Stora Enso among the world's 100 most sustainable companies

Stora Enso is included in the Global 100, a list of the 100 most sustainablecompanies in the world publicized at the World Economic Forum in Davos,Switzerland yesterday. Stora Enso is considered among the best in class in theforest products industry in managing environmental, social and governance risksand opportunities.

“I am very proud that the efforts of the Stora Enso team to keep sustainabilityright at the heart of our agenda, even in the very challenging operatingenvironment our industry faces, have been recognized. This will encourage us allto strive for even further improvement,” says Stora Enso CEO Jouko Karvinen.

The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World was initiated byCorporate Knights Inc., an independent Canadian-based media company, withInnovest Strategic Value Advisors Inc. an international investment research firmin 2005. The 100 top sustainability performers are chosen from the MSCI WorldIndex of some 1 800 publicly-traded companies. The Global 100 is announced eachyear at the Wold Economic Forum in Davos.