INDUSTRY NEWS


tora Enso’s Board of Directors has appointed Karl-Henrik Sundström (54) as its new CEO as of 1 August, 2014. He is currently Executive Vice-President and Head of the Printing and Living Division of Stora Enso.


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“Karl-Henrik Sundström has wide global experience in manufacturing industry and a solid background in financial management. As an internal choice, he brings continuity to the management of the company and to the strategic path the company has chosen,” said Gunnar Brock, Chairman of the Board. “During my two years with Stora Enso, I have got to know a


New CEO for Stora Enso


company with a strong market position and great potential. I am looking forward to continuing to build the future of Stora Enso, together with the whole team of competent and committed employees around the world,” assured the new CEO.


Fine for waste wood pollution


A wood biomass company has been fined £14,000 after one of its waste wood stores in Hull on the East Coast of England caused a risk of pollution. Stobart Biomass Products Ltd, which has its headquarters in Penrith, was handed the fine on 3 June by Hull and Holderness Magistrates Court. As well as the fine, the company was ordered to pay legal costs of £5,512.73 and a victim surcharge of £15.


The firm was in court over its waste transfer operation at Albert Dock in Hull, where it was storing waste woodchip in 2011 and 2012 for the energy-from-waste industry. The UK’s Environment Agency had given Stobart Biomass some guidance to ensure the stored wood would not cause any problems to the local environment or nearby communities, but when investigating officers visited the site they saw that dust from the wood piles was not being prevented from being blown on to nearby areas during high winds in dry conditions.


Sarah Middleton, prosecuting for 4 4 July 2014


the Environment Agency, told the court that dust problems did arise as some local residents reported brown dust being blown on to their properties, windows and cars. Stobart Biomass had also failed to protect the dock from the waste. Piles of wood were seen located on a concrete surface, but some had no containment to prevent water run-off from entering the water. Stobart Biomass admitted one charge of keeping controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution or harm to human health. In mitigation, the firm said a dust management plan had been drawn up and passed to a stevedore company, but this other firm had failed to manage the risk appropriately.


Joanne Holt, Environmental Crime Team Leader at the Environment Agency, said: “Waste management operations can potentially cause many problems to the local environment and neighbourhood – that’s why it is vital that companies ensure they meet all of their environmental obligations”.


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