SUSTAINABLY FROM METSÄ

METSÄ GROUp is a responsible forest industry group whose products’ main raw material is wood from northern,

sustainably managed forests. Metsä Group focuses on tissue and cooking papers, fresh forest fibre paperboards,

pulp, wood products, and wood supply and forest services. Its high-quality products combine renewable raw materials,

customer-orientation, sustainability and innovation.

Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5 billion in 2014, and it employs 10,500 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries.

Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by 122,000 Finnish forest owners. We are committed

to international sustainability principles and operate with the highest integrity and ethics.

SUSTAINABILITY IS ThE BASIS OF OUR OpERATIONS

METSÄ GROUp’S SUSTAINABILITY

Products and services

We offer sustainable choices

● Turning renewable wood into sustainable, safe and recyclable products

● Providing customer-focused services and solutions

● Innovating for continuous improvement and renewal

raW MateriaLs and suPPLy chain

We bring the forest to you

● Promoting sustainable forest management, certification and the diversity of forest nature

● Enhancing sustainability in the value chain

● Ensuring the traceability of raw materials

resource efficiency and eMissions

We Work for a better climate and environment

● Making efficient use of raw materials, energy and water

● Increasing the value of side streams

● Maximizing the share of bioenergy

● Minimizing emissions to water and air

stakehoLder engageMent

We create Well-being

● Ensuring ethical business practices

● Improving safety at work

● Assuring responsible management

● Contributing to local livelihoods and society

ThEMES

ThE MAIN RAw MATERIAL of Metsä Group’s products is renew-able wood from sustainably managed northern forests. We are leading the way in its use: producing pulp, wood products, fresh fibre paper-board as well as tissue and cooking papers. We use every part of a tree as efficiently as possible, which represents sustainability at its best.

Our products are perfect alternatives for those made from non- renewable natural resources.

REcYcLABLE pROdUcTS FROM A RENEwABLE RAw MATERIAL

PROdUCTs And sERvICEs

TISSUE pApERS BRING comfort and improve hygiene. Cooking papers, which are biodegrad-able, can reduce food waste in professional kitchens by up to 50%. In addition, they save energy, water and detergents by making dishwashing easier.

LIGhTwEIGhT pApERBOARdS reduce environmental impacts as they consume less energy, water and raw material, decrease transport weights and produce less waste. Even so, the paperboards are manufactured without compromising product quality. Our fresh fibre paperboards are also safe to use for food packaging.

STRONG ANd LIGhTwEIGhT wOOd pROdUcTS are manufac-tured efficiently by using less energy and generating less waste. Wood products store carbon during their entire life time.

wE ARE A pIONEER in the sustainable management of forest assets as well as providing services to forest owners. We deliver certified wood and wood energy to our mills and our industrial customers.

FRESh FIBRE pULp is a pure and safe raw material for products such as paper-boards and tissue and cook-ing papers. The by-products of pulp production are used for biomaterials, bioenergy, biochemicals and fertilisers.

Pure fresh fibre is a safe raw

material for food packaging and

tissue and cooking papers

cERTIFIcATION INdIcATES SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ANd USE ThE wOOd wE USE comes from northern

forests where forest growth exceeds their use. Around two-thirds of our Finnish wood comes

from private forest owners. sustainable forestry means forest renewal – we plant four seedlings for

each tree harvested.

We always know the origin of the wood we procure and we ensure sustainable use of forests through third-party

certification. Certification proves to us and our custom-ers that the forests are used legally and sustainably. Only

around 10% of the world’s forests are certified, whereas 84% of the wood used by Metsä Group has international

PEFC or FsC®* forest certification. All the wood we use is traceable and from certified or controlled sources. We promote

forest certification in all of our areas of operation and actively participate in its development.

Certification serves to ensure biodiversity and the preservation of habitats and biotopes typical of forests. In addition, certification

safeguards the rights of people working in forests and ensures that they can continue to be used for recreational purposes.

*Licence number FsC-C014476

100%traceable wood from northern forests

in finland, forests grow

40%more than they are used

RAW MATERIALs And sUPPLy ChAIn

pROdUcTION pOwEREd BY BIOENERGY

RENEwABLE, wOOd-BASEd bioenergy constitutes 86% of the fuels used at Metsä Group’s mills. As a result of our investments in bioenergy and our improved energy efficiency, our fossil CO2 emis-sions have decreased by 36% over the past five years. To produce bioenergy, we use logging waste such as branches, crowns, sawdust and bark from sawmills as well as waste generated in production at our mills. Our pulp mills are 150% self-sufficient in electricity and they are among the largest producers of renew-able energy in Finland. In addition to our own production, we supply bioenergy in the form of district heat to local commu-nities and as electricity to the grid.

We make highly efficient use of different parts of the tree: we deliver logs to sawmills, make pulp from pulpwood for further processing and produce energy from branches, crowns and bark.

Metsä Group’s mills operate in areas rich in water. surface water constitutes virtually nearly all of the water that we use. Water is reused several times in our processes and is eventually treated carefully before it is returned to natural water bodies. The amount of process water per tonne of produc-tion has decreased by 11% since 2010.

REsOURCE EFFICIEnCy And EMIssIOns

We are a major

producer of bioenergy

our fossil co2 emissions have decreased by

36%per product tonne over the past five years

FOcUS ON pREvENTIvE wORk IN hEALTh ANd SAFETYMETSÄ GROUp EMpLOYS 10,500 people and creates jobs in logging and transport companies as well as indirectly in the retail business. We offer employment opportunities particularly in areas far from growth centres. We want to be a fair and open neighbour in our local communities where we cooperate with local organisa-tions, for example, in energy production and water management.

safety at work is our first priority. The lost-time accident frequency has decreased by 15% since 2013. The right attitude and preventive measures are key in improving health and safety at work. All our employees have the right to come to work and leave the workplace healthy every day. Good management lays the foundation for well-being at work and healthy workplace communities. Common practices and systems support management and job satisfaction.

sTAkEhOLdER EnGAGEMEnT

Lost-time accidents (LTA1) in our operations have decreased by

-15%since 2013

Promoting well-being at work and working

capacity is based on preventive

measures

SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS ANdpERFORMANcE

climate

-17%

10%

-10%

-30%

-11%

6%

-15%

-36%

Process water use per product tonne2010–2020

energy efficiency improvement2009–2020

Lost-time accident frequency annually

fossil co2 emissions per product tonne 2009–2020> 80%

84%

Wood

sustain the amount of certified wood

Performance 2014

< 3% 4%

Well-being

sickness absenteeism

Performance 2014

Performance by 2014

Performance by 2014

Performance 2014

Performance by 2014

100%

suPPly chain resource efficiency

energy

safety at Work

100% 72%94%59%

ethical business Practices

coverage of the code of conduct training

Performance 2014

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METSÄ GROUpP.O. Box 10FI-02020 METsÄTel. +358 10 4601www.metsagroup.com/sustainability