Key stakeholder issues in 2023:
- EU Deforestation Regulation and Fit for 55
- The forest’s role in work to combat climate change
- Preservation of biodiversity in the forest
- New Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
SCA engages in continuous dialogue with various stakeholder groups in order to raise awareness of the areas they believe should be prioritized. The key issues in 2023 were linked to the forest, climate change and the new requirements for sustainability reporting according to the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
The dialogues not only provide us with an insight into what stakeholders believe we should prioritize, they also help us to reduce negative impacts and enhance the positive impacts our business can contribute. The dialogues also help us in our efforts to continuously improve our value creation.
The business areas maintain a close dialogue with their customers and follow up customer satisfaction through surveys, face-to-face meetings and third-party assessments. SCA regularly meets investors, analysts and financial players.
We maintain a continuous dialogue with our suppliers to ensure quality and deliveries as well as the continued development of purchased goods and services. The Group performs All Employee Surveys and annual goal and performance reviews with its employees.
We also communicate with other groups and individuals in matters that have a major impact on society in general and local communities in particular, and hold regular meetings with individuals living near our operations. We also maintain a close dialogue with NGOs, such as conservation organizations as well as Sami communities in reindeer herding areas.
Stakeholder dialogues provide insights into the expectations of various interest groups, help to cultivate long-standing relationships and continuously improve the Group’s operations. In addition, these dialogues provide valuable information when we assess our sustainability program and prioritize sustainability initiatives.
Customer visits, meetings, interviews, participation in customer events and seminars, trade fairs, mailings, website, social media, regular contacts by e-mail and telephone.
Climate benefit, environmental impact, ecolabelling, fiber sourcing, chain of custody, forestry, biodiversity, human rights, reindeer herding, occupational health and safety,
expertise, market, customer benefits, business development, resource efficiency, energy market, innovation, quality, product safety, logistics and security of supply.
Performance reviews, workplace meetings, work councils, online surveys, intranet, internal courses, management meetings.
Value-based culture, occupational health and safety, attracting and recruitment, skills development, succession planning, compensation and benefits, business ethics, working conditions, resource efficiency, environmental impact, product development, strategic development.
Investor meetings in conjunction with, for example, interim reports, capital market days, risk reports, the AGM, interviews, website.
Financial performance, market outlook, sustainability, areas of growth, renewable energy, degree of self-sufficiency, forest valuation, risk management, corporate governance.
Regular meetings and presentations. Specific reporting in accordance with loan documentation and public reporting on our website.
Financial information, risk analyses, sustainability assessments, corporate governance.
Follow-up meetings, request for tenders and procurements, interviews, website.
Health and safety, supplier audits, business ethics, human rights, energy consumption, resource efficiency, climate impact.
Forest owner meetings, physical and virtual meetings, customer magazine, website, social media.
Long-term and sustainable forestry, management methods, forest management plans, ownership rights, forest management certification, nature conservation, profitability.
Meetings concerning specific issues, interviews, reporting to ecolabels and sustainability indexes, websites.
Forest management, biodiversity, climate and environmental issues, resource efficiency, green energy, human rights, hunting, reindeer herding.
Dialogue meetings, local events, public consultation, interviews, websites.
Occupational health and safety, environmental issues, local issues, renewable energy, reindeer herding, labor market, education, community engagement, diversity issues, human rights.