One of the top corporate social responsibility experts in the Nordic countries specializing in human rights issues, Parul Sharma, will join Stora Enso (Helsinki, Finland) on June 18 as VP, Global Responsibility, for the Renewable Packaging Business Area. Headed by Mats Nordlander, EVP, the Renewable Packaging business area is responsible, for example, for the company's integrated pulp and board mill investment in Guangxi, southern China.
Since 2004, Sharma has been working on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues and human rights strategies for Swedish companies operating in Asia. She has acted as human rights advisor to Amnesty Business Group, the European Commission, and the European Public Law Centre. Three books on human rights and economic and social rights issues written by Sharma have been published. In 2011 she was ranked as the most influential CSR expert in Sweden.
"We warmly welcome Parul Sharma to our team as she complements our current competences and can help us better understand our challenges, identify actions needed, and implement changes in our demanding investment environments, especially in Asia. Social and human rights aspects of corporate responsibility are becoming increasingly important for all global companies, and openness and transparency are key issues for obtaining licenses to operate in growth markets," Nordlander said.
Sharma joins Stora Enso from Sandvik AB, where she has worked as Global Head of CSR Auditing. She has trained and advised more than 40 Swedish companies, investors, and government agencies on how to integrate CSR practices into business operations.
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