The forest assets demerger is expected to complete in the first half of 2027.
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The proposed directors include Johan Trolle-Löwen as Chair and Jannica Fagerholm as Vice Chair for the planned spin-off holding 1.2 million hectares of Swedish forest assets.
Investment replaces fossil fuels with bioenergy, reducing annual CO2 output by 113,000 tonnes.
New Wood and Energy business area launches January 2026 as Containerboard division also gets new leader.
New research from Linnaeus University shows that managers in Sweden’s largest forest companies often reject profitable projects if they pose environmental or workplace risks, revealing strong behavioral and sustainability-driven bias in capital investment decisions.
Strategic assessment covers seven sawmills with 3 million m3 capacity and three CLT mills across four countries.
New entity holds 1.2 million hectares valued at $5.7 billion and plans dual listing on Nasdaq Stockholm and Helsinki.
Austrian site, the company's first CLT production facility, supplies material for roughly 15,000 global projects.
The buyers include Soya Group and MEAG-led consortium.