Certificates and labels

 

When choosing WISA® Plywood you can be assured of the products quality and responsibility. Our products are widely certified by all the relevant industry and sustainability certifications. Find our Responsibiity Statement, Product safety profiles, Environmental product declarations, certifications for FSC™ (FSC® C009856​), PEFC (PEFC/02-31-112), Quality Policy, Environmental Policy and our certificates for ISO standards right here.

 
 

Product safety profile

UPM Product Safety Profile provides one-step access to a concise summary of all relevant product safety information of WISA® Plywood products. These include for example fire-fighting measures and hand protection.

Uncoated Birch plywood

Uncoated Spruce plywood

Coated Birch plywood

Coated Spruce plywood

WISA-Duo 

WISA-Form MDO

WISA-PremiumCut

WISA-PremiumCut Clear

WISA-SpruceBT and WISA-Roof

WISA-SpruceFR

WISA-SpruceWR

WISA-Twin

UPM Grada 2000

UPM Grada Easy Top

FSC

Chain of Custody

FSC (Forest Stewardship Council™) certification ensures that WISA® Plywood raw materials come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social, and economic benefits. FSC principles and rigorous criteria provide a solid foundation for UPM forest management standards.

English


PEFC

Chain of custody

PEFC is an umbrella organization that recognizes national and regional forest certification schemes that meet internationally recognized standards for sustainable forest management. UPM meets PEFC's certification requirements for both recovered fiber use and wood raw material.

English

Finnish


EU timber regulation

UPM has taken extensive measures to ensure that the raw wood material and pulp used in its products are obtained from legal and sustainable sources. The company has also developed procedures to ensure that it meets the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation and its implementing regulation, which include managing information on tree species and the country/region of origin.

UPM Plywood origin of wood and certification schemes

 

TSCA Title VI

TSCA stands for the Toxic Substances Control Act, and Title VI deals specifically with formaldehyde emissions from wood products. A TSCA Title VI certification means that the product has been tested and meets the strict formaldehyde emission standards set by the US government. This ensures that the plywood is safe to use indoors and won't release harmful levels of formaldehyde into the air. The document is often referred to as a CARB certificate.

WISA birch plywood manufactured at UPM Otepää

WISA birch and WISA duo plywood manufactured at UPM Savonlinna

WISA birch plywood manufactured at Joensuu

WISA spruce plywood manufactured at UPM Pellos

UPM Grada thermoformable wood material



Non-use warranty for heavy metals and chemical substances

The warranty identifies heavy metals, chemicals, and their compounds that are intentionally not used in any of UPM Plywood's veneer or plywood manufacturing processes.

English

 

Declaration of formaldehyde

UPM's reporting practices also cover all relevant aspects of the environmental performance of WISA® Plywood. Declaration of formaldehyde is part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and environmental responsibility.

E1 English

DE 1.1.2020 English

 

REACH Statement

REACH places responsibility on industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety. Manufacturers and importers are required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances and to register that information in a central database in the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). UPM meets all the set requirements of REACH and welcomes REACH as a positive development.

English (pdf)

Declaration of ureaformaldehyde

Declaration of ureaformaldehyde lists WISA® Plywood products that do not include any added ureaformaldehyde. Declaration of ureaformaldehyde is part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and environmental responsibility.

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M1 – Emission classification English

The M1 emission classification is a type I environmental label limited to indoor air emissions, which sets limit values for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde, and ammonia. WISA® Plywood products that have been awarded the M1 emission classification are low-emitting and have good indoor air quality.

WISA-Birch, WISA-Birch Premium, WISA-Birch Special

WISA-Duo and WISA-Twin

WISA-Form Birch, WISA-Wire, WISA-Hexa

WISA-Spruce, WISA-SpruceBT, WISA-Roof, WISA-WallErgo, Spruce

WISA-SpruceFR

WISA-SpruceWR

WISA-Multiwall

UPM Grada


M1 – Emission classification Finnish

M1-päästöluokitus on tuotteen sisäilmapäästöihin rajattu tyypin I ympäristömerkki, joka asettaa raja-arvot haihtuvien orgaanisten yhdisteiden (VOC), formaldehydien ja ammoniakin päästöille. M1-luokitusmerkin saaneet WISA-vanerituotteet ovat vähäpäästöisiä ja niillä on hyvä sisäilmalaatu.

 

ISO 14001

Environmental management system
ISO 14001 is an international standard that specifies requirements for an environmental management system (EMS). All UPM Plywood Mills in Finland and Estonia are compliant with the ISO 14001 Environmental management system as are all UPM mills and factories globally.

English

Finnish

French

German

ISO 9001

Quality management system
ISO 9001 is an international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS). All UPM Plywood Mills in Finland and Estonia are compliant with the ISO 9001 Quality management system as are all UPM mills and factories globally.

English

Finnish

French

German

 


 

Research report: 100 years’ service life of wood in service class 1 and 2 - dry and moderately humid condition

 
 

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