Stora Enso Tightened Safeguards After Environmental Incident
The company is fully cooperating with the police and other authorities to find out what has happened, he added.
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): An environmental incident was discovered at a Stora Enso harvesting site in Finland, in which forestry machinery had crossed a river having a population of the highly endangered freshwater pearl mussel. The incident is currently under investigation.
Commenting on the incident, Seppo Parvi, Country Manager for Finland at Stora Enso said that there has been a clear violation of company guidelines. The incident is completely contrary to the company’s values and previously stated sustainability commitments. The company is fully cooperating with the police and other authorities to find out what has happened, he added.
In order to ensure that incidents like this never happens again, the company has taken several immediate steps to tighten up its procedures. The immediate priority is to repair the damage and ensure that further damages are prevented. The company is financially and materially supporting the ongoing restoration works at the site.
The incident has resulted in increased monitoring of harvesting sites, including buffer zones. The company reinforced its commitment to implement sustainability in all its operations, both by its employees and its partners.
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