Pulp, paper and forest products company Stora Enso announced that it has hired Annette Stube to be its new Head of Sustainability, succeeding Noel Morrin who will retire at the end of the year. Stube will also join Stora Enso’s Group Leadership Team.

Prior to joining Stora Enso, Stube spent over 11 years at integrated container logistics company A.P. Moller-Maersk, serving as the company’s Head of Sustainability. She also worked as Director of Sustainability programmes for global healthcare company Novo Nordisk. Stube has a master’s degree in psychology and an Executive Board Education from Copenhagen Business School, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Finnish energy company Fortum, and as a Member of the Expert Network for United Nations Global Compact.

Stora Enso President and CEO Annica Bresky, said:

“I would like to extend my warmest thanks to Noel for his valuable and committed work for Stora Enso. He has played an essential role in setting an ambitious sustainability agenda for Stora Enso and taking the Group’s sustainability reporting to a high level. We have set ambitious targets to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and seen good progress in that during the past years.  

“I am happy to welcome Annette Stube to our leadership team. Her experience in pioneering and leading sustainability work in global organizations is very valuable and will support us in our continued transformation as “The renewable materials company”. Her background in developing sustainability-based business opportunities and innovations will also strengthen us.”

Stube said:

“I am happy to join Stora Enso, a true sustainability front-runner. Stora Enso is uniquely positioned as a solution provider in a low-carbon, circular bioeconomy with renewable raw materials, having sustainability at the core of its strategy. Standing on solid sustainability governance and high-quality reporting, Stora Enso is ready to take the next step.”