Stora Enso on Ethisphere Institute List of World’s Most Ethical Companies

Stora Enso has been included in Ethisphere Institute’s 2013 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. The Ethisphere list recognizes companies’ ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate social responsibility. This is now the sixth time running that Stora Enso has been selected for the list, and it is the only Finnish company and one of only five Nordic companies in the 2013 list.

“Not only did more companies apply for the World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition this year than any year in the past, which demonstrates that ethical activity is an important part of many of these companies’ business models, but we are also seeing more companies be proactive and create new initiatives that expand ethics programmes and cultures across entire industries, such as industry-based ethics associations and other activities,” says Alex Brigham, executive director of Ethisphere. “We are excited to see the 2013 World’s Most Ethical Companies take these leadership positions, and embrace the correlation between ethical behavior and improved financial performance.”

“We are happy to receive this recognition again this year. Our commitment to global responsibility and ethical business practices will be further strengthened with the establishment of a Global Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors following our Annual General Meeting in April this year,” said Terhi Koipijärvi, Stora Enso’s head of global responsibility.