According to Metsäliitto Cooperative's rules, Metsäliitto Cooperative has one auditor who shall be an auditing firm authorised by the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland. The representative council elects the auditor to review the accounts for the year underway, and their task ends at the closure of the next annual meeting of the representative council. The task of the auditors is to audit the financial statements and accounting of the Group and the parent company, and the administration of the parent company. The auditor provides a statutory auditor's report to the members of Metsä liitto Cooperative in connection with the annual financial statements and regularly report on their observations to the Board of Directors and the management of Metsä Group.
In accordance with the resolution of the representative council meeting in the spring of 2011, Metsäliitto Cooperative’s auditor is PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy firm of authorised public accountants, with Johan Kronberg, APA, as main responsible auditor. Companies that belong to Metsä Group have paid a total of EUR 2,1 million in audit fees in 2011. A total of EUR 1,2 million was paid for services not related to the audit.