Sustainability targets and progress 

Stora Enso tracks sustainability performance against Group-level sustainability targets.  During 2007 the majority of the targets were either completely or partially achieved.

Sustainability targets for 2007

Common targets

Achievement

•  internally communicate and roll out the Sustainability Policy

achieved

•  identify strategically important sustainability issues

achieved

•  improve supplier compliance with Stora Enso’s sustainability standards

partially achieved

•  develop the enforcement and monitoring of the Stora Enso Code of Ethics

partially achieved

Wood and pulp supply  

•   91%  third-party certification of wood traceability system

achieved

Production units  

•  reduce SO2 emissions by 15% by 2009 from the baseline year 2004

achieved

•  reduce Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) by 10% by 2009 from the baseline year 2004

achieved

•  reduce waste to landfill by 10% by 2009  from the baseline year 2004

achieved

•  reduce process water discharge by 10% by 2010 from the baseline year 2005

achieved

• increasing trend in power-to-heat ratio of internal energy production

achieved

•  conduct energy efficiency reviews at each pulp, paper and board mill at least once in a two-year cycle

 achieved

Our people

 

•  train female candidates for management vacancies, and to establish a pilot mentoring programme for Women in Stora Enso (WISE)

achieved

• 100% of the Group’s employees covered by social management systems by the end of 2007

not achieved

• 100% coverage of OHS management systems at production units

not achieved

• lost time accident rate in each unit in the upper quartile within the national forest industry 

not achieved

• absenteeism rate in each unit lower than the national forest industry average

not achieved