Stora Enso’s division Wood Products has today become an official Regional Partner of the World Green Building Council’s Europe Regional Network.
Europe’s largest supplier of wooden construction material and Europe’s largest sustainable building network today entered into a partnership that is aimed at supporting the mainstreaming of sustainable building practices across the region.
WorldGBC’s Europe Regional Network represents a community of 24 Green Building Councils (GBCs), seven Regional Partners and over 5,000 company members who cooperate closely to support the growth of the sustainable building movement in Europe.
Stora Enso is a leading global renewable materials company. The division Wood Products provides versatile wood-based solutions for building and housing. Besides a variety of sawn timber goods the product range covers all areas of urban construction including massive wood elements and housing modules, wood components and pellets.
James Drinkwater, Regional Director of WorldGBC’s Europe Regional Network, said:
“This year will be a big year for sustainable building in Europe. The summer will see the release of the EU’s first policy aimed at moving towards a ‘common language’ for sustainable building assessment and shifting our sector towards a circular approach.
“We are therefore very happy to be welcoming Stora Enso to our Regional Partnership – their leadership and expertise will significantly strengthen our work to ensure Europe’s building sector is moving towards lifecycle thinking and the circular economy.”
Petri Perttula, Head of Building Solutions at Stora Enso, said:
“We are convinced that our versatile solutions are key to the European Union’s drive for circular economy. Our offering helps in reducing the carbon footprint of the building industry. This is one of the reasons why we have recently introduced a set of publicly available manuals and toolsets for project stakeholders to more easily consider massive wood based construction methods from the early stages of project definition.”
Anna-Liisa Myllynen, SVP Sustainability for Stora Enso Wood Products, added:
“We are proud to be partnering with the World Green Building Council. We are delighted by the prospect of working with the WorldGBC, their partner network and the national Green Building Councils in Europe to increase the uptake of sustainable building solutions.”
About Stora Enso
Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. Our aim is to replace fossil based materials by innovating and developing new products and services based on wood and other renewable materials. We employ some 26 000 employees in more than 35 countries, and our sales in 2015 were EUR 10.0 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on the Helsinki and Stockholm stock exchanges.
Visit www.storaenso.com for more information.
