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Helsinki (16.03.2008 – Juhani Artto) The Finnish-Swedish forest industry giant Stora Enso has set a concrete goal for its carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions. The emissions should be cut by a fifth from 2006 levels by 2020.

The comparable figures are expressed in CO2 emissions per saleable pulp, paper and board tons. The figures cover both the emissions of Stora Enso’s own operations and the emissions caused by the purchased electricity and heat consumed in Stora Enso’s operations. The emissions of the company’s own operations consist mainly of on-site energy generation and processes, power boilers, lime kilns, paper drying, vehicles, engines and harvesting equipment.

In 2007, Stora Enso’s direct and indirect CO2 emissions (carbon foot print) made a total of 14,21 million tonnes. In December 2007 the company sold its North American operations which will significantly reduce the total CO2 emissions in 2008.

Primarily, Stora Enso plans to achieve the reductions “through improvements in energy efficiency and productivity, as well as the increased use of carbon-neutral biomass and low-carbon fossil fuels”, the company states in its annual report 2007.

The share of bioenergy in Stora Enso’s internal energy production was 66 per cent in 2007. The major sources of bioenergy for Stora Enso are black liquor, bark, logging residues and internal residuals including de-inking sludge and bio-sludge. “We are continuously looking for opportunities to increase the share of biomass in our fuel mix”, the company explains.