According to the data of 2021, the sum of direct and energy indirect GHG emissions (Scope 1+2) of APPM (including all subsidiaries and their branch offices) amounted to 1,959,242 tons СО2-eq., which is 1,144,179 tons СО2-eq., or 36.9% less than in the baseline year of 1990, and 10.9% lower than the organization's voluntary limit on GHG emissions for the period up to 2020 in the amount of 2,200,000 tons of CO2-eq. per year.

Specific GHG emissions per ton of pulp cooked in 2020 turned out to be 1.972 tons CO2-eq/t pulp.

The main factors responsible for the reduction in the amount of direct and energy indirect GHG emissions in 2020 compared to the baseline year 1990 were increasing in the share of biomass in the fuel mix from 28.1% to 45.7%, reduction in the energy intensity of production at APPM in Novodvinsk (for heat - by 37.1%, for electricity - by 21.2%) and reduction in electricity consumption from third-party sources by 56.6%.

In 2021 Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill JSC calculated the carbon intensity (carbon footprint) of produced finished products and services for the period of 2020 in accordance with the requirements of ISO/TS 14067:2018 and GOST R 56276-2014/ISO/TS 14067:2013, and also taking into account the recommendations and guidelines set out in the standards PAS 2050:2011, GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Standard Guidelines approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation.

In total, carbon intensity was determined for 18 types of marketable products, produced in 2020 at APPM site in Novodvinsk (including third-party wastewater treatment, third-party heat generation and other services), 7 types of which (6 types of pulp-paper products, as well as thermal energy supplied to external consumers), were classified as the main products.

Before that, the carbon intensity of commercial products of all branch offices of Arkhbum JSC, Arkhbum Tissue Group LLC and Arkhbum-Upak LLC was assessed. When calculating for the Novodvinsk site, 31 external and 80 internal resources were taken into account, which account for at least 97% of the total GHG emissions along the entire process chain of production from the extraction of raw materials and fuel to the finished product warehouse (delivery of products to external consumers).

Compared to the previous year of 2019, in 2020 there was a decrease in carbon intensity for all main types of products of the mill in the range from 7.5% to 24.1%.

Notes:

• For calculating specific GHG emissions, only direct (Scope 1) and energy indirect (Scope 2) emissions are taken into account.

• Data on greenhouse gas emissions are presented for 2020, due to the fact that the verification of the GHG statement for 2020 is carried out in 2021.