SUSTAINABILITY 10 Regional character based on short distances Forestry management and the wood industry are usually staffed to greatest extent by regional employees and use the local raw material supply. Accordingly, the industry outside of the large urban centres offers plenty of jobs and occupational opportunities while it simultaneously assures a long-term regional value creation, and leads to an additional strengthening and stimulation within the regions through investment programs of the businesses. Direct transport routes in the wood harvest and short distances for the creation of wood products or their semi-finished goods additionally contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions. The same applies to the production of the well-known plasterboards. Transport by cableway Around 15 kilometres on roads separate the mine in Grundlsee from the plasterboard in Bad Aussee (see Figure 7). The cable car saves the environment 22,800 trips by truck each year on this route and thus more than 350 tonnes of CO2 emissions. On export transports, too, wood saves emissions because wood transports on roads become inefficient from distances of 150 km, which is why these mostly take place by railway. In addition, the exported wood contributes in the importing countries to savings of CO2 emissions – because they substitute energy-consuming building materials there as well. Consumption in everyday life – CO2 emissions FLIGHT round trip Munich – Mallorca Munich – Tenerife Munich – New York 0.5 tonnes 1.2 tonnes 2.4 tonnes TRIP BY CAR 12,000 km Small vehicle, petrol Small vehicle, diesel Off-roader SUV, petrol Off-roader SUV, diesel 2.8 tonnes 3.0 tonnes 6.7 tonnes 7.2 tonnes NUTRITION per year Heavy on meat Vegetarian Vegan 1.6 - 3.2 tonnes 0.9 - 1.8 tonnes 0.8 - 1.6 tonnes Figure 6 – CO2 consumption in everyday life Figure 7 – Cable car of the plasterboard factory in Bad Aussee | Austria
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