M-real highly commended for climate change disclosure
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - M-real Corporation Press release on 3 November at 10:35 amM-real Corporation was the second best company in the materialssector including e.g. forest industry companies in the CarbonDisclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), Nordic Report 2009. CDLIhighlights the companies that provided the most comprehensiveresponse to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) information request."Companies recognised in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index arerewarded for high quality responses to CDP, which demonstrate a goodunderstanding of how climate change is and will continue to impacttheir business. Companies which control their risks today, managetheir emissions and seize the opportunities to produce low carbongoods and services, will be the best placed to prosper in a lowcarbon economy of the future," comments Paul Dickinson, ChiefExecutive of the Carbon Disclosure Project."M-real's mission is to develop and offer our customers and end userssustainable paperboard, paper and pulp applications. We haveconsiderably reduced the environmental impact of our operations, inparticular by more efficient energy usage. Actions to reduce theenvironmental impact are also bringing major cost savings for M-real.This success in CDP is a significant recognition of the systematicwork we are doing in M-real and shows that we are going to the rightdirection," says Mikko Helander, CEO of M-real.M-real has a long tradition of reporting the environmental impacts ofits production. The strengths of the reporting includecomprehensiveness, accuracy and reliability of its calculationmethods. M-real openly reports its environmental and climate impactsthrough product-specific Paper Profile declarations available onM-real's websites and carbon footprint calculations which areprovided at customers' request, for example.CDP is an independent non-profit organisation compiling informationon companies' carbon dioxide emissions as well as risks andopportunities related to climate change. The CDP report containsinformation on companies' targets, operation steering, investments,and responsibilities, among other things. CDP was established on theinitiative of institutional investors; however, the annuallypublished results also interest an increasing number of customers andother interest groups of the reporting companies.More about CDP: www.cdproject.netFurther information:Juha Laine, VP, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 10465 4335This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 03.11.2009 - 09:35 Uhr
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