DECLARAÇÃO AMBIENTAL 2018 1

ENVIRONMENTALSTATEMENT2018

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 1

This Environmental Statement of Celulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A.

represents its environmental performance in 2018.

The document was prepared in accordance with the Regulation

(EC) No. 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25th November 2009 (EMAS III)

with the alterations from Regulation (UE) 2017/1505 of the 28th of August 2017 and

Regulation(UE) 2018/2026 of the 19th of December 2018 and it was

validated on the 12th of March 2019 by a verifier from Lloyd’s

Register Quality Assurance (LRQA, accreditation PT-V-0002).

Scope of EMAS accreditation: Local activities associated with the

production of bleached paper pulp (Kraft process) and the production

of electricity for internal and external use.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 3

CELBI ........................................................................................................................................................... 04

SUSTAINABILITY POLICY .................................................................................................................. 05

FROM WOOD TO PULP ...................................................................................................................... 06

CELBI’S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ........................................................ 12

SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................................................................. 14

CELBI AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN 2018 - RESULTS AND EVOLUTION ............... 18

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAMS ............................................................ 30

GLOSSARY AND CALCULATION METHODS ........................................................................... 36

VERIFICATION STATEMENT ............................................................................................................ 40

Celulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.A., located in Leirosa, 15 km from Figueira da Foz, is entirely owned by Altri, SGPS,

S.A., a company listed on theEuronext Lisbon.

The company is hereafter designated as Celbi as this is the name recognised

by suppliers, clients andother stakeholders.

On the 31st of December 2018 Celbi had 250 employees.

Celbi produces a high qualityshort-fiber pulp from eucalyptus.

Celbi

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 5

1. To establish and implement conditions that satisfy the needs and expectations of the shareholders, clients, collaborators, suppliers, the community and other interested parties, with respect for the environment and economically sustainable conditions, with a perspective of continuous betterment, with promotion of energy efficiency and pollution prevention, prevention of injuries, prevention of wounds and prevention of damage to the health of the workers.

2. Develop, manufacture and market high quality products, causing the minimum possible environmental impact, establishing prevention and safety mechanisms and adopting internal measures that are consistent with the best available techniques economically feasible.

3. Buy wood that is produced from forests managed in a sustainable way, giving preference to wood certified according to the requirements and criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC® [1]) and/or Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™ [2]) for forest management.

4. Act in conformity with Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, EMAS, OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001, FSC® [1] Chain of Custody and PEFC™ [2].

5. Continuously improve the performance and efficiency of the Quality, Environment, Energy, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems by establishing objectives and targets periodically reviewed.

6. Comply with applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the company subscribes, setting targets that lead to the improvement of its performance.

7. Adopt criteria ensuring that environmental and social risks and impacts are minimized as well as energy consumption, when choosing processes, technologies, raw-materials and transports.

SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

CELBI REGARDS AS ITS MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP ITS ACTIVITY IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY. THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO CONDUCT ITS

ACTION PURSUING THE FOLLOWING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PRINCIPLES:

8. Promote energy efficiency, the reduction of water consumption and other natural resources, giving preference to the use of renewable sources of energy, as well as the reduction and valorisation of waste.

9. Adopt processes that lead to the production of lower quantities of waste, undertaking measures to make the best use of it, internally and externally.

10. Avoid accidents and maintain a state of operational readiness in case of emergency.

11. To prevent occupational diseases and to monitor the healthcare of the employees, in accordance with the legislation for occupational health always bearing in mind the specific conditions of the company.

12. Encourage the participation of all employees in the continuous improvement of the performance of the organisation and in achieving the set targets, promoting their awareness and technical qualification.

13. Promote development plans for the employees that strengthen their individual skills, encourage team work and reward the achievement of results and the accomplishment of objectives.

14. Provide information and resources needed to achieve the objectives and targets set.

15. Make sure that Celbi’s suppliers act in conformity with the procedures, regulations and principles adopted by Celbi, developing mechanisms to encourage collaboration.

16. Have an attitude of openness and proactive collaboration with all stakeholders.

[1] – License code: FSC-C022840[2] – License Code: PEFC/13-32-021

Figueira da Foz, April 23, 2019 | 6th Edition

From wood to pulp

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 7

Celbi produces paper pulp using exclusively eucalyptus wood. The wood arrives at the mills in the form of logs with bark. The wood is debarked and converted into chips which are gathered in piles. After a screening process, the chips are fed into a continuous digester together with white liquor (cooking chemicals). The chemicals dissolve the lignin, the substance responsible for binding the cellulose fibres together, releasing them and thus resulting in the so-called unbleached pulp.The unbleached pulp is then washed to remove residual products, organic and inorganic, which result from the cooking process and is then submitted to screening operations that will remove uncooked particles and other impurities.After these operations, the unbleached pulp is submitted to an additional delignification with oxygen, out of which results a semi bleached pulp – a yellowish pulp that is sent to the bleaching facility.When entering the bleaching plant, the pulp still contains residual compounds as a result of the degradation of lignin, which are gradually removed through chemical reactions with bleaching agents such as oxygen, hydrogen peroxide and chlorine dioxide. By the end of this phase, the pulp looks like a white thick suspension.The bleached pulp suspension is then subjected to a final screening and depuration before being put on a double running wire system to form

wood debarking chipping wood cooking pulp washing pulp bleaching pulp drying pulp bales

chemical recovery

and energy production

sheets, where most of the water is taken away, first by pressing and then by vacuum drying.The pulp is then pressed and dried by a compact drying system with heated air. After being dried, the final sheet is cut into smaller sheets which are stacked into bales of 250 kg and then carried to the pulp warehouse.In the pulp warehouse, the bales are grouped and wired into units of eight bales. They are stacked and later loaded onto lorries that transport them to the trading port or directly to the client.

The diluted black liquor discharged from the digester, resulting from the cooking of wood chips and in a diluted form, is concentrated until a thick biofuel is achieved. This concentrated black liquor is then burnt in the recovery boiler. The inorganic chemicals of the black liquor form a substance which, after being dissolved in water, forms green liquor, consisting of a large fraction of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphide.In the causticizing process, lime is added to the green liquor, thus originating white liquor (sodium hydroxide and sodium sulphide) and calcium carbonate. This, in suspension, is removed and dried and then again converted into unslaked lime in the lime kiln. Closing a cycle, the regenerated white liquor in the causticizing process will again be used in the cooking process.

Water supply

Energy supply

The raw water has two different origins: underground water from wells and surface water from the Mondego River. The treatment consists mainly of a flocculation process followed by sedimentation and filtration through sand filters.

The energy used in the pulp manufacturing process results from the burning of the concentrated black liquor in the recovery boiler and, when

necessary, from the burning of natural gas on an auxiliary boiler. The high-pressure steam produced in the boiler is expanded in a backpressure turbogenerator with 75.9 MVA of equivalent electric power and in a balance condenser with 6.5 MW of power, which is subsequently used in the process at medium pressure or low pressure. The energy released through expansion in the steam turbine is converted into electrical energy which, on average and in normal operation conditions, meets the needs of the mill. The mill’s internal medium voltage electricity distribution system is permanently connected in parallel with the national network, enabling energy exchanges (buying and selling) between the systems.

Celbi’s thermoelectrical station, which includes the recovery boiler and the turbogenerator, is licensed as a co-generator and uses primarily biomass as fuel.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 9

Residual water treatment

There are three separate networks of internal effluents: one for acid effluent, another for alkaline effluent and a third one for domestic effluent, effluent from the wood yard and rain water.All effluents go through a primary treatment process for removal of suspended solids in two separate sedimentation ponds. Part of the waste from the primary treatment containing fibers is sold as raw material for paper and cardboard production.The effluents originated from these two sedimentation ponds are mixed in a chamber and sent to the secondary treatment unit.

Industrial effluents

Treated effluent

Sedimentation (primary

treatment)

Equalisation pond

Coolingtowers

Aerobic biological

reactor (secundary treatment)

Clarifier

Neutralisation

Residues from primary

treatment

AirResidues

from secondary treatment

NutrientesAlkaliAcid

The final effluent is discharged in the Atlantic Ocean, 1.5 km off the shore, through a submarine pipeline equipped with a diffuser.

This biological treatment unit for Celbi’s liquid effluents completes the primary treatment described.

This treatment process includes the following steps: neutralisation, equalisation, cooling, aerobic treatment (activated sludge) and final clarification. The sludge resulting from the process, after being mixed with primary sludge and dehydration, is sent to the waste composting plant or it is used for other valorisation processes.

Gaseous emissions treatment Waste management and biomass

The gases resulting from the burning of black liquor in the recovery boiler are treated in electrostatic precipitators for removal of particles before being discharged through the stack.The gaseous emissions (particles, SO2, TRS, CO and NOx) are continuously monitored by online instruments.The gases from the lime kiln go through electrostatic precipitators for removal of particles being discharged through the stack.The gaseous emissions (particles, CO, NOx, SO2 and TRS) are continuously monitored by online instruments.The residual gases originating from the washing, screening, bleaching and chlorine dioxide production plants are collected and washed with an alkaline solution in a gas scrubber before being sent into the atmosphere through the stack.The condensates resulting from the evaporation of the black liquor undergo a purification process in a stripper, generating methanol and non-condensable gases that are later incinerated in the recovery boiler, thereby creating energy value.

Part of the non-hazardous industrial waste from the process activities is deposited in the waste controlled landfill (WCL) of the mill which has been in operation since 1998.The organic waste resulting from the wood preparation as well as the sludge from the effluent treatment is processed in the waste composting plant.

The waste resulting from non-process activities (paper, plastic, glass, used oils, waste contaminated with oils, metal, etc.) is collected through an extensive network of containers for selective collection and sent out to external authorised waste management operators for treatment, elimination or further uses.The bark and residual biomass from the wood yard and wood preparation plant resulting from the debarking of wood for the process are sent to the Biomass Power Plant (EDP Produção – Bioeléctrica S.A.) in order to generate electricity.

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Celbi’s Environmental

ManagementSystem

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 13

Environmental Management System

ISO 14001

Occupational Health and Safety

Management System OHSAS

18001

Chain of Custody

PEFC™ [2]

[1] – License code: FSC-C022840[2] – License Code: PEFC/13-32-021

Accredited Laboratory ISO 17025

Chain of CustodyFSC® [1]

Energy Management

SystemISO 50001

Quality Management

SystemISO 9001

Celbi’s Environmental Management System is structured in compliance with the ISO 14001 Standard and with the Regulation of the Community System of Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) of the European Union. The company has been certified according to the ISO 14001 Standard since 1999 and has been registered in EMAS since 2001.In March 2012 Celbi also obtained the certification of its Energy Management System in conformity with ISO 50001 Standard.

The Environmental Management System clearly regulates how the legal requests should be identified and dealt with.Potential risks for the workforce, facilities and the environment are identified and the correspondent mitigation/control measures are stated. An Internal Emergency Plan has

been produced showing the possible emergency scenarios and the correspondent procedures for preventing and/or avoiding their consequences.All contractors operating within the mill site are subjected to the Management System procedures particularly to those concerning environmental and occupational health and safety issues.

The documents composing the Environmental Management System are organised according to the following hierarchy:

- Sustainability Policy;- Environmental Management Manual;- Environmental issues and their corresponding impacts

and control measures;- Objectives and Specific Development Programmes and

Betterment Projects;- Procedures;- Emergency Plans;- Records.

Employees’ participationThe production and editing of the documents concerning the environmental aspects are made in close participation of the employees working at those areas or activities.Employees also take part in the work groups set up for continuous improvement (Specific Development Programmes, Betterment Projects (Kobetsu), reliability groups and daily Kaizen meetings), in the Environmental, Health and Safety Commission and in periodic meetings involving various levels of the organisation.All the information concerning the company’s environmental performance is available on the Intranet, which is accessible to all levels of the organisation.

SignificantEnvironmental

Impacts

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 15

Model for assessment of environmental impacts

The Register of Environmental Aspects describes the way that Celbi activities affect the environment. This register illustrates the environmental impacts associated with the various facilities and categorise them bearing in mind three operational conditions.

Environmental impacts are assessed on three levels, as shown in the following table.

Situation Scale of impactDefinition/conditions Definition

Normal operation Minimum/marginal1

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Shut-down/start-upMedium/moderate2

IncidentSerious/major 3

Operation running smoothly, under control, within typical and usual conditions and according to plan.

Small scale impact with consequences and emissions within legal limits, international recommendations and within the capacities of the receiving media.

Somehow unstable conditions, such as those prior to or following an operational disruption that has been planned and is under control, either of short or long duration.

Medium scale impact, moderately tolerated by the environment, locally or globally, such as those caused by incidents or disturbances that may lead to a temporary increase of environmental parameters.

Unexpected and uncharacteristic occurrence such as breakdown, failure, leakage, explosion, etc., that may require corrective measures or cause shut-down due to failure of immediate control.

Impact bound to cause severe damage to the environment, locally or globally, or impact that originates from and causes emissions above the legal limits.

Assessments are carried out periodically with the employees’ participation and closely follow the procedures stated in the Environmental Management System.

The following table summarises the most significant environmental aspects (scale of impact 3), identifies them as direct or indirect and shows the measures to control and/or reduce the risks, including the environmental objectives and the associated environmental targets.

Description and origin of the environmental aspect

Operational conditions

Probableenvironmental impact

Control measures to reduce the risk and associated environmental objectives and targets

Liquid emissions:Color emissions, COD, BOD5, TSS, AOX, and pH.Originating from residual water from wood washing, spills, overflows or leakages of pulp, liquor, condensate or leakages from the controlled landfill.

Gaseous emissions:Emissions of SO2, NOx, H2S, dust, CO and CO2 coming from the operation of the lime kiln, recovery boiler and bleaching.

Raw material consumptionWood, water and natural gas.

Noise Resulting from:- industrial facilities- mill shut-down for maintenance

work- extension work or equipment

modernisation.

Incident Caused by malfunctioning or shut-down of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) or by breakage of the liner of the cell meant for “non-hazardous industrial waste”.

IncidentCaused by malfunctioning or shut-down of the auxiliary control equipment, namely electro filters, gas scrubbers and continuous monitors.

Normal operation

Incident or shut-down start-up

Non-compliance with the threshold limit value (TLV) listed in the Environmental Permitting Regulation.Can harm fauna and flora in the Ocean.Risk of soil contamination. Risk of contamination of groundwater supplies.

Non-compliance with the TLV listed in the Environmental Permitting Regulation.Contribute to the greenhouse effect and climate change, change in the pH of the soil and water and may have effects on the air quality.

Consumption of natural resources.

May cause disturbances in the neighbouring villages.

The control of these parameters is established in internal analytical control programmes.There are several internal mechanisms for preventing this type of incident, namely level indicators with alarm in the tanks, temperature sensors in the discharge tubes of the tanks and collection systems to prevent overflows.The secondary treatment unit includes a fully impermeable emergency basin, with capacity for 49,000 m3 to operate in case of accident or irregular discharges.There are inspection plans and emergency plans to be put in place in case the liner of the cell meant for “non-hazardous industrial waste” in the waste controlled landfill breaks.

PROJECT C17 Programme (Page 31)

These parameters are continuously monitored by meters online and through laboratory tests.CO2 emissions are monitored and verified according to the legislation in force related to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Efforts have been made in order to decrease the consumption of these raw materials, namely water.

CEAG Programme (Page 31)PROJECT C17 Programme (Page 31)

Periodically monitored.

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ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 17

Description and origin of the environmental aspect

Operational conditions

Environmentalaspect

Probableenvironmental impact

Environmental impact(in case of incident)

Control measures to reduce the risk and associated environmental objectives and targets

Control measures to reduce the risk and associated environmental objectives and targets associated

Oil leaks or spills from hydraulic equipment.

Methanol and/or NCG leaks or spills.

Leakage of chemicals from their storage tanks: hydrogen peroxide,oxygen, sulphuric acid, chlorine dioxide, sodium chlorate, caustic soda, white liquor, green liquor and black liquor.

Fire in the wood piles stored in the wood yard, in the biofuel pile, in the controlled landfill, in the propane tank, in the electrical panel board room or in the pulp bales in the warehouse.

Incident

Environmental behaviour and practices of contractors performing outsourced works and sub-contracted tasks (e.g. annual shut-downs).

Incident

Incident

Incident

Risk of pollution of the ocean and neighbouring beaches with hydrocarbons.

Liquid emissions and/or soil contamination with chemicals or hydrocarbons.Excessive and uncontrolled production of waste.Noise, gas emissions and risk of fire.

Risk of explosion and release of gases, spreading obnoxious odours in the surrounding areas.

Risk of explosion, fire, final effluent and/or soil contamination.

Danger of propagation to other areas of the mill site and to the neighbouring forest.

There are several retention basins and hydrocarbon separation boxes.Intervention in such equipment and hydrocarbon management are regulated in a number of procedures of the Environmental Management System.The secondary treatment plant includes a fully impermeable emergency basin with capacity for 49 000 m3 that will operate in case of accident or irregular discharges.

There are various procedures in the framework of the Environmental Management System and Occupational Health and Safety Management System that help preventing and/or controlling these situations.The Health, Safety and Environment plans for the annual shut-down include specific requirements that must be complied with concerning environmental performance.Adequate training is provided to the contractors’ employees prior to the annual shut-downs and projects.

There are specific collection basins with connections to general overflow collection tanks. It may cause shut-down of the facilities. Odorous gases are incinerated in the recovery boiler or in a flare.

Tanks are inside retention basins equipped with conductivity meters.All tanks are equipped with level meters online.There is an Internal Emergency Plan that clearly states how to act in case these accidents occur.The secondary treatment plant includes a fully impermeable emergency basin with capacity for 49 000 m3 that will operate in case of accidents or irregular discharges.

There is an Internal Emergency Plan that clearly states how to act in case of fire.

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Celbi and the Environment

in 2018

Results and Evolution

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 19

General aspects

The limits for the emission of pollutants stated in the Environmental Permitting Regulation were accomplished and the compulsory measures for environmental management were implemented, particularly those concerning effluents, emissions, waste, energy, complaints and emergencies.

There were no environmental emergency situations or significant leakages.

The method used for calculating the performance indicators is in line with those given in EMAS Regulation and is duly explained in the “Glossary and Methods of Calculation” of this Environmental Statement.

Ann

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lp P

rodu

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n

109%

106%

103%

100%

2016 2017 2018

100%

101%

109%

Annual production Consumptions

Wood

(A) T

otal

woo

d co

nsum

ptio

nm

3 s

ub

2016 2017 2018

109%

106%

103%

100% 100%

101%

108%

The increase in total annual wood consumption, besides being directly related to the increase in pulp production, was inferior in terms of percentages, which indicates the positive effect of the optimization projects (next image).

2016 2017 2018

13 695 14 233

Water

(A) Total water use (*103 m3 ptp)

The goal set for the specific water use was 15 m3 ptp by the end of 2018.In 2018, the value of the specific water use was 15.8 m3 ptp.

12 458

(R) S

peci

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woo

d co

nsum

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nm

3 s

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2016 2017 2018

109%

106%

103%

100% 100% 100%99%

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use

per

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ptp

14,3

2016 2017 2018

14,3 15,1 11,9

4,5 4,3 3,9

wells

Mondego river

objective

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 21

sulphuric Acid

(A) T

otal

con

sum

ptio

n tChemicals

90%

98%93%

2016 2017 2018

80%

70%

60%

120%

130%

110%

100%

oxygen

64%

caustic soda (100%)

108%

88%

122%

77%

hydrogen peroxide

95% 93%

chlorine dioxide (in CIO2)

The reduction of chemical consumption is directly related to the use of a new washing equipment installed during the C17 project.

103%

(R) S

peci

fic

cons

umpt

ion

kg p

tp

85%

107%

86%

121%

100%

85%81%

94%

71%

59%

2016 2017 2018

75%

115%

125%

65%

105%

55%

95% 97%

oxygen

caustic soda (100%)

hydrogen peroxide

chlorine dioxide (in CIO2)

102%sulphuric Acid

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ion %

100%

2016 2017 2018

110%

115%

105%

100 %

electric energy

thermal energy

total

101%

99% 99%

104%103% 103%

Energy

The increase in annual energy consumption is directly related to the increase in pulp production.

(R) S

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96%95%

95%

2016 2017 2018

97%

101%

96%

100%

95%

99%

100%

electric energy

thermal energy

total

98%

Energy sources for the production process

2016

GJ ptp

Fuels 2017

GJ ptp

2018

GJ ptp

14,1

0,2

14,3

Non-fossil

14,0

0,2

14,2

13,5

0,2

13,7

Black Liquor

Methanol and NCG

Sub - total

1,4

<0,005

1,4

Fossil Natural Gas

Diesel

Sub - total

1,4

<0,005

1,4

1,3

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1,3

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fuels

Fossilfuels

2016 2017 2018

60%

40%

20%

100%

80%

Liquid emissions

Total liquid emissions

The threshold limit value stated in the Environmental Permit for liquid emissions was fully complied. In May 2018, a new permit for water resources was issued that maintained the limit values of specific emission and introduced new limit values of concentrated emission.

2016(A) 2017 2018

12 090

971

8 013

709

74

75

67

Flow, 103 m3

TSS, t COD, t O2

BOD5, t O2 AOX, t Cl2

Total nitrogen, t N

Total phosphorous, t P

12 019

985

8 511

908

80

106

58

9 771

1 013

7 228

777

87

91

74

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(R) E

fflue

nt F

low

m3

ptp

2016 2017 2018

30

20

50

10

0

40

Specific liquid emissions

17 16

12

VMA = 15

(R) C

OD

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fflue

ntkg

O2

ptp

2016 2017 2018

15

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2016 2017 2018

0,6

0,4

1,0

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1,0

1,2

1,0

1,4

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2016 2017 2018

1,5

2

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(R) A

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fflue

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2016 2017 2018

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2016 2017 2018

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2016 2017 2018

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Liquid Emissions expressed in concentration(Annual median Value)

Parameter 2018 (after May)

mg/l

VLE

mg/l

TSSCODAOX

Total Nitrogen Total Phosphorous

89 100

752 950

9,2 10

8,7 15

7,9 10

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Gaseous emissions

Total gaseous emissions from the pulp production process

The stipulated limit value was respected throughout the year.

The emissions from the paper pulp production process are the sum of the emissions from the recovery boiler, the lime kiln and the bleaching and washing plants scrubber.

2016 2017 2018(A)

56 65 66

21 17 28

11 9 6

753 848 799

Dust (t dust)

SO2 (t S)

H2S (t S)

NOx (t NO2)

(R) D

ust

kg d

ust p

tp

2016 2017 2018

0,3

0,2

0

0,4

0,08 0,09 0,08

VMA = 0,45

Specific gaseous emissions from the pulp production process

(R) S

O2

kg S

ptp

2016 2017 2018

0,1

0

0,2

0,030,02

0,04

VMA = 0,2

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(R) H

2Skg

S p

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2016 2017 2018

0,05

0

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0,02

0,01 0,01

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2016 2017 2018

1

0,5

0

1,5

1,041,15

1,01

VMA = 1,5

Gaseous emissions expressed in concentration by emission point

Parameter

Parameter

Parameter

EmissionPoint

EmissionPoint

EmissionPoint

2018

mg/m3N 8%O2

2018

mg/m3N 3%O2

2018

mg/m3N

Legal Limit

mg/m3N 8%O2

Legal Limit

mg/m3N 3%O2

Legal Limit

mg/m3N

Recovery Boiler

AuxiliaryBoiler

Bleaching and washing residual gas

scrubber

15

14

162

0,7

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57

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16

69

3

165

15

150

500

500

10

200

300

200

150

500

5

200

30

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NOx (NO2)

TRS (H2S)

COV (C)

NOxVOC

DustSO2

TRS (H2S)

VOC (C)

Chlorinated inorganic

compounds (CI)

DustSO2

NOx (NO2)

TRS (H2S)

VOC (C)

Lime Kiln 11

5

303

9

20

150

500

500

50

200

In July 2014, with the publication of the new Environmental Permit the emission limit value established was expressed in concentration by emission point.

CO2 fossil emissions in the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)

The emissions trading scheme is a flexible mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme – (EU ETS) is the first instrument of intra-Community market to regulate emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG).

In Portugal, the implementation of the EU Directive is made through the National Allocation Plan valid for 2013-2020.In 2013, Celbi obtained its permit for the emission of gases responsible for the greenhouse effect for that period.CO2 emissions in 2018 were verified and validated by Lloyd´s Register Quality Assurance.

2016 2017 2018(A)

64 020 65 183 67 104Total fossil CO2 emissions t

(R) F

ossi

l CO

2 em

issi

ons

(in t

he s

cope

of E

U E

TS)

kg C

O2

ptp

2016 2017 2018

60

40

100

20

80

88 8985

Waste

Total process waste production, t b.d.

2016 2017 2018

Total

8 173

7 319

8 709

4 629

7 027

4 084

295

268

4 940

571

3 376

189

5 271

23

27 449

4 284

7

29 091

4 075

4

19 517

6 100 5 553 762

Green liquor waste (030302)

Waste from the screening (030310)

Waste lime and lime sludge (030309)

Waste from the scrubber (030302)

Waste from the effluent treatment (030310 and 030311)

General waste

Waste from the wood yard (030301)

(R) P

rodu

ced

proc

edur

al r

esid

ues

kg a

.s pt

p

2016 2017 2018

15

40

10

35

25

5

30

20

Green liquor waste

Waste from the effluent treatment

Waste from the screening

Waste lime and lime sludge

Waste from the wood yard

Waste from the scrubber

Generalwaste

11,2

0,4

7,3

10,1

0,40

8,4

8,9

4,3

5,2

5,20,20

1

11,8

6,7

5,8

6,3

0,80

7,6

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 29

No complaints were registered in 2018.

Training effort regarding environmental protection issues and occupational health and safety in 2018.

Environmental complaints

Training

Hours. Person Hours Participants

Celbi´s staffContractors

Total

1 263 363

27 080 5 005

28 343 5 368

An effort has been made to reduce the production of waste in the manufacturing process through several process optimization actions.

The hazardous waste produced internally is essentially used oils, rags contaminated with hydrocarbons, water contaminated with hydrocarbons, liquids resulting from washing parts, etc. In 2018, about 243t (0.3 kg / tpsa) of hazardous waste was produced and everything was sent to licensed external operators.

In 2018 an environmental noise assessment was carried out at the mill site and at the surrounding areas. The results showed that the company acts in full compliance with the requirements of noise emissions in surrounding areas as fixed by the Portuguese RGR (General Noise Regulation approved by Decree-Law No. 9/2007), since the activities do not produce sound levels above the legal limits.

Two emergency drills were performed, one on a sodium hypochlorite spill / leak situation and the other for a fire scenario in silo number 1 for wood chip storage.

In regard to land use, the area of the mill site is 545 857 m2 which is the equivalent to 0,75 m2 /ptp.

The procedures for identification, classification and internal communication of applicable legal requirements are established according to the Environmental Management System.

Noise

Emergencies

Biodiversity

Applicable legal requirements

These procedures are available in a specific data base on the company’s Intranet and can be accessed by every Celbi employee.Each year an assessment of legal compliance is made in accordance with the procedures of the Environmental Management System. In the evaluation performed in 2018, some minor issues were identified, and are already under resolution process.

EnvironmentalObjectives and

Programs

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 31

Development and deployment of objectives andprograms from previous years

To reduce the specific water use to the following values:

2018: 15 m3 ptp

Start: December 2012Deadline: End 2018

CEAG Program

The specific use of water in 2018 was 15.8 m3 / ptp.With Project C17, conditions were created for better water recovery in the Pulping Group (digester, washing and screening and bleaching). After the annual shutdown of 2017 the results of these actions were reflected in the specific monthly use. In addition to these actions, at the beginning of 2018, efforts were made by a working group created to follow up on this program, in the implementation of measures to recover filtrates and condensates from the process, as well as in the management of spills and awareness-raising actions of rational water use.It was decided to close this program due to the good results achieved.

CLOSED

Program C17 had defined the following objectives: Increasing energy efficiency • Reduction of environmental impact • Reduction of the consumption of bleaching chemicals • Increased process stability • Increased reliability of manufacturing facilities

Start: February 2016 Deadline: June 2018

Program PROJECT C17

In this project there were no plans to change existing infrastructures (highways, buildings, streets) but only to replace some procedural equipment.

Two areas of the manufacturing process were altered: Installation of a new conveyor belt for debarking and wood shredding, with a capacity of 510 m3sob / h. Installation of new washing equipment that will increase the efficiency of the installation, reducing

the consumption of bleaching chemicals and the organic load of the final effluent.

The estimated value of this investment was around 40 million euros, with the aim of continuing to have an ecologically balanced mill, in compliance with national and community legislation, as well as the full awareness of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) applicable to the pulp and paper production sector.

Project C17 is considered to be completed as far as installation is concerned. For reasons of common interest of CELBI and suppliers, the performance tests have not yet been carried out. It is planned to take place after the 2019 annual shutdown. It was decided to close this program.

CLOSED

Objective Objective

Eliminate biological sludge for composting through the energy recovery of biological sludge.

Start: January 2017Deadline: End of 2019

VALAMAS Program

CELBI has been gradually increasing its pulp production and associated with this increase in production there has also been an increase in the production of biological sludge in the secondary effluent treatment. The extremely high values of biological sludge production require technically and economically viable alternatives for their recovery inside or outside the CELBI facilities but also need to be environmentally appropriate.For several years, priority has been given to the development of biological sludge in preparation of a compound for agricultural and silvicultural application. For this purpose, a composting unit was installed for biological sludge and other waste in CELBI. However, from year to year, it becomes increasingly difficult to place in the market, for agricultural or forestry valorisation, the compound obtained in the composting operation, in addition to the problems associated with the odors resulting from the fermentation of biological sludge in CELBI, situations which will certainly worsen in the coming years. Thus, as part of the CELBI Environmental Permit renewal request, as an alternative to composting, the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) was requested to authorize the energy recovery of biological sludge in the Recovery Boiler. In October 2017 the first amendment to the CELBI Environmental Permit was granted by APA, which included LER 030311 (sludges from local effluent treatment, other than those mentioned in 030310 (primary sludge, secondary sludge from biological treatment)) as a non-hazardous waste for energy recovery in the Recovery Boiler.This project was approved and is in execution phase. It is expected that the energy recovery of biological sludge will start in June 2019.It was decided to close this program.

CLOSED

Check the need to update the registration dossiers in REACH and the white and green liquor safety data sheets based on their sulphide concentrations.

Start: October 2017Deadline: End of 2018

REACH Program

According to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, CELBI had to register with the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) the substances it produces internally. This registration was made through the submission of a technical dossier whose content is described in article 10 of the regulation.ECHA recently requested to consider the concentration of sulphide in the register of white and green liquors instead of the product in solution. For these reason CELBI will have to determine the sulphide concentration of its liquors and proceed to update the dossiers accordingly.A consultant was hired to carry out the updating of registration dossiers, training on REACH and subsequent audit of the dossiers for the assessment of legal compliance.The updating of the liquor registration dossiers is in progress and the need for further analysis of the liquors has been identified and is under way.The consultant was asked to give a checklist of legal compliance on the REACH regulation to identify the requirements that should be the focus of the training.It was decided to close this program, passing this subject on to be followed in the daily kaizen meetings, through an action in the improvement cycle (PDCA).

CLOSED

Objective Objective

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 33

Development and current status of the objectives and programs opened in 2018

Adapt Celbi’s Environmental Permit to BREF PP 2015

Start: January 2018 Deadline: September 2018

Adaptation Program L.A.

CELBI - Celulose Beira Industrial, SA has an Environmental Permit (LA no. 517 / 1.0 / 2014), issued by the Portuguese Environmental Agency (APA) valid until 01.07.2024. According to Nº 7, line a) of article 19 of Decree-Law no. 127/2013 of August 30th, the PCIP operator should request the updating of the Environmental Permit whenever decisions on the conclusions of BAT (Best Available Techniques) are published for the main activity, within a maximum period of 4 years after its publication. In addition, in 2016 and 2017, CELBI implemented the C17 project, which included the installation of a new line of debarking and wood shredding with greater energy efficiency and higher yield in wood, the installation of a new pulp washer, which allows to increase the efficiency of the raw pulp washing phase with the reduction of the bleaching chemicals consumption and the organic load in the final effluent, as well as the remodelling of the D1 stage of bleaching, which included the construction of a new tower. In this context, a request for the updating of the environmental license and industrial licensing associated with the C17 project was sent to APA. APA’s response to this request is awaited. It was decided to close this program.

CLOSED

Objective

Objectives and programs for 2019

In 2019, as part of the FUTURO project (Kaizen project implemented at CELBI), there will be several Environmental improvement projects being followed through the Kobetsu methodology. Kobetsu-Kaizen is an improvement tool focused on a particular problem and is based on an information system and a very concrete definition of the objective, the means and the way to achieve the objective, using different versions of Kaizen such as the analysis of the 5 Why`s or Ishikawa diagram (root cause analysis).

This methodology is measured using the following steps:

1 Clarify scope and purpose 2 Analyse the current situation3 Define Future State4 Discover root causes5 Draw solutions 6 Test solutions 7 Update Action Plan 8 Confirm results and standardize 9 Lessons learned and replication

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 35

Environmental improvement projects underway and in development in 2019

Objective

Reduction of 10% of the amount of waste from screening of raw pulp (7.0 kg / ptp to 6.3 kg / ptp)

Organizational structure: Production Director (Sponsor); Head of Operational Area (Owner); Production Technician; Process technician; Process Assistant; Superior Laboratory Technique.

Delivery structure: Characterization of the problem Definition of root causes Definition and testing of solutions Standardization of the project

Schedule:Start: November 2018Deadline: April 2019

Objective

Implementation of measures to reduce electricity consumption to 485 kWh / tpsa

Organizational structure: Administrator (Sponsor); Director of Development of Industrial Operations (Owner); Management Systems Technician; Process Technician; Process Assistant; Head of Electrical Maintenance, Automation and Systems; Head of Operational Area; Process Assistant Technician; Production Technician.

Delivery structure: Characterization of the problem Definition of root causes Definition and testing of solutions Standardization of the project

Schedule:Start: October 2018Deadline: April 2019

Objective

Specific use of water of 15 m3 / ptp, through the elimination of losses; Maintain COD loading at the entry of secondary treatment below 50 ton / day;

Organizational structure: Production Director (Sponsor); Process Engineer (Owner); Chief of Strategic Development Sector; Head of the Recovery and Energy Sector; Director of Development of Industrial Operations; Director of Technical Control and Management Systems; Superior Laboratory Technique; Superior Environmental Technique

Delivery structure: Characterization of the problem Definition of root causes Definition and testing of solutions Standardization of the project

Schedule:Start: May 2018Deadline: May 2019

Screening Pulp Efficiency Programreduction of waste production

Electricity Consumption Optimization Program

Water and Effluent Optimization Program

Glossary and Calculation

Methods

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 37

ACR Controlled Waste Landfill.

APA Portuguese Environment Agency.

AOX Acronym for the English term “adsorbable organic

halogens”.

Parameter used to evaluate the organochlorine

content of a liquid effluent.

a.s. Absolutely dry.

BREF PP Best Available Techniques Reference Document for

the pulp and paper industry.

CBO5 Biochemical oxygen demand. Parameter that

measures the potential environmental impact of a

liquid effluent on the receptor medium caused by the

biochemical oxidation of the compounds organic.

CELE European Trade in Emission Allowances.

Cl2 Chlorine.

CO Carbon Monoxide.

CO2 Carbon Dioxide.

COD Chemical oxygen demand. Parameter that

measures the potential environmental impact

of a liquid effluent on the receptor medium,

caused by the chemical oxidation of the organic

compounds.

Glossary

Direct environmental aspects Linked to activities on which Celbi holds the

management control, and can therefore directly

exercise control, correction and improvement

actions.

ECHA “European Chemicals Agency” - European Chemicals

Agency.

ECR Waste Composting Station.

EDP Energias de Portugal, S.A..

EMAS Acronym for the English term “Environmental

Management and Audit Scheme”, whose

translation into Portuguese is the Community

Eco-Management and Audit Scheme.

(www.apambiente.pt).

eq. sol . cubic meter solid equivalent. Unit of measurement

of the volume of wood under bark.

EU European Union.

FSC The Forest Stewardship Council is a non-

-governmental, international and independent

organization with three chambers - economic,

environmental and social - that defines the

Principles and Criteria for responsible forest

management. (www.fsc.org).

GHG carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous

oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),

perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride

(SF6).

GJ Gigajoule.

GNC Non-condensable gases.

H2S Hydrogen sulfide.

Indirect environmental aspects Linked or resulting from activities, products and

services over which Celbi does not have full

management control and may only have indirect

influence over them.

ISO 9001 International standard specifying requirements for

a quality management system.

ISO 14001 International standard specifying requirements for

an environmental management system.

ISO 17025 International Standard specifying the general

competence requirements for test and calibration

laboratories.

ISO 50001 International standard specifying requirements for

an energy management system.

Kaizen “Continuous Improvement” - http://uk.kaizen.com.

kg Kilogram.

Km Kilometer.

Kobetsu “Improved focus” - Kaizen tool for structured

problem solving.

LER European Waste List.

m2 Square meter.

m3 Cubic meter.

m3sob / h cubic meters solid with bark per hour

(sob = solid over bark)

MTD’s Best Available Techniques.

mg / l milligram per liter.

N Nitrogen.

NO2 Nitrogen dioxide.

NOx General designation of the oxides of nitrogen

formed during the burning of a fuel. It can give rise

to acid rain and be responsible for acidification of

soils and freshwater reserves.

O2 Oxygen.

OHSAS 18001 Standard specifying requirements for an

occupational health and safety management

system.

Owner Project Manager.

P Phosphorus.

PCIP Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control.

PDCA Continuous Improvement Cycle (Plan; Do;

Check; Act).

PEFC “Program for the Endorsement of Forest

Certification Schemes” is a certification scheme

intended to assure timber and paper buyers that

they are buying sustainable forest management

products based on the social, environmental and

economic pillars.

pH symbol for the potential physical-chemical

magnitude of hydrogen indicating the acidity,

neutrality or alkalinity of an aqueous solution.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2018 39

The environmental indicators reported in this environmental statement are calculated in accordance with those specified in Regulation (EC) No. 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 25th November 2009 (EMAS III), in its most recent redaction.

Each indicator is composed by:a) The value corresponding to the total annual impact (A);b) The value of the total annual production of the Organisation (B);c) The R value, corresponding to the ratio A/B that is the specific value of

the annual impact (A).

Sofia Reis JorgeManager of the Technical Control and Management Systems Department+351 233 955 600sofia.jorge@altri.pt

Celulose Beira Industrial (Celbi), S.ALeirosa3081-853 Figueira da FozCAE: 17110 | NACE: 1711

Calculation methods

Contacts

PNALE National Plan of Emission Licenses.

ptp Per ton of pulp.

RGR General Regulation of Noise.

REACH “Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and

Restriction of Chemicals” is a European Union

regulation approved with the aim of improving the

protection of human health and the environment

against the risks that may result from chemicals

and, at the same time, competitiveness of the

chemical industry in the European Union.

S Sulfur

s.a. air dried

Sponsor Project Sponsor

SO2 Sulphurous anhydride. Gas formed in the

combustion of sulfur-containing fuels. Oxidation

and reaction with the humidity of the atmosphere

can give rise to acid rain.

SST Total suspended solids. Parameter that measures

the amount of suspended solids in a liquid effluent.

t ton

tpsa Ton per dry pulp in the air.

TRS “Total Reduced Sulfur”.

VLE Emission Limit Value

VMA Maximum permissible value.

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds.

WCL Waste controlled landfill

WWTP Wastewater treatment plant.

DECLARAÇÃO AMBIENTAL 2018 3

CELULOSE BEIRA INDUSTRIAL (CELBI), S.A.Leirosa, 3081-853 Figueira da Foz | Portugal

Tel. +351 233 955 600 | Fax +351 233 955 648

www.celbi.pt | www.altri.pt

CAE: 17110 | NACE: 1711