Stora Enso and the Forest Stewardship Council®(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, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
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 covers a three-year period, commencing January 2019. The first year’s focus will be on the Nordics.
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.
Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper
