M-real Has Signed UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate
Part of Metsäliitto Group, M-real Corporation's business is based on sustainability. For example, the company has in recent years actively developed lightweight board and paper products which are produced with less fiber, water and energy. As a natural step in the company's effort to decrease water and energy usage, M-real has now signed UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate which encourages companies to systematically monitor sustainable water usage.
"Our production plants are geographically located in areas with a good availability of water. Therefore water used in our production does not compete with other water needs, such as local agricultural or household water usage. Despite that, we want to be among the forerunners using water resources responsibly. We recycle our production process waters and finally clean them carefully in order to minimize the environmental impact," says Mikko Helander, CEO of M-real.
M-real has systematically made water usage more effective in its production processes. Work to close water systems in the mills even further is in progress. In the future, M-real has also committed itself to reporting regularly on its water usage according to the reporting requirements of the CEO Water Mandate.
The CEO Water Mandate was launched in 2007. It supports companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices. The CEO Water Mandate initiative was originally started by both public communities and private companies.
For further information please contact M-real:
Juha Laine, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications
tel. +358 10 465 4335
e-mail juha.laine(at)m-real.com
M-real in brief:
M-real is Europe's leading primary fiber paperboard producer and a major paper supplier. The company's customers include brand owners, carton printers, converters, publishers, printing houses, merchants and office suppliers. M-real supports its customers' businesses by providing high-performance paperboards and quality papers for consumer packaging, communications and advertising end-uses. Together with its customers and partners, M-real develops products and services for demanding end-uses. The company's paperboard is mainly used for the packaging of beautycare and healthcare products, foods, cigarettes, and consumer durables, as well as graphics. Paper is mainly used for office papers as well as wallcoverings and other speciality end-uses. M-real's business areas are Consumer Packaging, Office Papers, Speciality Papers and Market Pulp and Energy. M-real is headquartered in Finland. In 2010, the company's sales totaled EUR 2.6 (USD 3.5) billion, and it has approximately 4,500 employees. M-real, part of Metsäliitto Group, is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.m-real.com
