FINLAND (News release) -- Metsä Board Corporation, part of Metsä Group, has published its 2021 Annual and Sustainability Report as a pdf file in Finnish and English. The combined Annual and Sustainability Report includes the Report of the Board of Directors, the Company's Financial statements and the Corporate governance statement for the financial period 1 January-31 December 2021.

The Annual and Sustainability Report is available on the Company's website at www.metsaboard.com/investors and as an attachment to this release. The printed Annual and Sustainability Report will be available on week 11 and can be ordered at www.metsaboard.com/orderpublications.

The combined Annual and Sustainability Report, published for the first time, responds to the growing demand for sustainability information and the increasing regulatory requirements for sustainability reporting. A broader sustainability section reports on how Metsä Board has progressed towards the ambitious 2030 sustainability targets and the measures taken to achieve them. The reporting entity includes disclosure of climate risks under the TCFD and SASB reporting for pulp and paper product industry.