Svenska Cellulosa
| Industry:paper & forest | ISIN:SE0000112724 | Country:SE | CRR:B |
Company Profile:
Svenska Cellulosa (SCA) is a Sweden-based consumer goods and paper product company. The company develops, produces and markets personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions, publication papers and solid wood products.
Strengths/weaknesses profile:
Strengths:
- monitoring and transparent disclosure of relevant resource consumptions and emissions
- 100% of forest/plantation area certified to FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) standard
- comprehensive measures to exclude procurement of fresh wood/fibre from unwanted sources
- group-wide implementation of a strategy for addressing climate change and related sector-specific risks
- reasonable measures to check compliance of key suppliers with the company's labour/health and safety standards
Weaknesses:
- lack of transparency on measures to create opportunities for local communities and indigenous peoples to benefit from forestry operations
Reasons for inclusion in the Index:
The company has taken exemplary measures to reduce the
environmental
impact of its own logging activities (certification of own forest
management by the Forest Stewardship Council, management programme
for
resource-conserving forestry) and is implementing substantial
measures
to prevent the sale of timber originating from controversial logging
(traceability systems for wood procurement, self-reporting of
suppliers, independent audits).
Company website:www.sca.com/en/Sustainability