Stora Enso Announces Products With Three Chain-of-custody Certifications

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI—June 21, 2007—Stora Enso (NYSE: SEO) today announced effective June 1, the Centura®, Productolith® gloss, dull and matte sheets, and the Arbor™ line of products meet the chain-of-custody certification requirements for the following:

• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), SW-COC-1930;

• Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI), BV-COC-209961-A; and

• Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), BV-COC-209961-B.

In May, Stora Enso announced that six of its North American mills achieved third-party chain-of-custody certifications for SFI® and PEFC, becoming the first coated paper manufacturer in North America to achieve SFI chain-of-custody certification. The SFI and PEFC certifications complement the FSC chain-of-custody certification achieved last year.

“We recognize that many of our customers want assurance that the products they buy come from responsibly managed forests. The entire Centura and Arbor line of products, as well as Productolith sheets in gloss, dull and matte finishes, meet these expectations with threefold confidence,” said Tony McDowell, vice president, branding and market communications. “As a leader in the paper industry, we have a special responsibility to support all credible forest certification schemes. That’s why we have sought and attained these multiple certifications for six of our mills in North America, covering a wide range of products for our customers.” Additional products with chain-of-custody certification may be available on an inquiry basis. Contact a Stora Enso sales representative for details. About Stora Enso’s multiple chain-of-custody certified products

Centura is a premium coated free-sheet printing paper from Stora Enso offering a complete line of sheet, web and digital products. It is best used when a consistent image is critical throughout a marketing campaign. Centura provides high brightness (96) and pleasing blue-white shade in four distinct finishes – gloss, silk, dull and matte. It contains a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled content, is acid-free and archival quality. All of the chemical pulp used in manufacturing Centura is elemental chlorine free.

ArborWeb™ and ArborWeb Plus are coated free-sheet web papers, perfect for publishers and brand owners who place a high value on environmental responsibility. All Arbor products contain 30% post-consumer recycled content and are designed to optimize forest conservation without sacrificing print production values. The Arbor formulation is also available in three lighter-weight publication grades – PolarisPress Arbor, ConsoPress Arbor and MagniPress Arbor – to match customer interests in choice, performance and the environment. All of the chemical pulp used in manufacturing the Arbor products is elemental chlorine free.

Productolith is an industry favorite known for its dependable press and bindery performance. Productolith gloss, dull and matte sheets are multiple-certified and contain a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled content. It offers high brightness (92) with blue-white shade, and is acid-free and archival quality. All of the chemical pulp used in manufacturing Productolith is elemental chlorine free.

For more information about the multiple-certified products, contact a local Stora Enso representative, call the national customer service team at 1-800-436-2635, or visit www.storaenso.com/na.

About FSC
The Forest Stewardship Council© is an international organization that promotes sustainable management of the world’s forests. The organization accredits third-party certifiers to ensure that forest and forest products companies meet FSC principles and criteria for environmental, economic and social standards. FSC is “The Global Benchmark for Responsible Forest Management.”

About SFI
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) program is a comprehensive system of principles, objectives and performance measures developed by professional foresters, conservationists and scientists, among others that combines the perpetual growing and harvesting of trees with the long-term protection of wildlife, plants, soil and water quality.

About PEFC
The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that promotes sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification. PEFC endorses the certification system of SFI.

Stora Enso in North America
Stora Enso is a global integrated paper, packaging and forest products company. In North America, Stora Enso is a leading producer of coated and supercalendered papers, and a premier producer of speciality papers. Other products include newsprint, elemental chlorine-free kraft pulp, totally chlorine-free mechanical pulp and recycled pulp from recovered paper. Stora Enso has papermaking operations in Biron, Kimberly, Niagara, Stevens Point, Whiting and Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Duluth, Minnesota; and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Stora Enso and sustainability
Stora Enso has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for several years. In 2006, Stora Enso was selected for inclusion in the DJSI STOXX for the sixth year in a row and received the highest possible score (100%) in environmental policy/management and environmental reporting.

In North America, Stora Enso is:

An active founding member of the Chicago Climate Exchange®, a voluntary, legally binding program for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through market-based trading.

A member of Climate Leaders, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency industry-government partnership in which companies set corporate-wide GHG reduction goals and inventory their emissions to measure progress in developing long-term, comprehensive climate change strategies.