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Sustainability data

We monitor the development of sustainability from an environmental, social and financial perspective, both in-house and in our supply chain.

We continuously develop our reporting. Annual information is compiled in the Annual Review, which incorporates the Sustainability Statement. Related annexes include GRI index, SASB index and disclosures in accordance with the TCFD recommendations. 

We are committed to process personal data in accordance with the EU GDPR, which forbids the processing of special categories of data such as personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin. We do not collect such data on our employees anywhere where we operate, even if the local legislation would permit, and are committed to treat people equally regardless of the characteristics they represent.

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Environment

Energy 2023 2022
Total energy consumption, GWh  7,648 8,561
Share of fossil free energy of total energy consumption, %  90 85
Emissions to air 2023 2022
Direct fossil-based CO2 emissions (Scope 1), tCO2 181,096 244,139
Indirect fossil-based CO2 emissions (Scope 2 market-based), tCO2 3,617 147,081
Direct GHG emissions (Scope 1), t CO2e 201,984 264,961
Indirect GHG emissions (Scope 2 market-based), tCO2e 5,108 155,287
Indirect GHG emissions (Scope 2 location-based), tCO2e 300,726 300,491
Indirect GHG emissions in the value chain (Scope 3), tCO2e  1,792,006 2,274,825
Biogenic CO2 emissions, t 1,984,088 1,937,318
Sulphur as SO2, including TRS, t  176 418
Total reduced sulfur TRS, t 52 60
Nitrogen oxides as NO2, t 1,285 1,226
Particles, t 55 285
Water use and discharges to water 2023 2022
Water withdrawals, 1,000 m³ 101,943 114,465
Wastewater discharges, 1,000 m³ 45,380 58,740
AOX, t 47 50
COD, t 10,645 10,368
BOD, t 840 647
Total Phosphorus, t 23 23
Total Nitrogen, t 165 172
Total suspended solids, t 1,885 1,517
By-products and waste 2023 2022
By-products, 1,000 t 25 36
Process waste (non-hazardous), 1,000 t 119 129
Other non-hazardous waste, 1,000 t 4.1 4.8
Hazardous waste, 1,000 t 1 0.9

 

Social responsibility

Personnel  2023 2022
Number of employees in the end of the year 2,343 2,347
Number of permanent employees 2,177 2,154
Number of temporary employees 165 193
Number of non-guaranteed hours employees 1 0
Number of full-time employees 2,262 2,267
Number of part-time employees 81 80
Employee turnover rate, % 1) 5.5 7.9
Average training hours per employee, hrs 18 15
Average training hours per employee (blue-collars), hrs 17 15
Average training hours per employee (white-collars), hrs 19 15
Share of employees having received training over the year under review, % 98 89
Code of Conduct e-learning completion rate, % 98 100
Employees covered by collective agreements, % 77 75
Diversity 2023 2022
Share of women within all employees, % 22 22
Share of women in management (VP, SVP, CEO), % 21 25
Share of women in the Corporate Management Team, %  17 14
Share of women in the Board of Directors, % 33 33
Occupational health and safety 2023 2022
Total Recordable Injury Frequency (TRIF ) per million hours worked  6.1 6.7
Lost-time accident frequency (LTA1F) per million hours worked  4.0 5.4
Number of lost-time accidents (LTA1), external partners 2) 1 6
Accident severity rate  18 15
Accident severity rate, external partners 2) 1 22
Number of fatal occupational accidents, own personnel and external partners  1 0

 

Procurement and supply chain

Sourcing of raw materials 2023 2022
Wood, 1,000 t 3,505 4,450
Purchased pulp, 1,000 t 373 558
Coatings, binders and pigments, 1,000 t 254 345
Process chemicals, 1,000 t 28 37
Packaging materials, 1,000 t 21 30
Share of fossil free raw materials and packaging materials, % of dry tonnes 98.8 98.8
Traceability of raw materials, % of total purchases 97 97
Supply chain  2023 2022
Number of suppliers 3,399 3,640
Suppliers' commitment to Supplier Code of Conduct, % of total purchases 99.0 98.7
Supplier assessments and audits of core suppliers, % 68 50

 

Financial figures

Selected financial figures 2023 2022
Sales, EUR million 1,942 2,479
Production of paperboard, 1 000 t 1,319 1,890
Production of pulp, 1 000 t 555 683
Production of BCTMP, 1 000 t 441 727
Other bioproducts (tall oil and turpentine), 1,000 t 17 20
Employee costs, EUR million 199.5 217.4
R&D expenditure, EUR million 7.3 6.1
Taxes to be paid in Finland, EUR million  38.9 39.8
Taxes to be paid in Sweden, EUR million  17.2 47.5
Taxes to be paid in other countries, EUR million  8.6 8.7
Dividend and equity distribution, EUR million 3) 88.7 205.6

References

1) The figure includes also redundancies caused by restructuring of business. The figure does not include temporary employees.
2) Our external partners working in a mill area, excluding major investment projects (e.g. the Husum recovery boiler and turbine, board machine investments and the Kemi board mill investment).
3) The 2023 figure is the proposal of the Board of Directors and to be discussed in the Annual General Meeting.
Some of the figures have been updated due to additional data.