Ex. dag 17. april 2020:

Fra 2019 annual report:

Norske Skog’s long-term strategy remains to improve the core business, to convert certain of the group’s paper machines and to diversify the business within the bioenergy, fibre and biochemical markets. Although our employees are committed to deliver quality publication paper every day, Norske Skog is actively
developing new revenue streams in synergy with existing paper production. In the years ahead of us, we will launch new green products. All these initiatives will be profitable and sustainable:

• At Bruck in Austria, we are investing in a new 50MW wide range energy boiler, utilizing refuse derived fuels and paper production residuals. This will improve the carbon footprint, further strengthen the mill’s profitability and create new business beyond publication paper.

• At Saugbrugs, we will work to develop a new type of bio-composite that may be used in furniture, packaging materials and car interiors. We will develop
sustainable solutions related to plastic raw materials by fibre blending, technology development and testing of bio-composites. This will contribute to decreased plastic consumption by creating new, green products with significantly reduced carbon footprint.

• Our biogas facilities at Golbey and Saugbrugs already contribute positively to our earnings, but more impressively, it has reduced our carbon footprint substantially. We will invest further to improve our biogas activities, and we are proud to be a global forerunner in the circular economy.

• At Nature’s Flame in New Zealand, we have doubled the output of wood pellets to an annual capacity of 85 000 tonnes delivering to our domestic customers as well as markets in Asia.

• Likewise, there are also numerous encourag- ing initiatives at the Tasman (New Zealand), Skogn (Norway) and Boyer (Australia) mills.