HELSINKI, Finland, March 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso's joint venture Veracel in Brazil received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for its tree plantations on 13 March 2008. An FSC chain-of-custody certificate was simultaneously granted to the mill. Both certificates are valid for five years.
All pulp produced at Veracel pulp mill will now be FSC-certified, as of 14 March 2008. Stora Enso's share of the pulp is shipped to various Stora Enso mills around the world.
Veracel's plantations are now certified according to two forest management systems -- CERFLOR, which is endorsed by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC), and FSC.
About Stora Enso
Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company producing newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products. Stora Enso's sales totalled EUR 13.4 billion in 2007. The Group has some 38 000 employees in more than 40 countries on five continents. Stora Enso has an annual production capacity of 13.1 million tonnes of paper and board and 7.5 million cubic metres of sawn wood products, including 3.2 million cubic metres of value-added products. Stora Enso's shares are listed in Helsinki and Stockholm.
