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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