Stora Enso and FSC® Join Forces in a Strategic Partnership

Stora Enso and the Forest Stewardship Council® (“FSC”) have signed an international partnership agreement establishing a long-term strategic collaboration to develop and promote sustainable forestry.

Stora Enso and FSC have announced a new partnership agreement that aims to increase FSC certification, especially among small- and medium-sized private forest owners in the Nordics, Baltics, and across Europe. The aim is to increase the FSC certified wood supply. The work undertaken within the partnership will make FSC certification more accessible, simpler to implement and easier to promote across the value chains that Stora Enso operates in. The agreement was signed on 17 December and covers a three-year period, commencing January 2019. The first year’s focus will be on the Nordics.

“We work actively with our stakeholders to promote sustainable forest management,” says Noel Morrin, EVP Sustainability at Stora Enso. “As a customer-centric renewable materials company, Stora Enso also wants to respond to its customers’ needs for FSC certified products.”

Stora Enso has been an FSC member since 1999 and through this has experience of working with FSC to advance the principles of responsible forest management. This new strategic partnership builds on that relationship to focus more on the key operational aspects of FSC in those countries where both organisations have an active presence. It will seek to develop and promote forest certification as a key tool to improve the well-being of forests whilst providing increased supply sources for companies that want to source FSC Certified material.

“Improving solutions for small- and medium-sized forest owners to access responsible markets through FSC certification is essential for the success of our mission. Working together with Stora Enso will enable us to increase our engagement with and provide better support to a larger number and more diverse group of private forest owners, enabling them to implement FSC certification appropriately in their forests,” says Kim Carstensen, Director General of FSC.

Stora Enso actively promotes all main forest certification systems and is committed to responsible sourcing of wood and fibre only from sustainably managed forests and tree plantations. In 2017, Stora Enso mills received 37.5 million m3 of wood, a significant share of which came from private forest owners.

Stora Enso Communications’ FSC® trademark license number is FSC-N001919

About Stora Enso

Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in over 30 countries. Our sales in 2017 were EUR 10 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY).

Contact:

Ulrika Lilja – Executive Vice President Communications – +46 72 221 9228

Source: Stora Enso Oyj