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CREATING A RENEWABLE FUTURE IN THE BIOECONOMY

Concerned SDG(s):12, 13, 15 Company name:Stora Enso OYJ Industry:Paper manufacturing

CHALLENGE

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Stora Enso is a Finnish manufacturer of pulp, paper and other forest products.

Wishing to contribute to a greener future, the company accepted a challenge to make manufacturing of these products more sustainable.

Currently, Stora Enso is transforming from a traditional paper and board producer to a renewable materials growth company. Company29 believes that everything that is made of fossil-based materials today can be made of a tree tomorrow.

PRACTICE

Sustainability at Stora Enso covers the social, environmental, and economic responsibility30 of operations throughout the valuechain,with human rights integrated in all thatcompanydoes(Fig. 1).

Social agenda of Stora Enso is based on wide workforce providedbydiverse pool of employees.In employee safety, the total amount of recordable incidents within the organization was mitigated by 18% compared to previous year 2017. Additionally, the company focuses on taking care of the local communitiessituated in their places ofoperation,as well ascarrying outethically sound business.As an example of that, recently Stora Enso has directed 46% of its community investment budget to Brazil, where the company manages 213 500 hectares of forest in collaboration with a localcompany.

Figure 1 Sustainability Strategy of Stora Enso

29Stora Enso: Our Strategy, https://www.storaenso.com/en/about-stora-enso/our-strategy

30Stora Enso: Sustainability and governace, https://www.storaenso.com/en/sustainability/sustainability- strategy-and-governance

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Iryna MALIATSINA and Alena CHISTIAKOVA (Lappeenranta University of Technology)

https://doi.org/10.29180/ISSUEI.21.13

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PRACTICE

Not onlyhavethey reserved half of the managed land forrain forest restoration and conservation,but alsothey activelysupport local income generation and employment, as well as other local development programs. The collaboration unites companies, governments, local communities and non- governmental organizations to reach the definedsustainabilitygoals through different projects.

To address environment’s needs, Stora Enso is committed to efficient use of materials, water and energy. In 2018, it has managed to utilize 98% of the wastegenerated in their manufacturing processes and lowered itsCO2equivalent emissionsby18% compared to the measurement base levelyearof2010.

Inaddition,thecompanygained all required certificates that guarantee thatforests and land are utilized in a sustainable way.

To ensure economic sustainability, Stora Enso operates with customer-oriented approach. The company closely monitors its supply chain and sets high sustainability criteria in its tendering processesconcerningexternalsourcing.

Picture Source: storaenso.com Figure 2 Stora Enso: three strategic SDGs

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Stora Enso is also supporting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly focusing on the three goals that have been identified as the most strategic to their business (Fig. 2).The companycontributes to those goals by using renewable materials, partaking in the bio- economyand circulareconomy,and safeguarding forestbiodiversity.

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Stora Enso has been widely awarded and they have received endorsement for their sustainability practices. These recognitions and indices include Euronext Vigeo, FTSE4GoodIndex,ECPI EthicalIndices,ISS-oekom Research class“Prime”, MSCI,Ecovadis, OMX GES Sustainability Finland Index, STOXX ESG Indices, Ethibel, Transition Pathway Initiative, CDP Climate A list, Sustainability Reporting Awards Finland, ReportWatch, WBSCD top tensustainability report,Sustainable BrandIndex,Equileap rank12in gender equalityand Most sustainablecompany 2018in Sweden.

BENEFITS AND RESULTS

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Picture Source: storaenso.com

Figure 3 Sustainable alternatives to non-renewable materials produced by Stora Enso

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BENEFITS AND RESULTS

Contributing significantly to bio-economy, the company produces materials that are renewable, reusable, and recyclable, and form the building blocks for a range of innovative solutions that can help replace products based on fossil fuels and other non-renewable materials (Fig. 3). Stora Enso has a range of positive financial, social, and environmental impacts on society, such as direct and indirect employment, taxesanddividends,and products providing renewable alternatives to non- renewable materials. Todayinnovative solutions developed by Stora Enso are found in such segments as building, retail, food and beverages, manufacturing, publishing, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, confectionary, hygieneandtextiles. Tomorrow,as thecompany believes there is the potential to produce anything that’s made with fossil-based materials from a tree.

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