyond Fossils

Investor presentation

April 2024

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This is UPM

SALES 2023

EUR 10.5 BILLION

Wood-based

BUSINESSES:

raw materials

UPM FIBRES

UPM ENERGY

UPM RAFLATAC

UPM SPECIALTY PAPERS

UPM COMMUNICATION PAPERS

Low-emission

​UPM PLYWOOD

energy

UPM BIOREFINING

54

RENEWABLE AND RECYCLABLE

11,000

PRODUCTS FOR:

production

customers

plants

PACKAGING​

COMMUNICATION ​

LABELLING​

TISSUE AND

HYGIENE PRODUCTS​

TRANSPORTATION​

MANUFACTURING​

180

16,600

ELECTRIFICATION​

BIOPLASTICS​

employees in

CONSTRUCTION

million end-users

43 countries

BIOMEDICALS

globally

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Our businesses

UPM Pulp

UPM Timber

A versatile range of

Certified sawn

chemical pulp for

timber for joinery,

many growing end

packaging,

uses

furniture, planing

and construction

UPM Forest

Sourcing wood raw material for sustainable and recyclable products

UPM Energy

Carbon-free electricity generation of hydro, nuclear and thermal power

UPM Raflatac

Self-adhesive paper and film products incl. label materials, graphics solutions and removable self-adhesive products.

UPM Specialty Papers

Labelling materials, release base papers, flexible packaging papers, office and graphic papers

UPM Communication Papers

Magazine papers, newsprint and fine papers for a wide range of end uses

UPM Plywood

Plywood and veneer products for construction, vehicle flooring and LNG shipbuilding

UPM Biofuels

UPM

Wood-based

Biochemicals

renewable diesel

Glycols, lignin

and naphtha

products, renewable

functional fillers

UPM Biomedicals

Wood-based biomedical products for clinical and life science applications

UPM Biocomposites

Composite decking materials and wood- based biocomposites

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We create

Growth

a future

beyond fossils

Biofore strategy drives stakeholder value creation and our transformation as the frontrunner of bioeconomy

  • We respond to megatrends and meet customers' changing needs
  • Creating new markets and enabling sustainable choices

Performance

  • Continuous improvement
  • Agile operating model
  • Corporate synergies

Innovation

  • Creating new business and competitive advantage
  • Replacing fossils with biomaterials

Responsibility

  • Renewable & sustainable solutions
  • Responsible operations and value chain

Portfolio choices

  • Strategic access to sustainable renewable raw materials
  • Investing in businesses with strong long-term fundamentals for growth and high barriers to entry

• Effective capital allocation with attractive returns

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Spearheads for growth

  • strong business platforms for growth

SPECIALTY

PACKAGING

MATERIALS

FIBRES

BIOREFINING

Communication papers

Plywood

Energy

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Global strengths and opportunities

Sales

Personnel

Assets

EUR 10,460m

16,573

EUR 18,473m

Finland

Rest of Europe

Uruguay

Asia

North America

Rest of the world

Figures for 2023

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UPM by business area in 2023

Sales

Comparable EBIT

Capital employed

EUR 10,460m

EUR 1,013m

EUR 16,414m

(average)

Fibres

Energy

Raflatac

Specialty Papers

Communication Papers

Plywood

Other

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Our climate commitment

WE ACT THROUGH

WE ACT THROUGH

WE ACT THROUGH

FORESTS

EMISSION REDUCTIONS

PRODUCTS

Committed to climate-positive

-65% from own CO2 emissions

Innovative products

forestry and enhancing

-30% from CO2 emissions

Scientifically verifying the climate

biodiversity

of supply chain

impact of all our products

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Towards net-zero emissions

(UPM 2023)

Research partners: LUKE, SYKE, IFEU

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Bioeconomy offers a sustainable alternative to fossil-based economy

Biomass use is not increasing

CO2 to carbon cycle

E-fuels and

chemicals

Biofuels and

biochemicals

Wood for

energy

Wood fibre for

pulp and paper

production

Timber and

plywood

Use of fossil resources increases CO2 amount

GtCO2/year

Use of fossils has increased

global CO2 -emissions

60

Other greenhouse gases

45

CO2 from fossil fuels

Land use and forestry

30

15

0

1851

1864

1877

1890

1903

1916

1929

1942

1955

1968

1981

1994

2007

2020

Energy from

Source: IEA, Our World in Data

fossil resources

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