Meeting with Kristin Schreiber (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

19 Nov 2025 · Metsä Group asked for this meeting to discuss the role of biogenic carbon dioxide capture and utilisation (bio-CCU) for the defossilisation of the material sector in the Bioeconomy Strategy

Response to Communication on the New European Bauhaus

17 Oct 2025

Response to Legislative proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act

7 Jul 2025

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jul 2025 · Topical issues in the forest sector

Response to Communication on a new EU Bioeconomy strategy: Towards a Circular, Regenerative and Competitive Bioeconomy

18 Jun 2025

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and 2 other attendees

13 Jun 2025 · Site visit of Metsä Group’s bioproduct pulp mill in Kemi

Response to CP-014 - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: European Affordable Housing Plan 

4 Jun 2025

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

21 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the role of wood-based value chains in the EU industrial strategy and circular bioeconomy

Meeting with Christophe Hansen (Commissioner) and 7 other attendees

20 May 2025 · Forestry, EU bioeconomy strategy, improvement of the EU competitiveness while reaching the climate goals, and how the industry best can contribute to this work

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Apr 2025 · EUDR and forest monitoring

Meeting with Ana Vasconcelos (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Feb 2025 · Bioeconomy Strategy

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2024 · Metsäkatoasetuksen tilanne

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Upcoming climate legislation

Meeting with Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

11 Jul 2024 · Regenerative forestry, carbon management.

Meeting with Elina Laurinen (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

4 Jul 2024 · EU Green Deal and strategic autonomy

Meeting with Taru Haapaniemi (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

22 May 2024 · Forestry and bioeconomy sectors and their relevance for the EU Green Deal and strategic autonomy.

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and 25 other interest representatives

14 Mar 2024 · High level dialogue on forest-based bioeconomy

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a monitoring framework for resilient European forests

7 Feb 2024

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2024 · Forest monitoring framework

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jan 2024 · Forest monitoring

Meeting with Beatrice Covassi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and 15 other interest representatives

15 Nov 2023 · Public Hearing - Soil Monitoring Law

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

3 Nov 2023

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Oct 2023 · PPWR

Response to Communication on a strategic vision for carbon capture utilisation and storage deployment in the EU

10 Aug 2023

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

2 May 2023 · EU policies concerning forests, including nature restoration law and forest monitoring proposal

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC

24 Apr 2023

Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

28 Mar 2023 · To discuss the forthcoming forest related initiatives, such as the monitoring framework and Legislative Proposal on Soil Health

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals

23 Mar 2023

Meeting with Silvia Modig (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Mar 2023 · Regulation on packaging and packaging waste and Nature Restoration Law

Meeting with Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

7 Dec 2022 · Biodiversity, taxonomy, forest monitoring law.

Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

7 Dec 2022 · EU forest policy, including in the proposal for a Nature Restoration Regulation

Meeting with Barbara Glowacka (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

11 Nov 2022 · Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive; LULUCF Regulation; Deforestation Regulation; Taxonomy and Nature Restoration Regulation, Carbon Removals and REPowerEU.

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and 4 other interest representatives

19 Oct 2022 · Circular economy and the revision of the EU packaging rules

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on nature restoration

22 Aug 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EU) 305/2011

12 Jul 2022

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and 5 other interest representatives

27 Jun 2022 · EU transition to a circular economy; fibre based packaging

Response to Legislative proposal for an EU Framework for Forest Monitoring and Strategic Plans

6 May 2022

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Apr 2022 · RED Finland forests - staff level

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Apr 2022 · LULUCF regulation

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Apr 2022 · Forest industries, LULUCF, other topical legislation around forests

Response to Review of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives

21 Feb 2022

Response to Evaluation and possible revision of Directive 96/53/CE, of 25 July 1996, laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic

18 Feb 2022

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and 2 other interest representatives

23 Nov 2021 · EU paper industry views on the Green Deal strategy and industry’s vision for 2030

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652

18 Nov 2021

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

9 Jun 2021 · European Green Deal and the preparation of the EU Forest Strategy

Meeting with Camilla Bursi (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

9 Jun 2021 · European Green Deal and the preparation of the EU Forest Strategy

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on establishing operational guidance on the evidence for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria for forest biomass laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council

28 Apr 2021

Meeting with Eszter Batta (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

23 Mar 2021 · taxonomy, industrial strategy

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)

16 Nov 2020 · Green Deal, forests and climate policy

Meeting with Arto Virtanen (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

14 Feb 2020 · Green deal

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

23 May 2019 · Discuss Bio and Circular Economy, climate change mitigation, forestry and forest management, and UN SDGs

Meeting with Risto Artjoki (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

23 May 2019 · Bioeconomy

Meeting with Peter Wehrheim (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

10 Apr 2019 · European bioeconomy

Meeting with Risto Artjoki (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Confederation of European Paper Industries

5 Mar 2019 · Bioeconomy

Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures and correcting Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/669

8 Feb 2019

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

22 Oct 2018 · Agri Mattrs

Meeting with Risto Artjoki (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

6 Sept 2018 · Climate and energy strategy

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

23 Apr 2018 · Investments, circular-bioeconomy

Meeting with Tatu Liimatainen (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

7 Feb 2018 · Bioeconomy and Circular Economy

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

12 Jan 2018 · Rail Baltica

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

21 Nov 2017 · Europe as an investment environment

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

20 Nov 2017 · Current EU affairs

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

21 Mar 2017 · Energy policy

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis) and Brunswick Group Limited srl

7 Mar 2017 · Food contact materials

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

5 Dec 2016 · Energy package

Meeting with Astrid Ladefoged (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and Kraton Chemical B.V.

22 Nov 2016 · Energy package

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

15 Nov 2016 · Bio Economy

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

14 Oct 2016 · reduction of transport emissions

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

6 Oct 2016 · bio economy

Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

27 Sept 2016 · Bioenergy

Meeting with Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

27 Sept 2016 · Energy Union

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

21 Sept 2016 · Renewable Energy Directive and, in particular, the material use of wood and the availability of wood raw material

Meeting with Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and Finnish Forest Industries Federation (Metsäteollisuus ry)

7 Sept 2016 · Issues related to trade with Russia

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

17 Jun 2016 · Bioeconomy

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

15 Mar 2016 · Food packaging sustainability criteria

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

15 Oct 2015 · Energy and Environment Policies

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

29 Sept 2015 · EFSI, Internal Market

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Confederation of European Paper Industries

30 Jun 2015 · Energy Union

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and Confederation of European Paper Industries

1 Jun 2015 · Circular Economy and Energy Union

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

4 May 2015 · Lunch meeting

Meeting with Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General Research and Innovation)

24 Apr 2015 · Next- generation bio-product mill

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan) and Confederation of European Paper Industries

24 Apr 2015 · Bio economy

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner) and Confederation of European Paper Industries

24 Apr 2015 · Bio Economy

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

23 Apr 2015 · Energy Union

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

23 Apr 2015 · European Fund for Strategic Investment, Energy Union

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

13 Apr 2015 · Bioeconomy

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

13 Apr 2015 · Bioeconomy

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

16 Dec 2014 · Forest Industry issues