Our commitment to the environment is not limited to the concrete measures we undertake within our manufacturing companies; we also want to influence opinion in the outside world. As part of our long-term environment plan we safeguard the development of these issues both in Sweden and Poland as well as internationally and often participate in research projects. At present we engage in the following environment-related external projects: Sten Lovén centrum för marina vetenskaper (The Sten Lovén centre for marine sciences) is committed to independent research into salt water. This includes a research station situated in the beautiful Gullmarn fjord, the nature reserve into which the cleaned process water from our mill in Munkedal is discharged. Our involvement began as sponsorship in 1996 and remains strong. Research at the station remains totally independent.