Wednesday, 30 October 2019 11:24
SCA starts the forest adventure "Kalla Champs" with Charlotte Kalla
SCA is now launching the forest adventure "Kalla Champs" for children and young people together with ski star Charlotte Kalla. The aim is to get more children and young people out into the forest and nature in a playful and…
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Thursday, 24 October 2019 08:20
NSF International and Soil Association Team Up to Offer SFI® and FSC® Forestry Certifications
NSF International subsidiary NSF Certification, LLC and Soil Association Certification Forestry, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Soil Association, have just announced an agreement to offer certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) and Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) responsible forest management…
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Monday, 09 September 2019 06:09
Wuudis field data collection concept awarded in DatSci 2019
Wuudis service for forest damage monitoring - Data to decisions – awarded as finalist at The European DatSci and AI Awards 2019, organised in collaboration with the Big Data Value Association and Ireland's Centre for Applied AI (CeADAR) yesterday in…
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Sunday, 08 September 2019 15:55
Forestry South Africa celebrates women in forestry with its profile series
This month, Forestry South Africa (FSA) is celebrating women in forestry. Over the next few weeks, FSA will be publishing the stories of 24 women in a series of profiles on www.forestryexplained.co.za. With more than 320 years experience among them in a variety of roles, these…
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Wednesday, 04 September 2019 06:42
Forestry South Africa launches new infographic for Arbor Month
Sunday, September 1st saw the launch of National Arbor Month by Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Ms Maggie Sotyu in Port Elizabeth. This year’s theme is Forests and Sustainable Cities. Against this year's theme of Forests and Sustainable Cities,…
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Thursday, 15 August 2019 09:59
Magnus Björkman appointed President of Södra Cell
Magnus Björkman has been appointed President of the Södra Cell business area. Magnus has been Acting President of the business area since 1 March 2019 and will remain a member of Group Senior Management and report to the President and…
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Wednesday, 31 July 2019 17:50
Forestry sector failing to assess impacts of climate crisis
Forestry companies posing risk to sector and investors with only 6% assessing climate risks ONLY 6% of the world’s most significant timber and pulp producers and traders are taking steps to assess the impacts of climate change – posing a…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 18:18
Wuudis Solutions secured second prize in EU Big Data solution competition
Opening up research and Innovation results for the benefit of society is essential to acknowledge EU tax payers´ money. With this objective, Wuudis Solutions in collaboration with Finnish Forest Centre and other DataBio partners disseminated high-impact results achieved in EU…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 17:29
SCA publishes map of nature conservation areas
SCA has published on its website a digital map of the company’s forests voluntarily set-aside for nature conservation. This is forests that SCA has voluntarily exempted from forest management due to its high conservation values. The areas include forests that…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 17:05
John Deere to invest in customer service centers in Scotland, Sweden and Finland
The new customer service centers supporting John Deere’s forest machinery business will open in 2020 in Perth, Scotland; Ockelbo, Sweden; and Laukaa, Finland. The investments will improve the geographical scope of our customer service and the efficiency of customer service.…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 17:01
SCA acquires another 10,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia
SCA has signed an agreement to acquire Sundin Mezs SIA from the unlisted Swedish company Livland Skog AB. Sundin Mezs SIA owns forest and land assets in Latvia. The purchase price is approximately SEK 260 million (€24.2m) on a debt-free…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 09:59
BillerudKorsnäs sells a majority stake in Bergvik Skog Öst
BillerudKorsnäs has just entered into an agreement for the sale of a majority stake in Bergvik Skog Öst to the pension company AMF. BillerudKorsnäs sells 89.9% of Bergvik Skog Öst AB for a price corresponding to an enterprise value of…
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Monday, 03 June 2019 08:28
SCA acquires 10,000 hectares of forest land in Estonia
SCA has acquired Forestum Group AB, a Swedish company which owns forest and land assets in Estonia, totalling approximately 10,000 hectares. The purchase price is SEK 420 million (€39m) on a debt-free basis. Forestum has an Estonian subsidiary which owns…
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Monday, 06 May 2019 09:59
Benefitting from sustainable financing
What are green bonds and why is Stora Enso integrating its sustainability agenda into funding and financial services? We asked Pasi Kyckling, our SVP, Group Treasurer for his views on sustainable finance and Stora Enso’s approach to the world of…
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Friday, 03 May 2019 10:37
This year’s planting season underway at SCA 43 million seedlings to be planted
The planting season is now beginning in Northern Sweden and 43 million seedlings are to be planted by SCA in its own forests and on the land of private forest owners. The seedlings are from the Bogrundet nursery, the largest…
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