Metsä Fibre Annual review 2015

1. METSÄ
FIBRE
ANNUAL REVIEW
2015

2. CONTENTS
2 Key figures
4 CEO’s review
6 Strategy
8 Year 2015
10 Botnia products and services
12 Bioproduct mill
14 New bioproducts
15 Bioproduct mill’s environmental performance
16 Sustainability themes
18 Environmental impacts
20 Environmental balance
21 Emissions from Nordic pulp mills
A GLOBAL LEADER
IN THE BIOECONOMY
* compared to 2014
SALES*
OPERATING RESULT
EXCL. NRI*
PRODUCTION*
+11%
+62%
+96,000 t

3. METSÄ
GROUP
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
2015
METSÄ
GROUP
ANNUAL BROCHURE
2015
Metsä Fibre is
­developing textile
fibres from softwood
pulp together with
Itochu Corporation.
Yarn was produced on
a laboratory scale­
in 2015.
METSÄ FIBRE is a world-leading producer of bioproducts and bioenergy.
Its brand is Botnia. Its bleached softwood and birch pulps have been developed
for manufacturing premium boards, tissue and printing papers, and speciality
products. In 2015, Metsä Fibre’s sales totalled EUR 1.4 billion.The company has
approximately 850 employees. Metsä Fibre is owned by Metsäliitto Cooperative
(50.2%), Metsä Board (24.9%) and Itochu Corporation (24.9%). Metsä Fibre is
part of Metsä Group.
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4. 2 KEY FIGURES
KEY FIGURES 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Sales, EUR million 1,445 1,296 1,314 1,274 1,301
Operating result, EUR million 337 228 197 151 267
Operating result, excl. NRI, EUR million 337 208 197 148 267
Return on capital employed, % 42 30 29 23 37
Equity ratio, % 67 66 71 65 63
Net gearing ratio, % -36 -40 12 16 7
Investments, EUR million 250 26 27 35 45
Production, 1,000 t 2,353 2,257 2,297 2,237 2,205
Wood consumption, million m3
13 12 13 12 12
Personnel, 31. December 857 842 884 876 873
Lost-time accident frequency rate, per million worked hours,
incl. all accidents at work leading to absenteeism 7.9 4.9 8.4 7.9 6.6
Share of certified wood, % 87 87 85 85 84
Electricity self-sufficiency rate, % 151 149 144 151 138
SALES
EUR 1.5 BILLION
PERSONNEL
900
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE
HOLDING 100%
WOOD SUPPLY AND
FOREST SERVICES
METSÄ FOREST
SALES
EUR 1.4 BILLION
PERSONNEL
850
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE
HOLDING 50.2%,
METSÄ BOARD 24.9%.
ITOCHU CORPORATION 24.9%
PULP
METSÄ FIBRE
SALES
EUR 2.0 BILLION
PERSONNEL
2,600
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE
HOLDING 42.24%
(61.63% OF VOTES)
PAPERBOARD
METSÄ BOARD
SALES
EUR 1.0 BILLION
PERSONNEL
2,800
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE
HOLDING 91%
TISSUE AND
COOKING PAPERS
METSÄ TISSUE
METSÄ GROUP
SALES
EUR 0.9 BILLION
PERSONNEL
2,000
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE
HOLDING 100%
WOOD PRODUCTS
METSÄ WOOD
METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE OWNED BY 116,000 FINNISH FOREST OWNERSGROUP’S PARENT COMPANY
5.0 BILLIONSALES EUR 9,600PERSONNEL
PRODUCTION 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Capacity
ISO
9001
ISO
14001
ISO
50001
OHSAS
18001
ISO
22000
PEFC™
COC
FSC®
COC/CW
Pulp mills, 1,000 t
Joutseno 658 594 604 606 603 690 x x x x x x x
Kemi 585 552 564 539 532 590 x x x x x x x
Rauma 602 607 612 573 567 650 x x x x x x x
Äänekoski 507 504 516 519 503 530 x x x x x x x
Total 2,353 2,257 2,297 2,237 2,205 2,460
Capacity utilisation, % 96 92 95 93 93
Sawn timber 1,000 m3
Metsä Svir 251 233 244 221 193 250 x x 1)
- x - x x
1)
Metsä Svir ISO 14001 certificate includes the Energy Efficiency system (EES).
FSC Licence Code: FSC-C002102

5. KEY FIGURES 3
Metsä Fibre has four profitable pulp mills
in Finland and a growing global market. ­
It supplies ECF bleached softwood and birch fibres
to Europe and China. Metsä Fibre is strengthening
its position in the softwood pulp market by investing
in a new bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland.
PROFITABLE
BUSINESS
PRODUCTION
SALES
MAIN MARKETS
SALES
EUR MILLION
EQUITY RATIO
%
NET GEARING RATIO
%
INVESTMENTS
EUR MILLION
RETURN ON CAPITAL
EMPLOYED
%
11 12 13 14 15
50
40
30
20
10
0
OPERATING RESULT
EXCL. NRI
EUR MILLION
11 12 13 14 15
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
11 12 13 14 15
1,500
1,250
1,000
750
500
250
0
11 12 13 14 15
100
80
60
40
20
0
11 12 13 14 15
50
25
0
-25
-50
11 12 13 14 15
250
200
150
100
50
0

6. 4 CEO’S REVIEW
METSÄ FIBRE
IS A RENEWING
AND SKILLED
PARTNER
METSÄ FIBRE IS IN
THE PROCESS OF
CARRYING OUT THE
LARGEST INVESTMENT
OF THE FOREST
INDUSTRY IN FINLAND.

7. CEO’S REVIEW 5
Metsä Fibre’s roots are in sustainably managed Finnish forests.
Ever since a group of Finnish forest owners founded the company
43 years ago, it has been our mission to profitably upgrade wood
growing in our forests into products for the global market. We have
been fulfilling this mission throughout the decades, while continu-
ously developing our operations.
Responsible profitability has always been Metsä Fibre’s operat-
ing principle. Developing our operations in terms of the customer
relationships, competence and mills alike is based on long-term
planning. Working systematically has proved to be a good way to
maintain the profitability of our capital-intensive operations.
Metsä Group’s other business areas support our effectiveness.
When wood is procured from sustainably managed commercial
forest, all of it must be directed to the most profitable use finan-
cially. This is possible in the value chain formed by Metsä Forest
and Metsä Group’s industrial business operations. The Group
makes it possible to benefit from strong synergies.
A LEADING SUPPLIER
OF BIOPRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Metsä Fibre’s strategy is to develop as the market’s leading supplier
of softwood pulp. Our customer relationships are based on creating
long-term partnerships. We also want to create added value for our
customers’ business by means of our competence, not just by
manufacturing premium products. In order to reach the objective,
we have developed our technical expertise and productised our
competence into service packages aimed at supporting our custom-
ers’ business operations.
Approximately 10 per cent of Metsä Fibre’s sales come from
bioenergy and wood-based biochemicals. We can considerably
increase the share of bioproducts other than pulp by developing
new biomaterials and improving the energy efficiency of our mills.
For us, it creates opportunities for profitable growth and increases
the upgrading value of wood. However, our core business will be
manufacturing wood fibres to meet the needs of our existing
customers, also in the long-term.
INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE
The year 2015 demonstrated that we succeed in competition and
have the key to future success as well. Metsä Fibre’s financial result
was good, and the feedback we received from customers on our
operations was mainly positive and motivated us to develop further.
The market views Metsä Fibre as a professional and ­evolving
company that is appealing to work with.
Metsä Fibre is in the process of carrying out the largest invest-
ment of the forest industry in Finland: the new bioproduct mill in
Äänekoski. The mill will begin operations in the third quarter of
2017 and will take the industry’s resource and environmental
efficiency to a new level. At the same time, it will expand our
operating model by integrating new bioproducts with the develop-
ing and competitive pulp business. This investment clearly makes
Metsä Group the world’s leading manufacturer of softwood pulp,
and it helps us address our customers’ need to purchase premium
raw material.
DEMAND FOR RENEWABLE MATERIALS
IS INCREASING
The consumption of packaging materials and tissue and printing
papers is increasing in developing markets. China is the driver ­
of growth in these markets – the country has become the world’s
largest buyer of market pulp in the past couple of years. Overall,
consumption in our home market – the EU region – has remained
at the same level, even though there are continuous fluctuations
between different product groups. In the Asian export markets, ­
we compete with producers not only from Europe, but also from
North and South America as well as Russia. For this reason, our
efficiency must remain at a good level compared to the producers of
softwood pulp globally. We must also be able to compensate for
the burden caused by the more expensive logistics.
Demand for products based on renewable wood raw material
is growing. This global growth is enabling tens of millions of people
to achieve the standard of living needed for buying products, which
in developed countries are used on a daily basis. There is a willing-
ness to make the shift from the era of fossil fuels
to an era of renewable sources. New innovations make it possible
to manufacture new wood-based products competitively.
The work carried out in Finland over the decades to build a
sustainable forest industry, our high expertise in various forest
industry professions and our willingness to commit to the long-
term development of our sector ensure that we will continue
to meet the needs of our customers, now and in the future.
Ilkka Hämälä
CEO

8. 6 STRATEGY
STRATEGY
MISSION
The most professional and
efficient company
in the pulp industry
VISION
The customers value
Metsä Fibre as their
preferred supplier for
high-quality bioproducts and
services that create
value to their business
VALUES
RELIABILITY
Our success is based on long-term cooperation
with our stakeholders.We appreciate the work
and competence of each other and strengthen the
confidence of our various stakeholders by acting
in a consistent and predictable way.
COOPERATION
We develop our operations in cooperation with our
customers and share information and best prac-
tices with each other.We operate as one group of
companies, utilising mutual synergies and relying
on common benefits.
RESPONSIBLE PROFITABILITY
We bear responsibility for the environment, our
partners and each other to ensure successful
business activities and forestry. Profitability is an
absolute prerequisite for the continuous develop-
ment of operations.
RENEWAL
We are aware of future challenges and have
the courage to question old practices in order to
provide better products and services to our cus-
tomers in support of their business operations.

9. STRATEGY 7
MAIN ELEMENTS
OF THE STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE STRATEGY
CUSTOMER
OWNER
INTERNAL EFFICIENCY
COMPETENCE
• We will be building the world’s first next-generation bioproduct
mill in accordance with the investment decision made in 2015.
• We will continue developing new bioproducts and product
paths. In early 2016, we signed the agreements on biogas and
pulp fibre-based composite production with our partners.We
are further researching lignin processing into new bioproducts
and also a new production process for textile fibres made
from softwood pulp.
WE ARE THE MOST
RELIABLE PARTNER
WE CREATE ADDED VALUE
TO OUR OWNERS
WE MAKE PROFIT
RESPONSIBLYALSO
IN THE FUTURE
WE CONTINUOUSLY
CHALLENGE OURSELVES
• We create added value for our customers with premium
bioproducts.We manage product quality and deal with
deviations by means of an upgraded prime quality
management model implemented in 2015.
• We provide a competitive advantage to our customers with
expertise – the backbone of our services.
For example, the Botnia IdeaBooster service implemented
in 2015 allows us to identify shared development projects
with our customers.
• The Äänekoski bioproduct mill will reach a completely new
level in reducing emissions in the forest industry.
• We are improving the environmental performance
of the Rauma,Joutseno and Kemi pulp mills by developing our
processes.The latest investment in 2015,
the odorous gas boiler at Rauma, reduces the mill’s odour
emissions in exceptional situations.
• We considerably improved the availability of our mills, breaking
a significant production record of 2,353,000 tonnes in 2015.
• In 2015, we completed the renewal of the automation system
at the Kemi mill.
• Metsä Fibre’s personnel designed a new ´Mills of the Future´
operating model, to be implemented in 2016.
• We will prepare for future personnel needs by recruiting new
production professionals through apprenticeship programmes.
• We reached the finals of the 2015 European EFQM Excellence
Award, and will utilise the feedback received to develop our
operations in 2016.

10. 8 YEAR 2015
The year 2015 was one of successes for
Metsä Fibre. Our sales were EUR 1,445 million
and our operating result excluding non-recurring
items was EUR 337 million, which is an improve-
ment of over 60 per cent compared to the previ-
ous year.
Metsä Fibre’s result was improved by
the high utilisation rate of pulp production
capacity at all mills, efficient cost management
and the strengthening of the US dollar against
the euro.
By contrast, the price level of softwood pulp
decreased as a result of the strengthening dollar.
Demand for pulp grew steadily in Metsä Fibre’s
primary markets and in end product segments.
EFFICIENT PRODUCTION
Metsä Fibre’s cost-effective pulp mills are com-
petitive as the requirements set for production
methods and products are tightening. We develop
all areas of our operations in order to be the
preferred partner in the market for our customers.
Long-term work to ensure consistent operations
that are free of disturbances is producing results.
This is indicated by the new company-level
production record of 2,353,000 tonnes achieved
in 2015.
The most significant development invest-
ments were the odorous gas boiler at the Rauma
mill and the automation system at Kemi. The
investment in the mill’s capacity to treat odorous
gases will minimise Rauma mill’s odour emissions
in exceptional situations. The renewal of the
automation system that has been underway for
three years was completed in Kemi, ensuring the
mill’s operating reliability in the future.
We will continue to further improve the mills’
production volume, energy and environmental
efficiency, and product quality.
A RENEWING ORGANISATION
Continuous renewal is our response to changes in
the global pulp markets. At the beginning of
2016, we were focusing on implementing a new
operating model in the production organisation.
The new way of working is based on self-steering
by the shift personnel and shared decision-
making.
Metsä Fibre anticipates future resource needs
by recruiting production professionals through an
apprentice programme at all mills. The number of
new process employees hired through the pro-
gramme in 2015 and 2016 is approximately 40.
FOREST INDUSTRY LEADER
The bioproduct mill in Äänekoski is a cornerstone
of Metsä Fibre’s renewal, and leads the way for
the entire forest industry. Pulp is one of Finland’s
most important export products, and responsible
pulp production will be profitable in the future
as well. We will strengthen our competitiveness
by developing both new bioproducts and business
activities in connection with strong pulp produc-
tion.
Metsä Fibre is a leader in the global bioeconomy, with
business operations based on growing a global demand
for pulp fibre, other wood-based bioproducts and
bioenergy. In production and financial aspects, 2015
was a strong year for Metsä Fibre. During the year, we
made a decision to build a bioproduct mill in Äänekoski,
Finland.
YEAR 2015
150%
THE ELECTRICITY
SELF-SUFFICIENCY RATE
OF OUR PULP MILLS

11. YEAR 2015 9
PERSONNEL
31. DECEMBER
Metsä Fibre asked its employees for their opinions on
smart and motivating ways of working.The result was
a completely customised production operating model
based on self-steering teams and a flat organisation.
Implementation started at the Rauma mill in January
2016 as a pilot.
In the new operating model, shift personnel make
independent decisions without a shift supervisor and
jointly agree on the division of work in accordance with
the shared objectives.The diverse expertise
of Metsä Fibre’s personnel is applied in a completely new
way, since everyone has the opportunity to perform more
demanding and varied tasks.
The operating model was outlined through interviews
and workshops, in which approximately 200 Metsä Fibre
employees participated.
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
PRODUCTION
1,000 T
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
SELF-STEERING WORK AT THE MILLS OF THE FUTURE

12. 10 BOTNIA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
32%BOARDS
31%PRINTING PAPERS
28%TISSUE PAPERS
8%SPECIALITY PRODUCTS
END USE OF BOTNIA
NORDIC PULPS IN 2015
PULP DELIVERIES
1,000 T
Softwood pulp
Hardwood pulp
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
SALES VOLUMES BY
MARKET AREA
%
Finland 45
Asia 26
Europe, excl. Finland 22
MENA TR 7

13. BOTNIA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 11
Metsä Fibre’s main products are bleached soft-
wood and birch pulps, with annual deliveries to
international markets totalling 2.4 million tonnes.
Our product range also include pulps from the
producers we represent. Our pulp fibres are ideal
raw materials for premium tissue and printing
papers, speciality products and boards. We deliver
over 65 per cent of the pulp we manufacture to
customers in Europe, and approximately 25 per
cent to China. Our fibres are developed in close
cooperation with our customers to ensure that
the pulp properties match the requirements of
the end products.
DIVERSE BIOPRODUCTS
We also manufacture other bioproducts, such as
tall oil, turpentine and bioenergy. Metsä Fibre is
one of the largest manufacturers of tall-oil-based
bioproducts in the world. Our customers upgrade
the crude tall oil and crude turpentine generated
at our mills into raw material for biofuels, adhe-
sives, rubbers, inks and odorants, among others.
Bioenergy and biochemicals make up approx-
imately 10 per cent of our sales. The importance
and share of new bioproducts generated in our
pulp production will grow in the future.
ADDED VALUE THROUGH SERVICES
The Botnia product family also includes services
and competence supporting customers’ compet­
itiveness, which helps them make the most of our
Metsä Fibre’s pulp grades are an excellent
raw material for board and paper. The Botnia
product family also includes services that
enable our customers to get the greatest
benefits from our fibres.
IN COOPERATION
WITH CUSTOMERS
products. The objective behind all our operations
is to be the preferred supplier of high-quality
bioproducts and services that create value to our
customers’ business.
Our basic principle is to supply premium
pulp at the right time. Added value for customers
is generated in partnerships where we participate
in the customer’s development work and stream-
lining of operations through our expertise and
networks. That is why we possess a better under-
standing of their operations and needs than other
suppliers.
We have productised our competence into
packages of technical, logistics and sustainability
services. Our technical service experts help
customers fine-tune their production process
and equipment while our logistics services provide
customers with accurate information on pulp
deliveries. At its most advanced, the partnership
means creating innovations together with
the customer. For example, the Botnia
­IdeaBooster concept enables us to brainstorm and
process development ideas for the benefit of both
our own and our customers’ business.

14. 12 BIOPRODUCT MILL
FROM CONSTRUCTION
SITE TO MILL
The bioproduct mill has been progressing
according to plan.The year 2015 was
characterised by construction, and in 2016
the focus will be on equipment installation.
Environmental matters receive special
attention at all stages of construction.
For the environment, it is essential that
the latest and best available technology is
used in all operations and equipment.The
most efficient pulp mill in the world is the
core of the bioproduct mill, also from the
perspective of environmental efficiency.
The suppliers of the main equipment are
Valmet Corporation and Andritz Oy.
The construction of the mill began with
excavation and pile driving work as well as
element installation.As construction
progresses, the site will be transformed into
a state-of-the-art mill complex. Equipment
installation began at the beginning of 2016
with the assembly of the digester and
erection of the pulp towers and the recovery
boiler’s 80-metre high steel frame.At the
time, approximately 20 per cent of the
constructions was completed.
As the installation work progresses, the
number of employees will grow from the
500 people at the beginning of 2016 to
2,500 by the end of the year.Trial runs will
begin in spring 2017, and the mill is sched-
uled to start operating in the third quarter of
the year.

15. BIOPRODUCT MILL 13
We are building the world’s most modern new
bioproduct mill in Äänekoski. It will replace the
30-year-old Äänekoski pulp mill, which is Metsä
Fibre’s oldest. The total investment of the project
will be approximately EUR 1.2 billion, of which
40 per cent will be financed with equity capital
and 60 per cent through loans.
The mill will produce 1.3 million tonnes of
softwood and birch pulp per year, which allows us
to address the increase in the global demand for
pulp and to strengthen our leading position in the
world’s softwood pulp markets. The investment is
based on steady growth in the demand for
northern softwood pulp worldwide.
BUILDING ON RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
At the core of the ecosystem formed by the
bioproduct mill and its partner network is the
next-generation pulp mill, which will produce
new bioproducts, in addition to pulp and other
traditional bioproducts and bioenergy.
Making full use of wood and production side
streams has been the starting point in designing
the mill. Therefore, the share of bioproducts
manufactured from side streams will increase to
20 per cent of the mill’s net sales and continue to
grow gradually. The mill’s unique bioproduct
concept will be a big step in the bioeconomy,
which is growing in importance. As the use of
fossil fuels decreases, the need for new bioprod-
ucts and bioenergy will increase in the future.
WELL-BEING FOR FINLAND
The bioproduct mill is important for the national
economy. It will increase the value of Finland’s
exports by approximately EUR 0.5 billion, and its
impact on the Finnish economy will be EUR 0.5
billion annually. The project’s employment impact
during the construction period will be more than
6,000 person-years. Once production starts, the
mill will provide jobs to 2,500 people in the direct
value chain. The majority of them will work in
wood harvesting and transport. The degree of
Finnish origin of construction will be more than
90 per cent, and overall, the project will be more
than 70 per cent Finnish.
Metsä Fibre is building a bioproduct mill in Äänekoski.
This EUR 1.2 billion investment is the largest in the
history of the forest industry in Finland. The investment
decision for this carefully planned project was made in
April 2015, and the mill is scheduled to begin operations
in the third quarter of 2017.
BIOPRODUCT MILL:
AN INVESTMENT
WITH NATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE
1.2EUR BILLION
INVESTMENT
1.3MILLION TONNES
PER YEAR
PULP PRODUCTION
2,500PEOPLE IN THE DIRECT
VALUE CHAIN
EMPLOYS
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16. 14 NEW BIOPRODUCTS
A central principle in the design of the new bioproduct mill in Ääne-
koski has been to expand the product range to completely new
bioproducts. We will produce them ourselves and in the network of
companies being established around the mill. This network will offer
solid expertise in the markets of new bioproducts. So far, decisions
DEVELOPING
NEW BIOPRODUCTS
PRODUCT GAS TO BIOFUEL FOR THE MILL
A decision has been made to build a bark gasification plant at the
bioproduct mill for making fuel for the mill. Gasification generates
product gas from tree bark for the mill’s lime kiln.As this renewable gas
replaces heavy fuel oil, the mill does not use any fossil fuels. Corre-
sponding technology is already being used on a slightly smaller scale at
the Joutseno mill.
VEHICLE FUEL FROM SLUDGE
EcoEnergy SF Oy will build a biogas plant at the bioproduct mill. It will be
the first in the world to use sludge generated in pulp production as a raw
material.The plant, set to be completed in 2017, will produce biometh-
ane, which can be used as vehicle fuel, among other things.The amount
of biogas produced per year will be approximately 20 GWh, equalling the
annual fuel consumption of approximately
1,800 passenger cars.
UPGRADING PULP INTO BIOPLASTIC
Metsä Fibre and Aqvacomp Oy have agreed on the production of biocom-
posites in connection with pulp manufacturing.The biomaterial, which
combines pulp fibre and plastic, can be used in the electronics and
automobile industries as a substitute for plastic, for example.The manu-
facture of the biocomposite will first begin at the production plant that
Aqvacomp will integrate to our Rauma mill at the beginning of 2017.
Aqvacomp is also exploring the possibility to build a bigger plant in Ääne-
koski once the bioproduct mill is operational.
DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE FIBRES
We are researching the manufacture of textile fibres from pulp.The
manufacture of wood-based textile fibres using environmentally friendly
method based on ionic liquid technology is a long-term research
process, which began in 2009 as part of FIBIC Oy’s research pro-
gramme.Alongside it, we have started a development project in coop-
eration with Itochu Corporation.The first garments produced on a
laboratory-scale are now ready and will function as a basis for consider-
ing a shift to a pilot-plant scale.
have been made on the manufacture of biocomposites, product gas and
biogas in the mill’s ecosystem. Several other projects are progressing at
the research stage in a consistent manner. Among these are converting
odorous gases into sulphuric acid, the manufacture of new textile fibres
in cooperation with Itochu Corporation and the upgrading of lignin.
*Current bioproducts
BARK*
PULPWOOD
PULP*
TURPENTINE* AND TALL OIL*
ODOROUS GASES
LIGNIN
SLUDGE
CLEAN WATER
DREGS AND ASHES
BIOENERGY*
Power
Prosess steam
District heat
GLAUBER
SALT
PULP
UPGRADING
Product gas from bark and sludge
for the mill’s own use
Sulphuric acid and methanol
from odorous gases for the mill’s own use
New bioproducts from lignin
Fertiliser and earth work
material from dregs and ashes
New textile fibres from pulp
Biocomposites from pulp
Biogas from sludge for traffic fuel
or the mill’s own use
New biofuels from bark, wood dust
and energy wood

17. BIOPRODUCT MILL’S ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE 15
0%USE OF FOSSIL FUELS
240%ELECTRICITY
SELF-SUFFICIENCY RATE
SUPERIOR
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
The bioproduct mill will have a
superior energy self-sufficiency
rate: it will produce 2.4 times more
electricity than it consumes.The mill
will annually produce 1.8 TWh of
electricity as well as heat, which will
increase the share of renewable energy in
Finland by more than 2 percentage points,
supporting the national goals for renewable
energy use.
ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
The mill’s high level of energy self-sufficiency is
based both on its size and on its highly advanced
technology in the steam-generating recovery boiler, the
lime kiln and other equipment solutions.The steam and
pressure values and temperatures in the recovery boiler
will be high, which better supports efficiency ratios and more
efficient use of fuels.
NO FOSSIL FUELS
For the lime kiln, traditional fossil fuels will be replaced with
renewable fuels made from bark through gasification. In doing so,
the bioproduct mill will not use any fossil fuels. Metsä Fibre has similar
technology in place at its Joutseno mill, but the gasification plant at the
bioproduct mill will be twice the size.
The bioproduct mill’s process water consumtion will be
second to none in the world. For this reason, the emissions
from the bioproduct mill will not affect the use of the
surrounding natural waterways.
Its water cycle is largely closed, meaning that it will
produce less waste water than traditional pulp mills. Its
effluent treatment plant will also have more stages than the
current one, and its modern purification technology will
minimise the burden on waterways.
During the planning phase, a concept has been examined
to convert the mill’s odorous gases into sulphuric acid for the
production of tall oil, for example. The production of
sulphuric acid would take the mill one major step closer to
having a closed chemical cycle. The technique is not new, but
Metsä Fibre is the first company in the world to examine its
application at a pulp mill on a large scale.
Processes for the bioproduct mill in Äänekoski are
selected based on energy efficiency, low water
consumption and low emissions to air an. Even though its
production capacity is almost three times higher, the mill
will be able to operate within the environmental permit for
the present mill. The mill will not use any fossil fuels.
BIOPRODUCT
MILL’S SUPERIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE

18. 16 SUSTAINABILITY THEMES
SUSTAINABILITY
AT METSÄ FIBRE
WE OFFER
SUSTAINABLE CHOICES
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Turning renewable wood into sustainable,
safe and recyclable products
• Providing customer-focused services
and solutions
• Innovating for continuous improvement
and renewal
WE BRING
THE FOREST TO YOU
RAW MATERIALS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
• Promoting sustainable forest management,
certification, biodiversity and
multiple use of forests
• Enhancing sustainability in the value chain
• Ensuring the traceability of raw materials
WE WORK FOR
A BETTER CLIMATE
AND ENVIRONMENT
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND EMISSIONS
• Making efficient use of raw materials, energy
and water
• Increasing the value of side streams
• Maximizing the share of bioenergy
• Minimizing emissions to water and air
WE CREATE WELL-BEING
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
• Ensuring ethical business practices
• Improving safety at work
• Assuring responsible management
• Contributing to local livelihoods and society
Sustainability and environmental
responsibility are part of our
operations. Our products are safe
and re­cyclable. We use raw materials,
energy and water efficiently and
use the best available technology in
production. We take care of the safety
and well-being of our personnel.
METSÄ GROUP’S
SUSTAINABILITY
THEMES

19. SUSTAINABILITY THEMES 17
PRODUCTS
All of our products are safe and recyclable bioprod-
ucts. Our main product is premium, safe
ECF bleached pulp, which we manufacture at four
mills in Finland. Our mills have certified product
safety systems in place.
During pulp production, wood extractives are
used to produce biochemicals, such as tall oil and
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFICIENCY
Our objective is to continuously improve the envi-
ronmental performance.The emissions from our
mills are in accordance with the levels confirmed by
the European Commission for best available tech-
nology (BAT). For example, our significant achieve-
ments in decreasing process water consumption is
based on long-term work.
A considerable share of Finland’s renewable energy
is generated in pulp production. Our mills produce
the energy they need; we also sell electricity, heat
and steam to extermal customers.
It is our principle to use wood raw material
efficiently.The by-product markets are part of the
circular economy, in which by-products are raw
materials for new products and for reuse. Bark and
sawdust generated in our production is used in
energy production.The wood-based side streams
that are not used for energy are utilised as fertil­
isers, in landscaping or industrial raw materials.
SAFETY AT WORK
Occupational safety is an integral part of daily
management at Metsä Fibre. Our occupational
safety management system is based on proactive
work, which essentially consists of personnel safety
observations, safety inspections and safety talks.
Our goal is zero accidents, and to achieve this we
are developing new ways to strengthen our safety
culture.
STAKEHOLDERS
Pulp is one of Finland’s most important export
products and pulp production will be profitable in
Finland in the future as well.The majority of the
cash flows in our operations remain in Finland.
We employ approximately 850 people directly and
create jobs for raw material and services suppliers.
The employment impact of the construction of
the bioproduct mill will be significant.
BIOENERGY AND BIOCHEMICALS
ACCOUNT FOR
ACCIDENT FREQUENCY RATE (LTA1)*
* All lost-time accidents per
million worked hours
OF OUR SALES
87%
10%
7.9
SHARE OF
CERTIFIED WOOD
SUSTAINABILITY
AT METSÄ FIBRE
turpentine.We also research the production of new
bioproducts from pulp and side streams of pulp
manufacturing.
and sustainable forest use to us and our customers.
In all, 87 per cent of our wood raw material comes
from certified forests.Approximately 25 per cent of
the world’s industrially utilised forest reserves have
been certified.
MATERIAL AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
PROCESS WATER CONSUMPTION*
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
IN 10 YEARS
* by product tonne
KG/T
IN 2015
-30%
11.3
Metsä Group is responsible for our wood supply.
It ensures the wood we use is legal and that the
supply chain is acceptable and sustainable.We
are always 100 per cent able to trace the origin of
the wood we use.
Third-party forest certification signifies legal

20. 18 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
We manufacture premium pulp grades from
renewable and recyclable raw material. Our
products help minimise the environmental
impact throughout the upgrading chain, since we
use raw materials, energy and water as effectively
as possible and reduce emissions to water and air.
MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
In 2015, we paid special attention to proactive
environmental management. We react to devi­
ations actively, minimising the environmental
impact of our operations. Our several proactive
environmental management tools include
environmental observations, talks and investiga-
tions, as well as methods for processing these
systematically. In addition, we developed oper­
ating methods for the management of environ-
mental risks.
In 2015, our most significant investment in
the environmental performance was replacing the
odorous gas boiler in Rauma. The impacts will be
demonstrated, in particular, in the air quality in
the immediate vicinity of the mill in the form of
reduced odour nuisance generated in disturbance
situations.
CONTROLLING EMISSIONS
TO WATER
Smooth operations with minimal disturbances
ensure that the environmental burden is under
control. At our mills we have been carrying out
systematic development work to improve process
availability. This is manifested not only in
REDUCING
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
We are improving the environmental performance of
our mills by continuously developing our processes.
EFFLUENT FLOW
M3
/PULP TONNE
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
50
40
30
20
10
0
LANDFILL WASTE
KG/PULP TONNE, WET
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
50
40
30
20
10
0
FOSSIL C02
EMISSIONS
MILLION T
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
250
200
150
100
50
0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
15
14
13
12
11
10
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
IN EFFLUENT (COD)
KG/PULP TONNE
ENVIRONMENTAL
INVESTMENTS, PULP MILLS
EUR MILLION
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
10
8
6
4
2
0

21. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 19
production efficiency, but also in the mills’
environmental performance.
The nominal consumption of process water
has been reduced as part of our daily environ­
mental performance management. We want to
further improve our environmental efficiency by
means of new online indicators that model the
chemical oxygen demand (COD) generated by
pulp production. The Waste water FOX indica-
tor implemented at the Rauma mill, and to be
next implemented at the Joutseno mill, has
provided a new perspective to and understanding
of how the COD load is generated and how it
can be controlled.
INVESTMENT TO MINIMISE
ODOURS IN RAUMA
Metsä Fibre invested EUR 5 million in
improving the effectiveness of the odor-
ous gas boiler and odorous gas systems at
the Rauma mill.The construction of the
boiler, which commenced in the spring
of 2015, was completed in December.
The boiler facility is a backup system for
odorous gas processing in production
disturbance situations and when shutting
down and starting up the mill’s production
process. During normal operation, the
odorous gases are combusted in the lime
kiln and recovery boiler.
The previous odorous gas boiler was
operating at capacity as production
increased.The new 20 MW boiler facility
has triple the power of the previous one.
The capacity of the new boiler is sufficient
for the mill’s current production and far
into the future.
Odorous gas emissions will decrease
with better recovery of odorous com-
pounds from the process and more
effective use in combustion than before.
In exceptional situations, the time to start
odorous gas processing is only one fifth of
what it was previously.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES
Discharges to water from all our mills were in
line with our permit conditions in 2015. By
contrast, isolated deviations from the permit
limits for emissions to air have posed challenges.
At the Rauma mill, the permit limit for tempo-
rary odorous sulphur compound emissions
(TRS) was exceeded occasionally, and in Kemi,
the permit limit for particle emissions from the
recovery boiler was exceeded.
As corrective measures, we have inspected the
mills’ internal operating methods, running
models and process conditions. In Joutseno, the
previously challenging situation with lime kiln
particles was successfully managed. The odorous
gas boiler investment at the Rauma mill ensures
operations in accordance with the permit.
In a development project implemented in 2015,
we created an operating method for utilising the
production side streams and sought new ways to
make use of the fractions.Together with our
partners, we use our side streams, such as bark
fractions, excess lime and the ash from the bark
gasifier and bark boiler, as effectively as possible.
For example, the lime fractions extracted
from the pulp process from time to time are
excellent as a soil conditioner.Annually, we
supply approximately 5,000 tonnes of excess
lime from the Joutseno mill for soil conditioning
purposes through a local partner.Ash from the
Kemi mill bark boiler and the Joutseno mill
gasifier is an excellent fertiliser for forests
returning valuable nutrients back to
the forest.
RECYCLING VALUABLE MATERIALS

22. 20 ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL BALANCE
JOUTSENO KEMI RAUMA ÄÄNEKOSKI
METSÄ
SVIR
TOTAL
2015
TOTAL
2014
PRODUCTION
Pulp t 657,907 585,402 602,480 506,853 - 2,352,642 2,257,389
Sawn timber m3
0 0 0 0 251,451 251,451 233,306
WOOD CONSUMPTION
Total wood consumption 1,000 m3
3,531 2,962 3,272 2,273 586 12,625 12,244
Certified wood % 88 97 83 91 47 87 87
EFFLUENTS
WASTE WATER
Process water volume 1,000 m3
16,782 15,009 14,724 12,136 360 59,011 58,721
Total suspended solids t 362 353 269 410 16 1,410 1,368
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) t 6,132 7,229 8,429 4,812 33 26,635 26,164
Biological oxygen demand (BOD) t 135 124 100 115 5.1 480 474
Phosphorus (P) t 3.7 5.7 4.5 4.9 0.03 19 21
Nitrogen (N) t 100 92 57 66 0.3 315 327
AOX t 104 63 64 51 - 281 270
AIR EMISSIONS
Sulphur dioxide (as SO2
) t 321 158 103 670 0.1 1,252 1,063
TRS (as S) t 11 33 6 8 0 58 52
NOx
(as NO2
) t 870 1,327 868 940 21 4,026 4,079
CO2
from fossil sources 1,000 t 39 60 78 67 0.2 244 190
CO2
from biomass 1,000 t 1,354 1,393 1,196 919 20 4,883 4,822
Particles t 177 194 134 370 20 895 942
WASTE
Landfill waste t 7,009 3,700 7,303 10,864 130 29,006 32,962
Hazardous waste t 57 69 50 45 0.4 221 169
ENERGY
Wood based fuel use GWh 3,725 3,831 3,290 2,528 56 13,430 13,263
Fossil fuel use GWh 198 213 275 235 0.6 921 738
Purchased electricity GWh -274 -190 -168 -79 13 -698 -657
Purchased heat GWh -31 -438 -221 -117 0 -808 -719

23. EMISSIONS FROM NORDIC PULP MILLS 21
SPECIFIC EMISSIONS FROM
PULP MILLS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
Specific emissions from Metsä Fibre’s and other Finnish and Swedish mills producing
bleached sulphate pulp are compared below. Metsä Fibre’s figures are from 2015.
The other figures are from 2014 and they are based on the statistics of the Finnish Forest
Industries Federation and the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (CODCR
)
KG/PULP TONNE
Metsä Fibre mills
Other pulp mills in Finland
Pulp mills in Sweden
–– BAT max.
Metsä Fibre mills
Other pulp mills in Finland
Pulp mills in Sweden
–– BAT max.
PHOSPHORUS (P)
G/PULP TONNE
Joutseno
Rauma
Kemi
Äänekoski
80
60
40
20
0
Metsä Fibre mills
Other pulp mills in Finland
Pulp mills in Sweden
–– BAT max.
CHLORINE AND OTHER HALOGENS BOUND TO ORGANIC MATERIAL IN EFFLUENT (AOX)
KG/PULP TONNE
Äänekoski
Kemi
Rauma
Joutseno
0.20
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
Joutseno
Äänekoski
Kemi
Rauma
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0

24. METSÄ FIBRE OY
P.O.Box 30
02020 METSÄ, Finland
Tel. +358 10 4612
www.metsafibre.com
www.bioproductmill.com
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