- Stora Enso Mets Ltd. - CSR monitoring
Starting 1st January 2005, Stora Enso Mets owns FSC chain-of-custody certificate what proves that the FSC labelled timber, has been actually derived from well managed forest. Chain-of-custody is the path taken by raw materials from the forest to the consumer, including successive stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution.
The FSC movement was initiated in early 1990s by NGOs as a response to the uncontrollable degradation and loss of the world?s forest. The chain-of-custody control systems and the corresponding documentation allow for the tracking of a product from the final marketplace through every step of processing to the former growing place in the forest. As the certified companies will be audited by independent organisations, the FSC system is credible.
Furthermore, Stora Enso Mets has established system for non-certified wood, in order to make possible to track the origin of wood in any cases. This helps to avoid illegal forestry which has been one of the biggest environmental problems in Estonia in the last decade.
for further information, please see attached case study
- AS Estonian cell - CSR monitoring
In December 2001 AS Estonian Cell decided to build a pulp mill in Kunda on Estonia´s northern shore. In order to start the construction, AS Estonian Cell needed an integrated environmental permit (IPPC permit) which should have determined the conditions to prevent pollution. The permit was issued in January 2003, but was challenged by the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) in administrative court because of containing false information about the impacts of the plant and not determining adequate measures to prevent pollution.
According to opinion of ELF, but also some independent marine scientists there was serious threat to the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. After negotiations between ELF and Estonian Cell with participation from the Norwegian parent company of Estonian Cell (Larvik Cell), an agreement was made to change the conditions of the IPPC permit.
According to this agreement, AS Estonian Cell undertook some obligations in order to reduce its environmental impact and prevent pollution (see p 9.3). The conditions were applied to a new IPPC permit that was issued in April 2003.
However, already in September 2003 Estonian Cell turned to ELF in order to start another round or negotiations about the conditions of IPPC permit because a consultant had stated that the new conditions might contain too much obligations. It has to be noted that by that time, EBRD had announced its readiness to finance the project and to be a partner in it. Nevertheless, ELF agreed to make only some changes in the permit.
As of July 2006, the plant construction has ended and the production is in the trial phase. Ordinary production will likely be started in autumn 2006.
for further information, please see above attached case study
