Narrator: Founded more than 100 years ago,
Burgo Group is today one of Europe's top producers
of graphic papers, specialty papers,
and container board for the packaging sector.
-: People associate a piece of paper with the cut of a tree.
That is not true.
In our group, out of a tree,
we use as a paper industry the residual
and the part that cannot be utilized by other industries,
like the building industry.
We use the branches, we use the bark, we use sawmill waste.
We provide an economic incentive to growing a forest.
Narrator: In fact, Burgo Group plays a major role
in a thriving European forest industry
that adds nearly 160 million cubic meters
of wood biomass every year.
And Europe's forests help
in the fight against climate change
by absorbing around 10% of gross greenhouse gas emissions,
yet Burgo Group saw an opportunity to aim higher
and become an industry leader on sustainability.
With the support of BCG,
Burgo Group developed a comprehensive ESG strategy
that includes a roadmap to sustainable development
in seven key areas.
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-: For us, the implementation of the GO 2030 plan,
it means moving from the strategy to the operation,
so we are really looking to many opportunities,
and within the plan,
we had identified so many different targets.
I think that the most important one
is related to decarbonization.
Narrator: BCG helped Burgo Group
to define ambitious decarbonization targets.
-: The BCG teams give to us concrete support,
especially in the definition of a specific roadmap.
After that, we decide to put in place
a dedicated organization for ESG management.
-: Without the help of BCG,
that helped us structure the process,
we would not be ever able to achieve what we are achieving
in terms of reduction of CO2 to improve our ESG.
Narrator: Going beyond emission reductions,
Burgo Group worked with BCG to set a number
of other bold ESG targets for 2030.
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-: When we speak about sustainability,
we are speaking about transformation of the business model,
and we are creating the possibility to create value
in the future within the sustainability framework
with the possibility to grow in a sustainable way.
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