Human rights expert Parul Sharma to join Stora Enso

Stora Enso Oyj 

21.05.2012 08:00
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Helsinki, Finland, 2012-05-21 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One of the top
corporate social responsibility experts in the Nordic countries specialising in
human rights issues, Parul Sharma, will join Stora Enso as Vice President,
Global Responsibility, for the Renewable Packaging Business Area on 18 June
2012. Renewable Packaging, headed by Mats Nordlander, is the Business Area
responsible for instance for Stora Enso's integrated pulp and board mill
investment in Guangxi, southern China. 

Since 2004 Parul Sharma has been working on CSR issues and human rights
strategies for Swedish companies operating in Asia. She has acted as Human
Rights Advisor to Amnesty Business Group, the European Commission and the
European Public Law Centre. Three books on human rights and economic and social
rights issues written by Parul Sharma have been published. In 2011 she was
ranked as the most influential CSR expert in Sweden. 

'We warmly welcome Parul Sharma to our team as she complements our current
competences and can help us better understand our challenges, identify actions
needed and implement changes in our demanding investment environments,
especially in Asia. Social and human rights aspects of corporate responsibility
are becoming increasingly important for all global companies, and openness and
transparency are key issues for obtaining licences to operate in growth
markets,' says Mats Nordlander, Executive Vice President, Renewable Packaging. 

Parul Sharma joins Stora Enso from Sandvik AB, where she has worked as Global
Head of CSR Auditing. She has trained and advised more than forty Swedish
companies, investors and government agencies on how to integrate CSR practices
into business operations. 

A photo of Parul Sharma is available at
http://bmt.storaenso.com/?cart=37-mmkmmelalg&l=EN 
Please copy the link into your web browser.

For further information, please contact:
Mats Nordlander, EVP, Renewable Packaging, tel. +46 1046 72703
Parul Sharma, Global Head of CSR Auditing, tel. +46 7087 35711

www.storaenso.com
www.storaenso.com/investors

Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the paper, biomaterials, wood product and
packaging industry. We always rethink the old and expand to the new to offer
our customers innovative solutions based on renewable materials. Stora Enso
employs some 30 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2011 amounted to EUR
11.0 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (STEAV,
STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the
USA as ADRs (SEOAY) in the International OTCQX over-the-counter market. 

STORA ENSO OYJ
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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