Stora Enso Global Responsibility Report 2012 - GlobeNewswire

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Product safety and hygiene
Stora Enso uses high-quality raw materials to manufacture pulp, paper,
paperboard, and wood products for various purposes. Our in-house
control systems cover our processes from the product development
stage through raw material sourcing to the delivery of the finished
products. They also cover the eventual recycling and reuse of products
as raw materials for new products or for energy production. We also
require our suppliers and partners to comply with Stora Enso’s sustainability
requirements, including safety aspects. For more information on
our responsible sourcing practices see pages 35–43.
Chemical safety
Safety issues are foremost whenever we purchase chemicals, and we
work with our suppliers to ensure that we only use chemicals that are
registered in accordance with the European Union’s REACH registration
system, and that no chemicals listed by REACH as substances
of very high concern are present in our products.
Stora Enso has registered all of the substances that we manufacture
in our production processes in accordance with the EU’s wide-ranging
REACH legislation. These regulations have been designed to protect
health and the environment by comprehensively identifying the safety
properties of chemical substances.
Packaging for consumer products
To guarantee that consumer demands and food safety regulations
are fully met, all Stora Enso units producing food contact materials
and other sensitive packaging materials follow Good Manufacturing
Practice (GMP). This set of internationally recognised guidelines, which
is also incorporated into EU regulations, aims to ensure safety and
product quality in foods and pharmaceutical products.
All of our mills producing direct food contact materials and materials
for other hygiene-sensitive purposes are certified according to ISO
22000 or other recognised hygiene management standards. All of our
consumer board mills additionally have certified hygiene management
systems, as do our corrugated board mills in Finland, the Baltic
Countries and Russia, and our Heinola fluting mill.
We provide our customers with information on products’ hygiene and
safety aspects through compliance declarations, and we have effective
processes in place for testing product safety, dealing with complaints,
and organising product recalls if necessary. For a full list of our mills’
certifications see pages 56–57.
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