Lobby organisation
Metsäliitto Cooperative
Company · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Metsäliitto Cooperative appears in 19 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.
In their own words
“Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group who produces high-quality products mostly from renewable Nordic wood and wood fibre. Our core businesses are tissue and cooking papers, board, pulp, wood products, wood supply and forest management services. Metsä Group also has innovation company.”
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“It works actively in research and development in order to develop new products and to diversify the use of our current products. The Group tries to find ways to use its wood raw material more efficiently. Metsä Group follows and takes interest in the development of regulatory frameworks affecting our operations and markets. We promote among others sustainable forest management and sustainable sourcing, resource-wise circular bioeconomy and the role of forest-based industries in achieving the objectives of the EU Green Deal & Clean Deal. The group’s overall aim is to guarantee the global competitiveness of the European forest industry to maintain and increase industrial production in Europe.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 19 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Katri Kulmuni | Metsä- ja biotalouden EU-ajankohtaiset |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Eero Heinäluoma | Ajankohtaiset metsäteollisuusasiat |
| 2 Jul 2025 | Elsi Katainen | Topical issues in the forest sector |
| 21 May 2025 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | Regenerative forestry |
| 30 Apr 2025 | Elsi Katainen | EUDR and forest monitoring |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Ana Vasconcelos | Bioeconomy Strategy |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Elsi Katainen | Metsäkatoasetuksen tilanne |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Ville Niinistö | Upcoming climate legislation |
| 16 Jan 2024 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | Forest monitoring framework |
| 10 Jan 2024 | Elsi Katainen | Forest monitoring |
| 15 Nov 2023 | Martin Hojsík | Soil Health Law |
| 18 Oct 2023 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | PPWR |
| 15 Feb 2023 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | EU Nature Restoration Law, EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive |
| 5 Jul 2022 | Sirpa Pietikäinen | RED II revision, LULUCF |
| 27 Apr 2022 | Ville Niinistö | RED Finland forests - staff level |
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