Stora Enso appoints Terhi Koipijärvi as head of its new Global Responsibility function

Stora Enso is establishing a new Global Responsibility function and has         
appointed Terhi Koipijärvi, M.Sc. (Forest Products Marketing), 43, as head of   
the new entity. She has most recently been Senior Vice President, Environmental 
Affairs and Corporate Responsibility, at Metsäliitto Group.                     

Stora Enso's new Global Responsibility function will be a path-finding          
initiative to take traditional sustainability thinking to the next level by     
recognising global stakeholder engagement as a separate responsibility equal and
complementary to traditional sustainability.                                    

“We want to take the next step in finding new approaches to corporate social    
responsibility and understanding of our stakeholders. Having a strong           
sustainability platform, as Stora Enso manifestly has, is a very good starting  
point, but in today's world that is not enough. We must put a lot more emphasis 
on dialogue with all our stakeholders around the world - we need to increase our
understanding of the societies we work with and the effects we have on the      
people living in those societies,” says Jouko Karvinen, CEO of Stora Enso.      

Terhi Koipijärvi will join Stora Enso and start forming the new Global          
Responsibility function on 1 November 2010.                                     

Photo of Terhi Koipijärvi is available at                                       
http://bmt.storaenso.com/storaensolink.jsp?imageid=terhi_koipijarvi             
Please copy the link into your web browser.                                     

For further information, please contact:                                        
Lauri Peltola, Head of Communications and Global Responsibility, tel. +358 2046 
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Stora Enso is a global paper, packaging and wood products company producing     
newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial
packaging and wood products. The Group is the world leader in forest industry   
sustainability. We offer our customers solutions based on renewable raw         
materials. Our products provide a climate-friendly alternative to many          
non-renewable materials, and have a smaller carbon footprint. Stora Enso is     
listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Stora Enso
employs some 27 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2009 amounted to EUR 8.9 
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.                     


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