UPM Forestal Oriental - Social and Enviromental Report 2014

Adapt to changes

FFORE The open air activities carried out such as afforestation are constantly affected by the weather and the challenge of any operation is to remain independent from this in order to be efficient. This year has seen a very particular This is a feature that ends up being the difference in results between com- panies. We have set out a commitment to The implementation of the assets process allowed us to focus more on the field and we were able to make significant progress together with the Complementary Products process in the grazing of all non-forest areas, generating revenue and at the same time reducing the risk of fire. Due to climatic factors, in addition

the safety of all employees working throughout the forestry chain and we managed to reduce the accident fre- quency by 42% compared with 2013. We have shown that a culture of pro- ductivity and competitiveness can be created, at the same time maintaining a culture of responsibility toward safety, the environment and the community. We have been able to better align the interests of all parties in the har- vest itself, creating a better space for the operators to reflect their skills and strengths. We again introduced the third harvest shift. Challenged by the weather, the transportation process reviewed the most important variables affecting productivity, generating grea- ter awareness in order to be able to cover more ground and make better use of the capacity to bring in wood from more sensitive circuits.

rainfall pattern, not only due to the abundance of rainfall (34.3% above the historical average for the last 30 years), but also due to the higher fre- quency of rainfall events reducing the operating time to almost 3 days per week. However, the measures taken based on what we learned in 2010 from an abundant rainfall pattern, coupled with better strategic and operational plan- ning, allowed us to carry out our logis- tics and logging activity very closely in line with our targets. I believe that this aspect of the events from the past year shows that UPM Forestal Oriental is a company that is always learning and that has the right attitude to implement actions quickly.

to a major health issue at the beginning of the year, the goal of planting 17,000 ha could not be achieved, falling 1000 ha short of the target. However, these results do not reflect the significant progress made in weed control, which would have been a huge problem in a year like this. Finally, we have changed the vision of routine tasks, looking to automate them by using advanced technology. Examples include the mass use of smart phones with a growing number of applications that make our adminis- trative tasks more efficient, as well as the use of LIDAR technology to create large-scale GPS tractor inventories in

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