BULLETIN

Norske Skog
Norske Skog’s recycled fibre plant in Skogn is partially financed by a loan from NIB.
group’s mills on five continents. “Our policy
is to have the same standard everywhere.
Implementing it, however, will take time,
above all for the mills outside Europe,”
Andersen adds.
Environmental work involves taking responsibility
for what is produced. In Norske
Skog’s case it is mainly a question of paper
for weekly and daily newspapers.
IN THE BEGINNING OF the 1990s the Norwegian
Ministry of the Environment and
Norske Skog introduced a unique form
of cooperation to start up the collection of
waste paper. A working group with representatives
from state authorities, Norske
Skog, Norske Avisers Landsforbund, Ukepressen’s
information office, and Kommunenes
Sentralforbund decided to build a
new plant for this purpose.
One such plant was built in connection
with Norske Skog’s mill in Skogn and started
operating in September 2000. It is the only
recycled fibre plant in Norway and is partially
financed with loans from the Nordic
Investment Bank.
Andersen notes that: “In Norway one
plant is sufficient. If there were more, we
would be forced to import waste paper.”
He points out that environmental work is
an important part of sustainable development,
including economic, environmental
and social dimensions. “Whereas the emphasis
in environmental work today lies in
forestry and climatic effects, the use of
chemicals can be expected to be an important
issue in the future. Social aspects can
also be expected to get increasing attention.
Already now we see that companies
have begun to replace the environmental
report with a sustainable development
report.” ■
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