Update log
Jan 2, 2025 - approved by Yang Zhang
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 6.3 Process and Responsibility | GAN Third Party Relationship Tool
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Critical Third Party Review Tool |
July 11, 2025 - approved by Yang Zhang
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 3.2 Interactions with competitors | Agreements to fix wages or other employment benefits (corresponding to price-fixing) or agreements not to recruit or poach employees (corresponding to market allocation). Salaries or other employment benefits. |
January 16, 2025 - approved by Micaela Thorström
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 3.5 Collecting and sharing market intelligence | Market intelligence databases generally refer to external information sources regarding market intelligence. A market intelligence database usually requires that a company like Stora Enso need to subscribe in order to receive information from the database (e.g. news, statistics, indexes, etc.). |
Market intelligence databases are intended to catch in particular external analysis that reports on pricing or elements thereof (e.g. rebates, cost structures, etc), production capacities and capabilities (e.g. production capacity increases or decreases, temporary closure of production, etc) and strategic future plans (e.g. shifting production focus, new business areas, etc). |
June 20, 2024 – approved by Micaela Thorström
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 7. Gifts, Hospitalities and Expenses | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 10. Trade sanctions | Substantial changes to the entire chapter |
June 23, 2022 – approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 3. Competition law | Substantial changes to the entire chapter |
November 16, 2021 – approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 5.4 Political Contributions | No Stora Enso officer or employee may make a Political Contributions without the prior approval of the CEO. Political Contributions must never be used as a way of influencing a Public Official in his or her official capacity to obtain or retain business or a business advantage. | No Stora Enso officer or employee may make a Political Contributions without the prior approval by the Board or Directors or the Chair of the Board of Directors. Political Contributions must never be used as a way of influencing a Public Official in his or her official capacity to obtain or retain business or a business advantage. |
May 2021 – approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 10 Trade Sanctions | The following specification was included in different parts of chapter 10: “As of April 6, 2021, all direct and indirect business that connects with Tier 1 Countries shall be discontinued unless otherwise approved by the CEO or the CFO. In practice, this means that no new orders shall be accepted or processed. Orders that are already accepted can continue to be fulfilled.” |
November 2020 – approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 3 Competition Law | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2 Prohibited Agreements, Decisions and Concerted Practices | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2.1 Relations with Competitors | 7.4.2 Specific rules in China | |
| 3.2.1.7 Joint Purchasing | Substantial changes to the entire chapter |
May 2020 - approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 3 Competition Law | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2 Prohibited Agreements, Decisions and Concerted Practices | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2.1 Relations with Competitors | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2.1.9 Joint Purchasing | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.6 Investigations | Substantial changes to the entire chapter |
April 2020 - approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 6 Prevent Corruption Through Third Parties | The six steps of the process of engaging any new Third Party or when renewing the contract for any existing Third Party was modified; steps 4-6 were deleted and step 3 was modified. | |
| 6.3 Processes and Responsibilities | The six steps of the process of engaging any new Third Party or when renewing the contract for any existing Third Party was modified; steps 4-6 were deleted and step 3 was modified. | |
| 7 Gifts, Hospitalities and Expenses | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 7.2 Restrictive rules when receiving GHE from suppliers | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 7.2.2. Restrictive rules when receiving GHE from suppliers | New sub chapter | |
| 7.4.2 Specific rules in China | Deleted |
October 2019 - approved by Per Lyrvall
| Chapter | Before update | After update |
| 3 Competition Law | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2 Prohibited Agreements, Decisions and Concerted Practices | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2.1 Relations with Competitors | Substantial changes to the entire chapter | |
| 3.2.1.6 Visits to Mills and other facilities | Substantial changes to the entire chapter |