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Weyerhaeuser
Environmental Policy

Alignment to Company Values

This policy aligns with the company value: Citizenship:

"We support the communities where we do business, hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethical conduct and environmental responsibility, and communicate openly with Weyerhaeuser employees and the public."

We strive to have our customers and other stakeholders know that Weyerhaeuser Company products and services are created in a manner that fully reflects our commitment to protect the environment. In keeping with this core value, we report our environmental performance annually to our board of directors, employees, customers and the public.

Policy

Weyerhaeuser employees at all levels will work to ensure that we comply with applicable laws and regulations and to continuously improve our environmental performance wherever we do business.

  • In countries where applicable environmental laws are less stringent than those in the United States and Canada, we will operate in a manner comparable to North American requirements.
  • Employees are accountable for ensuring compliance with applicable laws, and for managing and operating our businesses to conform with the company's goals of:
    • Practicing sustainable forestry;
    • Reducing pollution; and
    • Conserving natural resources through recycling and waste reduction.

Expectations

In conducting our business, we are committed to:

  • Understanding and responding to public health and environmental impacts of our operations and our products.
  • Ensuring that employees are trained and are empowered to actively participate in the company's environmental management process.
  • Actively supporting environmental research and technological advancement and, where appropriate, adopting innovative practices and technology.
  • Promoting the development and adoption of environmental laws, policies and regulations that are balanced, technically sound, and use incentive-based approaches for improving environmental performance.

Managing forestlands for the sustainable production of raw materials while protecting water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, soil productivity, and cultural, historical and aesthetic values.

  • Continuously improving our processes for reducing wastes and emissions to the environment.
  • Conserving energy and natural resources by maximizing recycling and by-product reuse.
  • Adopting internal standards for situations not adequately covered by law or regulation, or where we believe more stringent measures are necessary to protect the environment.

Employee Responsibilities

Weyerhaeuser employees are expected to understand that environmental performance is a critical part of their job, and to work in support of the company's standards for protecting the natural environment. Our standards are:

  • To have measurable environmental goals and targets and reliable processes for tracking our progress in each of our businesses.
  • To have reliable processes for monitoring and certifying compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
  • To resolve non-compliance conditions promptly, including, when necessary, curtailment of operations to protect human health and the environment.
  • To select contractors and other suppliers whose performance is consistent with the company's environmental policy and values.
  • To integrate the requirements of environmental laws and regulations into business planning and management decision making.
  • To develop and communicate environmental incident emergency plans to local authorities for any operations that may pose a potential off-site risk.
  • To evaluate our environmental performance through the use of internal audits, exception reporting, and other measures such as benchmarking.
  • To recognize superior environmental performance by encouraging and rewarding employee suggestions for improving environmental performance.

Additional Responsibilities of Leadership

Managers at all levels are responsible for:

  • Ensuring that the requirements of this policy and company environmental standards are met.
  • Ensuring that employees receive education and training to enable them to carry out their environmental responsibilities with due care.
  • Providing technical and financial resources to achieve continuous compliance with environmental rules and regulations.

Supporting Information

Other information and resources include:

  • Environmental due diligence assessment policy for real estate transactions.
  • Company policy on the use and elimination of PCBs.
  • Environmental landlord policy for multi-business sites.
  • Criteria for corporate funding of remediation projects.

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