Metsä Group’s cookie policy

Metsä Group uses cookies to provide targeted content and enhance user experience on our websites. Cookies enable us to customise advertising and the content we provide, support social media features and analyse visitor numbers. Our partners in the fields of social media, advertising and analytics help us process and utilise the data obtained from cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or other device you use to visit our website. Cookies can be either session or persistent cookies. Session cookies expire when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain valid until the set time of expiry. Further information about the period of validity is available in cookie settings. 

Although some of the cookies we use are essential, others require your consent to work. Because the purpose of cookies is to ensure that the site runs as intended, blocking essential cookies may hamper the website’s functionality.

Cookies do not harm devices or files.

What cookies does Metsä use?

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the site to function as intended. They are usually used only for functions that create service requests, for example, when specifying data protection settings, logging in or completing forms. Although you can set your browser to block or alert you about cookies, please note that this may prevent some parts of the site from working appropriately.

Performance cookies

Performance cookies enable us to track the number of visits and the sources of traffic, helping us measure and improve the performance of our website. These cookies indicate which pages are popular, which are less popular, and how visitors use the website. All the data collected by cookies are anonymous. If you do not accept performance cookies, we have no way of knowing when you visited our website.

Targeting cookies

These are cookies placed on our site by our advertising partners, who can use the cookies to create a profile based on your interests and display advertisements that may be of interest to you on other websites. Targeting cookies are able to identify the browser and device. If you block these cookies, you will not see targeted advertising on other websites.

Social media cookies

These are cookies placed by the social media services that we have added to our site so that you can share content with your friends and networks. Social media cookies can follow your browser behaviour on other sites and create a profile based on your interests, which can have an impact on the content and messages you see on other sites. If you do not accept these cookies, you may be unable to use or see the sharing tools.

Third-party cookies

Our website also contains third-party content, such as YouTube videos and social media publications. Third parties may use cookies and collect information about how you use their content and services.
As these cookies are the responsibility of third parties, Metsä Group does not administer the data they collect. Further information about third-party cookies and data collection and processing of third parties is available on their website. Check the following list of third parties found on our website.

Third parties on our website

• YouTube 
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• WeChat
• Youku
• SlideShare
• Vimeo
• Adobe Analytics
• Questback
• Google Maps
• Flick
• LeadDesk

How to block or remove cookies?

You can specify which cookies are stored on your computer by accepting or blocking cookies in your cookie settings. You can also revoke your consent, modify your previous cookie choices, or even block all cookies by editing the cookie settings in your browser. See your browser’s help pages for detailed instructions. Please note that blocking all cookies may restrict the use of our website. You can also clear your cookie history in the browser settings.