Norske Skog Follum Environmental and Neighbour Report 2006 Environment and energy - objectives and strategy

Norske Skog Follum shall be conscious of environmental and energy-related issues and work continuously to reduce its environmental impact and energy consumption.

• Ensure that the environment and energy responsibility is clearly defined, understood and accepted in the entire organisation.

• Integrate environment and energy assessments in operations and strategic decisions (purchases, maintenance, process changes, product development, investments).

• Define annual environment and energy objectives and implement measures to attain them.

Contents

Vision 2 About Norske Skog Follum 3 Products and customers 4 What you need to make 6 Paper production – from timber to paper 8 The purification plants 10 Environmental and energy-related aspects 11 Environmental and resource accounts 2006 16 Corporate responsibility and neighbour relations 17 Working environment, health and safety 18 Notification and information during major accidents 20 Introduction

Norske Skog Follum shall be an environmental and energy-conscious producer of printing paper. We must work to ensure continuous improvement and be clear in the communication of our environmental profile to customers and the local community. Our activities affect our neighbourhood in several areas. In this report, you can read about what we produce, how we work to reduce the environmental footprint, our energy consumption and the results we achieve.

As in previous years, we can show reductions in emissions and discharges and improvements in 2006 as well. When the year is summed up, the following factors will have contributed to improve productivity and environmental effects: • New production and emission/discharge permit, production volume increased to 450 000 tonnes and stricter emission and discharge requirements. • Decision made to expand the biological purification plant to reduce discharge to water. The plant will come online in the autumn of 2007 and will cost NOK 90 million. • Certification of our energy management system which commits us to rationalise energy consumption further. • Participation in the wood processing industry’s Program for Energy efficiency improvement where we commit ourselves to reducing electric energy consumption. • Moving the plant from Union to Follum (TMP3). This will contribute to increased production stability and reduce the fluctuation in various emission and discharge components. The plant will come online in december 2007.

Working environment, health and safety The injury statistics development has been good in the last few years. We had one lost time injury in December 2006, ending a 23-month period without injuries causing sick leave. The last few years’ positive development in sick leave continued in 2006.

We hope that reading this report will familiarise you with our activities and what we focus on to achieve continuous improvement.

Wenche Ravlo General manager

REPLY TO A BUSKERUD COUNTY POLITICIAN - Norske Skog Follum contributed a total value creation of NOK 1 billion in Norway in 2006. 1 Vision

«We will be the leading supplier of specialities on woodcontaining publishing paper in Europe»

2 About Norske Skog Follum

Follum industrial area has housed wood processing activities since 1873. Today, paper is produced on three machines and the production has changed from standard to specialities. You will find our products in newspapers, inserts, magazines and other publications. 75% of the production is exported. We have a license to produce 450 000 tonnes and produced 391 454 tonnes in 2006.

• as of 31 December 2006, there were 543 employees at Follum • we had a turnover of approx. 1.7 billion NOK • we have production, discharge/emission and landfill permits • we are subject to the Major Accident Regulations and have an industrial emergency service well trained in various accident situations • we are part of Norsk Industri’s (Norwegian Industry Association) environmental responsibility program “Responsible Care” • we participate in a wood processing industry energy efficiency improvement program • we have committed ourselves to continuous improvement and are certified according to international management standards: • Quality – ISO 9001 • Environment – ISO 14001 • Energy – SS 627720

• Wood – PEFC-CoC PEFC/03-31-09 (Program for the endorsement of forest certification)

REPLY TO NEW APPRENTICE - The area once belonged to the Follum estate. The word follum is old norse plural of fall, referring to the waterfalls. 3 We shall be the preferred supplier of special quality paper.

Products and customers

Our products Follum paper is an everyday item for millions of people around the world. Our standard newsprint (Nornews) is used in daily newspapers. Improved qualities (Norbright and Norstar) are found in the newspaper weekend, sports and special supplements. These qualities can also be found in the ”This week’s special” folders in supermarkets, in catalogues and ad brochures. Our qualities (Norset) can be found in periodicals, comic books, catalogues and brochures.

Our customers Our customers are large media groups, commercial printers, paper wholesalers, retailers (store chains, etc.) and catalogue customers. They can be found anywhere in the world, and we supply five continents with our products.

4 Chain of Custody report

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In format ion gat hered f rom 01.01.05 to 31.12.05 450000 consumption and purchase of wood is Environmental Management

Certified environmental management system

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C ontact 11,7 person mental improvements. BDkg/t Astrid Broch-Due

Purchased electricity consumption Addr 50000 ess 35 05 Høn efoss / tonne of fina N l produ orway ct Phone 2756 + 4 kWh 7 32 11 21 00 0 E-mail astrid.b roch-du 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 e@nor skesko g.com Standard newsprint Improved qualities Coated

is standard newsprint.

and is improved newsprint with higher brightness and basis weight. Used in advertising prints, weekend magazines and special magazines.

is coated paper. Extra bright paper coated with clay and calcium carbonate to achieve an even surface and especially good print results. Used in advertising prints, catalogues and various kinds of special magazines.

REPLY TO CUSTOMER - All the timber we use come from certified forestry. All wood can be traced to its place of origin. 5 We shall increase productivity and be cost efficient.

What you need to make paper

Timber and wood chips Water Employees Timber and wood chips delivered to Paper production uses water as a Paper production is a high-tech Follum come from eastern Norway. transport medium, and 50,000 m3 industry and is undergoing continuous 100 percent of the timber comes from of water from the river Begna passes development. The paper market is de- PEFC-certified forestry. through our production and purifi- manding. Paper production requires cation plants every 24 hours. highly competent employees who can Energy – electric energy handle being in a continuously chang- and steam Chemicals ing organisation. This is why we work The wood pulp production process Sodium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide, continuously with raising competence is energy-intensive and we consume alkali silicate and complex binders are and developing the organisation. 1 percent of all electric energy consu- added to achieve sufficient brightness in med in Norway. 50% of this energy the pulp. The higher the paper bright- is recovered as steam for drying the ness, the higher the consumption. paper. In addition we produce steam in our biofuel boiler and use the waste Filler and coating (bark and sludge) as fuel. A minor Starch, latex, clay and calcium carbo- part of the required steam is produced nate add qualities to the paper, such as in electric boilers and oil boiler. smoother surface, gloss and good printability.

6 Hedmark Oppland 14,1% 5,7%

Buskerud 8,6%

Wood deliveries 2006 Ringerike 8,7% County Volume sm3 Share % Akershus Oslo 12% Timber Ringerike 62 743 8,7 0,5% Buskerud (excl. Ringerike) 61 583 8,6 Østfold 2 892 0,4 Akershus 86 059 12,0 Oslo 3 536 0,5 Hedmark 101 177 14,1 Østfold 0,4% Oppland 401 181 55,7 Hordaland 567 0,1 Total timber 719 738 100,0

Wood chips Norway 118 392

REPLY TO PENSIONER - We use 2.4 million spruce trees from PEFC certified forestry each year to make paper. This equals 32 000 decares of forest land or 4 500 football pitches. 7 Paper production – from timber to paper

The raw material in our paper production is spruce, either in the form of timber or as wood chips from local sawmills. Clay and calcium carbonate are used as coating and filler in the paper.

Log and wood chip stones. The mill has eight grind more than 60 km/h. The paper production stones. machine distributes the paper mass The tree is cut into logs and the bark • Thermo mechanical pulp (TMP) is correctly in the entire width of the removed. 30% is used in the wood produced in refiners where thumb- wire, water is removed by gravity, grinding process, 70% is made into length wood chips are refined into vacuum, press and drying. The paper wood chips for use in the refining pro- wood pulp by rotating steel disks. is finally winded up on large reels. cess. The bark is burned in the biofuel The TMP plant has three produc- boiler and is an important source of tion lines. The groundwood and Winding and wrapping energy for steam production. TMP plants are the major electri- The large reel is transfered to the city consumers. winder, where it is cut into smaller rolls Wood pulp production in the sizes specified by the customer. Follum produces two different types Paper production After being winded, the paper rolls are of wood pulp for paper production: The wood pulp is sprayed out onto wrapped, before loading on trains or • Groundwood pulp is produced by a 5.6 metre wide wire in the paper trucks via the storage facility. logs being ground against grind- machine. The wire has a velocity of

8 REPLY TO CURIOUS GIRL FROM ÅSBYGDA - The wood fibre takes 34 hours from when the tree enters the process until it ends up in the paper roll. 9 The purification plants

The waste water treatment The biofuel boiler plants 40% of the mill’s consumption of The gas from the biofuel boiler is Waste water from our processing thermal energy (steam) is produced in cleaned in electrofilters before being plants is cleaned in a three-stage the biofuel boiler. The fuel is production emitted to air. The ash from the purification plant: waste such as bark, sludge and some boiler is disposed in a separate • Sedimentation (particles and purchased recovered wood chips. landfill. wood fibre is removed from the water through sedimentation). • Biological purification (bacteria eat the dissolved wood raw ma- terials in the water and produce carbon dioxide and bio mass. • Flotation and chemical precipi- tation (metal salts can be added for precipitation of phosphorus and organic materials). • Sludge is produced in all three purification stages and used as fuel in steam production.

10 We shall be environment and energy-conscious and continuously work to reduce environmental impact and energy consumption.

Environmental and energy- related aspects

Follum is working continuously to reduce the environmental impact of its activities and gives priority to significant environmental aspects. The main activities in the environmental improvement program are concentrated to the following aspects:

• reducing discharge to water and • reducing energy consumption and are set as regards general improve- emissions to air increase of biofuel for thermal ments and special environmental and • reducing the noise from the energy production energy-related challenges faced by processing facilities the mill. Environmental and energy- • reducing the amount of waste Environmental aspects are among related results are well integrated in for disposal the topics in the annual budget and the mill’s operating, reporting and action plan processes. Specific targets follow-up systems.

REPLY TO ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS 14-YEAR-OLD - We use the energy in steam to dry paper. What you see coming out over the mill rooves is steam. 11 Discharges to water Solids (SS). three occasions in 2006, processing Our discharge permit requires us to be The COD discharge was higher in water in the amounts of 70-1340 m3 able to account for all discharge of 2006 than in previous years due was discharged directly into the river. organic materials, phosphorus and to operational problems in the These incidents were reported to the nitrogen. Organic material is biological process. Norwegian Control Authority (SFT), components from the wood which are The discharge of SS and phosphorus registered in the mill’s follow-up sys- released in the production process, shows continued reduction. The tem and measures were implemented and are measured as Chemical Oxygen discharge of nitrogen remains on the to avoid similar incidents in the future. Demand (COD) and as Suspended same level as in previous years. On The discharge to water requirements were made even stricter in 2006. New

Discharge of organic materials (COD) Discharge of phosphorus to water and even stricter requirements will come into force from 1 April 2008, 12

25 10 when the new biological plant comes

20 8 online.

15 6 10 kg/24 hours 4 Emissions to air tonnes/24 hours 5 2 Emissions to air are regulated in our 0 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2008 2009 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2008 2009 2006 2007 2006 2007 emission permit and come from the COC Permit limit Phosphorous Permit limit Measured Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), combustion plants for steam produc- oxygen needed for complete oxidation to CO2. tion. Regulated components are the Discharge of suspended amount of dust, nitrogen oxides solids to water Discharge of nitrogen to water (NOX) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) in

600 3,0 the flue gas from the biofuel boiler. 2,5 500 Emissions, in the form of odour and 2,0 400 steam from the production processes, 1,5 300 kg/24 hours

tonnes/24 hours are of a more local character. 1,0 200

0,5 100

0,0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2008 2009 0 2006 2007 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2008 2009 The measured dust emissions conti- SS Permit limit 2006 2007 Nitrogen Permit limit nue to show low values and are below

12 the permitted emissions limit. Neigh- during the last quarter show that Greenhouse gases bour reports of local ash fallout have NOX emissions are below the emission Increased oil consumption for steam increased somewhat. The electrode limit, whereas the SO2 emissions vary production created higher emissions of filter was renovated in 2006. The opti- more and have in periods been some- the greenhouse gases NOX and CO2. misation of the combustion process what above the emission limit. Total NOX emissions from our combus- and a technical review of the boiler will This has been reported to the SFT. tion processes in 2006 were 76 tonnes. contribute to the best possible opera- SO2 emissions are affected by The emissions of NOX from biofuel are tions and stability in 2007. A new dust the type of fuel. Both production and stable at approx. 50 tonnes per year. measuring device will also be installed. purification processes use chemicals CO2 emissions from fossil fuels were containing sulphur which will be 15 000 tonnes in 2006. As of 2007, the Requirements for continuous measu- found in the sludge from the purifi- mill’s biofuel boiler and oil boiler will ring of NOX and SO2 in the flue gas cation plants. This is probably the be registered as facilities subject to from the biofuel boiler and emission explanation for the variations and also NOX tax. The Greenhouse Gas Emis- limits for these came into force on for emissions above the emission limit sion Trading Act will apply to Follum 1. October 2006. A measuring device in the last quarter. This subject will be from 2008. Applications will be sub- was installed in the autumn of 2006 to mapped in detail in 2007. mitted for emission of CO2 subject to comply with this. Measurements quotas and free quotas in 2007.

Dust emissions to air NOx emissions CO2 emissions to air from from the biofuel boiler to air from combustion the combustion of oil

60 80 16000 70 50 60 12000 40 r r

a 50 a 3 30 40 8000 mg/Nm tonnes/ye 30 tonnes/ye 20 20 4000 10 10

0 0 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007

MBK, Bio Oil CO2 emissions Dust emissions Permit limit

REPLY TO TEACHER - We produce 210 kilometres of paper every hour, equal to the distance from Hønefoss to Kragerø. 13 Energy breakdown and operation interruption implemented in 2007 to reduce the Paper production is energy intensive in one of the pulp plants. existing equipment’s consumption of and the consumption of electrical and electrical energy. thermal energy is significant. In 2006, In 2006, mapping and analysis of the we used 1082 GWh of electrical energy energy use were carried out. Energy In 2007, the TMP plant will be moved to run production equipment and 51 aspects have been identified as a basis from Union to Follum and the ground- GWh of electrical energy to produce for further energy economy measures. wood plant will be shut down. This steam in electric boilers. Thermal In September, we were granted a plant has a higher specific consumption energy consumption was 670 GWh in certificate which shows that the com- of electrical energy, but it is an energy- total, of which 8% was produced in pany’s energy management system efficient plant which will enable more electric boilers, 46% came from steam satisfies the requirements in the stable production from the paper recovery in the TMP plant, 39% from Swedish energy management standard machines. This will also contribute to biofuel and 7% from oil. (SS 627750). increasing the annual production and reduce electrical energy consumption The total specific energy consumption Norske Skog Follum is a participant for steam production. In total, this will was 13.26 GJ/tonnes. This was higher in the Program for energy efficiency reduce the specific consumption of than the targeted figures, mainly due improvement in the wood processing electrical energy. to reduced steam recovery caused by a industry (PFE). More measures will be Noise Energy source for The new discharge/emission permit Energy consumption thermal energy production also contains noise requirements. 14 Noise measurements have been made, 90 13 80 the noise load has been calculated and per a 70 a report has been submitted to the onsumption

c 60 12 50 SFT. The report concludes that the l energy

a 40 GJ/tonnes p noise level is within the limits set by 30 11 20 the requirements. Significant plant

of the therm 1100 % modifications made in 2007 will con- 10 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 tribute to changing the noise source Own biofuel Steam recovery TMP Purchased biofuel Energy consumption El. Oil

14 contribution. Continuous noise reduc- Deliveries to Europe and other conti- Waste and landfill tion activities in 2007 will therefore nents are loaded on boats in Halden. Our production waste, bark, wood concentrate on individual measure- chips and sludge from the wastewater ments and improvement of previous We work continuously to improve our treatment plants, is used as fuel for noise reduction measures. New noise freight patterns and train load capacity steam production. The majority of the measurements will be made when the utilisation to reduce road traffic load. waste consists of ash and slag from the new facilities come online. The calcula- 60 percent of the outgoing production biofuel boiler. Ash waste to landfill was tion program will be updated with was transported by train in 2006. 12,8 kg for every tonne of paper pro- new noise sources and the list of noise duced. Other waste fractions are reduction measures will be revised. Wood source separated and sent to 100 % of the timber and 89 % of the approved recipients. Transport wood chips came from Norwegian All raw materials to the mill are tran- PEFC-certified forests in 2006. 3 non- Environmental investments sported by truck. Incoming transport conformities have been reported to The mill’s environmental investments enters the northern gate to reduce the Follum where the received timber was reached NOK 20 million in 2006. The traffic load in the neighbouring area. not felled according to the logging investments are related to reducing The products are transported from the plan. In 2006, this constituted a vo- water consumption, discharge to water, mill by railroad and truck. lume of 259 m3 of timber (0.04%). noise and dust emissions and measuring greenhouse gas emissions from the Paper, share transported biofuel boiler. out by train Waste to landfill The major environmental investment in 100 8000 2007 will be building a new biological 90 7000 purification plant, an investment of 80 6000 dry) NOK 90 million. Lesser investments 70 % 5000 60 include a new dust measuring device in

r (100 4000 a

% 50 3000 the biofuel boiler, a new water meter 40 2000 tonnes/ye measures to reduce the electricity con- 30 1000 20 sumption of existing equipment. 0 10 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 2004 2005 2006 Waste

REPLY TO FUTURE ENGINEER - There is more technology and knowledge in our paper than there is in a Boeing 737. 15 2006 Environ- mental and resource account

Paper production 391 454 tonnes

INPUT FACTORS EMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES WASTE

Fibre raw materials Discharge to water Own waste for combustion 716 559 sm3 of timber 5 775 tonnes of COD* (as 100% dry) 117 494 sm3 of sawmill chips 303 tonnes of SS** 15 800 tonnes of sludge 15 150 tonnes of craft pulp 105 tonnes of nitrogen 34 800 tonnes of bark 6 147 tonnes of wood pulp 1 615 kg of phosphorus Source separated waste for recovery Bleaching chemicals Emissions to air from combustion 196 tonnes of paper 10 350 tonnes of sodium hydroxide 5.1 tonnes of dust 57 tonnes of 17 580 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide 166 tonnes of sulphur dioxide 2 tonnes of plastic 1 750 tonnes of sulphur dioxide 76 tonnes of nitrogen oxides 374 tonnes of scrap iron 1 560 tonnes of complexing agent (DTPA) 15 280 tonnes of carbon dioxide (fossil) 82 tonnes of wood 3 350 tonnes of alkali silicate 114 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (biofuel) Special waste to approved recipients 470 tonnes sodium hydrosulphite 84 tonnes of volatile organic compounds 33 tonnes of waste oil 180 tonnes of borol Water consumption 9 tonnes of EE waste Filler - paper 6.2 mill m3 (process drainage to 1 tonne of various substances 8 300 tonnes of Na-Mg-Al silicate purification plant) Residual waste to municipal 3 630 tonnes of calcium carbonate 12.6 mill m3 (cooling water drainage) disposal plant 2 030 tonnes of starch 160 tonnes Coating - paper Waste to own disposal plant 17 030 tonnes of calcium carbonate 4 501 tonnes of filter ash 16 790 tonnes of clay 968 tonnes of bottom ash 2 205 tonnes of starch 3 800 tonnes of latex Purchased energy 1 082 GWh electrical energy (engine power) 52 GWh electrical energy (steam production) 59 GWh biofuel 50 GWh oil Energy recovery 311 GWh from TMP steam 200 GWh from bark and sludge

Explanatory note: * COD, chemical oxygen demand, is a measure of how much oxygen is consumed in the complete decomposition of the organic material. ** SS, suspended solids, are mainly fibre materials and biological sludge which follows the waste water and can be collected with filter paper.

16 We, as one of the area’s most important industrial companies, will contribute to make our own company and the local community attractive.

Corporate responsibility and neighbour relations

Participation in the local at Norske Skog’s stand, and an eager Ash fallout community and dedicated group of employees Incidents of ash fallout in the local area We want to contribute to development started up paper production in the south of the mill is a challenge. Several and involvement in our local commu- main square. Both children and adults measures have been implemented to nity. In 2006, we played an active role were fascinated by how a “thin soup” reduce the extent of the problem: in Ringerike Næringsforum (business could become paper. forum) and NHO (Confederation of 1. Dispersal calculations for the dust Norwegian Enterprise) Buskerud. The Techno Bus was another popular emissions from the biofuel boiler We have continued our support of event. The bus is a rolling laboratory have been made. The calculations culture and sports by sponsoring the with programmable Lego robots. quantify the contribution from the Hønefoss Cabaret, the Fosse festival, Everyone could build and programme mill to concentration levels at ground Hønefoss BK (football) and Spjeldnes their own robot. Norske Skog Follum level. The report concludes that the Racing. was one of the contributors and dri- emissions from the mill are lower than ving forces behind the bus, a measure the air quality limit values and that In addition, the company supports aiming to increase recruitment to the they pose no health risk. The amount various local events and activities, processing industry. of dust fallout is considered low. primarily those aimed at children and 2. Optimisation of operation of youth. Neighbour relations electrode filter in cooperation We affect our local area through noise, with the filter supplier. Forest Day discharges and emissions. We received 3. Mechanical check-up of fuel boiler A special event this year was Ringerike 12 complaints/queries from neighbours and electrode filter. Forest Owners’ Association’s initiative in 2006: 4. A new dust measuring device has to hold a Forest Day, with Norske Skog • Odour, primarily from the waste- been installed. Follum as its partner. The purpose of water treatment plant (4) 5. External assistance to optimise the the event was to show how important • Ash fallout from the biofuel boiler (4) combustion process operations. the forest and the forest industry are • Noise from the mill area (3) 6. Review of fuel fractions and quality. to Ringerike. • Dust rising from ash landfill (1) 7. Technical review of boiler and com- All complaints are looked into and bustion process seen in the perspec- Visitors could make their own paper measures are taken. tive of increased production.

REPLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSMAN - We made 391 000 tonnes of paper in 2006. Enough to publish local newspaper Ringerikes Blad for almost 900 years. 17 We want Follum to be an exciting and challenging place to work.

Working environment, health and safety

Competence development Health This proves that cooperation on High technology and high-class Follum is concerned with safe- facilitation and measures is neces- engineering skills are required to guarding all employees properly. sary to find the best solutions for transform wood into paper. Our This is ensured through dialogue, the company and its employees. employees must have a wide and involvement and active partici- solid competence to meet the pation in the entire organisation. We work in teams challenges in a demanding inter- The focus on presence, job satis- We give our employees respon- national market. We develop our faction and safeguarding yields sibility and provide them with employees’ skills further through both individual and collective opportunities for development extensive and varied training. results. Follum has reduced its through team organisation. This One of our objectives is for at sick leave from 9.8 % in 2003 contributes to make Follum an least 80 percent of our employ- to 5.8 % in 2006. exciting and challenging place ees to have a certificate of to work. apprenticeship. 36 employees received their certificate of apprenticeship in 2006, and 12 employees attended external Enjoying work BliSomSeg is a management courses. In 2006, Follum implemented constructed word put guidelines for how we should together using the Sick leave behave towards one another. The first letter in several 12 guidelines were given the singsong keywords. The words 10 acronym BliSomSeg and are meant are examples of how 8 for active use in everyday relations. we should behave 6 BliSomSeg can now be found all towards one another: % 4 over the mill. Everybody has a Bidra (contribute), Lojal (loyal),

2 responsibility to use BliSomSeg Interesse (interest), Sosial (social), and contribute to a good working Omsorg (caring), Motivere (motivate), 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Mål Mål 2006 2007 environment. Skape (create), Engasjere (involve), Sick leave Glede (joy) = BliSomSeg.

18 Safety work and safety comprehension A high safety level is achieved by In 2006, 1 450 cases were registered The safety work at the mill has systems • registering, treating, communica- in Synergi, our database for goal- and structures which create results. ting and learning from undesirable oriented HSE work: incidents with a high risk potential • 29 personal injuries, of which one The continously work to identify and • integrate HSE in work and plan caused sick leave reduce risks and think about conse- processes • 1 serious fire (log transporter in quences in all work situations is • set ambitious targets and groundwood plant) important to avoid personal injury, requirements • 4 minor fires fire, unnecessary pollution and pro- • involve everybody and use establis- • 50 incidents/conditions concerning duction interruptions. hed information and learning external environment/pollution meeting places • 555 improvement proposals and The number of serious personal • be clear in communicating that potential condition and condition injuries keeps falling. We had one lost everyone has a HSE responsibility reports time injury in December 2006, ending • 230 safety walks focusing on a 23-month period without injuries behaviour and safety attitudes causing sick leave. • 330 safety area walks focusing on fire prevention and first aid equip- Injuries causing sick leave - H1 ment, cleaning and tidiness • 250 safety meetings 18 16 14 The challenge in 2007 will be to 12 continue the good safety work and 10 H1 8 ensure that everyone keeps 6 consequences and risks in mind 4 when performing work. 2 0 0 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Target Target 2006 2007

H1 (number of injuries causing sick leave per 1 million work hours)

REPLY TO LOCAL POLITICIAN - All our facilities are computer controlled. During afternoon and night shifts, only 45 people operate the facilities. 19 Notification and information in the event of a major accident

Follum uses chemicals in its production which Symptoms and consequences are considered hazardous according to the A chemical emission in the form of gas is first Major Accident Regulations. Major mishaps can noted by smell. Then, irritation of the eyes and have serious consequences for people, the respiratory passage as well as burns on the skin environment and equipment. A continuous may follow. A discharge of fluids would have effort is therefore being made to reduce the the worst consequence for the environment if risk of mishaps causing discharge/emission of the discharge ended up in the river. The extent hazardous chemicals, fire or explosion. of an accident will depend on wind direction and force, as well as the amount released. In Emergency preparedness the event of a major accident, follow the orders In an accident situation, the mill’s operational given by the Police. crew is the primary reaction force. The next reaction level consists of the mill’s Industrial Further information Emergency Service and Ringerike Fire and For further information, contact Norske Skog Rescue Services, as well as the Police. These Follum on tel. No. +47 32 11 21 00. Every fifth operate according to rehearsed action plans to year, we publish more in-depth safety informa- stabilise and stop or limit the extent of the acci- tion according to the requirements set in the dent. During this effort, the situation is being Major Accident Regulations. This is distributed continuously monitored as regards further Civil upon request. Protection assistance as well as notification of the local area according to police routines. Contacts: Astrid Broch-Due The Police’s notification of neigh- Safety, environment and quality bours in the event of a major accident assurance manager • Four long notes from signal siren during one minute. This is repeated three times with a Erik Due one minute pause in-between. Meaning: Information manager Listen to the radio (station: NRK Buskerud) • Through direct visit made by the Police or authorised personnel • Through policecar loudspeakers

20 Published by: Norske Skog Follum Rep. by: Information manager Erik Due Business registration number: 911 750 961

Safety, environment and quality assurance manager: Astrid Broch-Due

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