Metsä Board Annual review 2023

GRI STANDARD DISCLOSURE

LOCATION

OMISSION

ASSURED

Water and effluents GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 GRI 303: Water and Effluents 2018

3-3 Management of material topics

Sustainability statement, pp. 24, 26–28, 41

303-1 Interactions with water as a shared resource

Sustainability statement, pp. 41–42

303-2 Management of water discharge-related impacts Sustainability statement, pp. 41–42

303-3 Water withdrawal

Sustainability statement, p. 42

Water withdrawal has not been broken down by freshwater and other water. During the reporting year, Metsä Board’s mills did not use seawater in their production process. Wastewater discharges have not been broken down by freshwater and other water.

303-4 Water discharge

Sustainability statement, p. 42

303-5 Water consumption

Sustainability statement, p. 42

Biodiversity GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 GRI 304: Biodiversity 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

Sustainability statement, pp. 24, 26–28, 43–44

304-1 Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas -

The information is unavailable. Metsä Board develops data collection in 2024.

304-2 Significant impacts of activities, products and services on biodiversity

Sustainability statement, pp. 43–44

304-3 Habitats protected or restored

Sustainability statement, p. 45 (Metsä Group’s nature programme)

304-4 IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations -

The information is unavailable.

Emissions GRI 3: Material Topics 2021 GRI 305: Emissions 2016

3-3 Management of material topics

Sustainability statement, pp. 24, 26–28, 33–34, 39

305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions

Sustainability statement, pp. 37–38

305-2 Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions

Sustainability statement, pp. 37–38

305-3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions

Sustainability statement, pp. 37–39

305-4 GHG emissions intensity

Sustainability statement, pp. 37–38

305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions

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Information about GHG emis- sions reduced as a direct result of reduction initiatives has not been reported. Not material for Metsä Board’s operations.

305-6 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) -

305-7 Nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulfur oxides (SO x ), and other significant air emissions

Sustainability statement, p. 40

Waste GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3 Management of material topics

Sustainability statement, pp. 24, 26−28, 46–47

GRI 306: Waste 2020 306-1 Waste generation and significant waste-related impacts

Sustainability statement, pp. 47–48

306-2 Management of significant waste-related impacts

Sustainability statement, pp. 46–47

306-3 Waste generated

Sustainability statement, p. 49

306-4 Waste diverted from disposal

Sustainability statement, p. 49

306-5 Waste directed to disposal

Sustainability statement, p. 49

Supplier environmental assessment GRI 3: Material Topics 2021

3-3 Management of material topics

Sustainability statement, pp. 24, 26−28, 64

GRI 308: Supplier Environmental As- sessment 2016

308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria 308-2 Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken

Sustainability statement, p. 67

Sustainability statement, p. 67

Only assessed or audited suppliers and the number of ob- servations have been reported. The percentage of all suppliers has not been reported.

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