(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 25-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB announces the appointment of Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, former president of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO, as Senior Advisor. The appointment will strengthen SSAB’s government relations and public affairs in Sweden and at the EU level and is also a step in the company’s ambition to lead the green transformation in the steel industry, which requires good, close dialogue between industry and society in general. Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson will report directly to Martin Lindqvist, SSAB’s President and CEO.
“As one of the largest industrial companies in the Nordic countries, SSAB has taken on a clear leadership role in the transformation. This creates both opportunities for and expectations of us. This creates both opportunities for and expectations of us. This work calls for us to have good contacts with society, authorities and relevant stakeholders. I am convinced that Karl-Petter, with his long experience of politics and the trade union movement together with his great commitment to important social issues, will be able to support SSAB’s green transition in the best possible way,” says Martin Lindqvist.
“SSAB is doing a fantastic job to fundamentally transform the steelmaking process and to reduce not just Nordic, but also global carbon dioxide emissions. Through the HYBRIT initiative, SSAB has changed the image of Sweden’s basic industry more than any other Swedish company has in modern times. Industry has an important significance for Sweden as a nation and for our competitiveness and prosperity. I look forward to using my experience to contribute to and create the preconditions for a new Swedish green export success and new green jobs,” says Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson.
Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson has held many weighty posts in Swedish politics and the Swedish and international trade union movement. He has served as president of the Swedish Trade Union Federation (LO), the Workers’ Educational Association (ABF) and the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU). He is currently deputy president of the International Trade Union Federation (ITUF).
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Mia Widell
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SOURCE: SSAB
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