Stora Enso Oyj

Stora Enso has established a structured governance process to align its lobbying with its climate strategy, coordinating "all consultation responses, position papers, and issues where we engage" through a Public Affairs Forum and elevating strategic or divergent issues to a Steering Group that "sets the priorities for Public Affairs and is the ultimate decision‐making body". The company's Group Public Affairs team "leads and coordinates the engagement with policy makers, and thus ensures that all engagement activities are consistent with our overall climate change strategy", encompassing both direct advocacy and indirect engagement as it "works through relevant national, regional, and international trade associations and membership organisations" and "continuously monitors, evaluates, and anticipates political decisions, public policy direction, and amended regulations" in areas of business importance. Lobbying transparency is further supported by disclosures in the EU Transparency Register, where Stora Enso's "position papers and responses are uploaded and available" alongside financial data for Group Public Affairs. However, the company does not disclose any dedicated audit or third‐party review of its climate‐lobbying alignment, and we found no evidence of a formal process to review association memberships against its climate positions or to exit those with conflicting views, indicating that while oversight structures and coordination mechanisms are robust, independent evaluation and corrective measures are not clearly defined.