SCA's sustainability report gets WWF top ranking

SCA's sustainability report gets WWF top ranking

Since 2004, the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, has conducted assessments of
companies within the paper industry and their work with sustainability issues.
SCA was ranked top in this year's assessment of the sustainability reports of
European paper companies.

Patrik Isaksson, Director of Environmental Affairs at SCA, comments “This really
is a priority area for SCA and one we have been working on for many years. The
report reflects how we work with environmental issues and social responsibility
and is also an important indicator of our willingness to provide clarity and
transparency in this area.”

One of the criteria where SCA stood out most clearly from the other companies in
the survey is reporting of environmental data by individual production unit.
More than 100 of SCA's production units in some 40 countries submit their
environmental data.

Patrik Isaksson points out that there is always room for further improvements
and that the sustainability report is an important tool for keeping these areas
in constant focus. He also emphasizes the importance of independent
organizations such as WWF making regular assessments.

WWF has developed a scoring system with environmental parameters to standardize
the information and make it easily accessible. Within its Forest Products
operations, SCA has applied WWF's system on its paper products and will make the
results available to its customers. 


Stockholm, 7 December 2007  


For further information please contact
Pär Altan, VP Media Relations, +46 8 788 52 37


SCA Sustainability report:
http://www.sca.com/en/Investors/Reports
WWF Report on Corporate Responsible Reporting within the Pulp and Paper
Industry:
http://www.panda.org/paper/toolbox


Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA is a global consumer goods and paper company
that develops, produces and markets personal care products, tissue, packaging
solutions, publication papers and solid-wood products. Sales are conducted in
some 90 countries. SCA has annual sales in excess of SEK 101 billion (c. EUR 11
billion) and production facilities in more than 40 countries. SCA had
approximately 51,000 employees at the beginning of 2007. SCA shares are traded
on the Stockholm, London and New York stock exchanges. For more information,
visit www.sca.com