From our forward-looking forestry practices of a century ago, to the new products and strategies of today, Weyerhaeuser seeks to set the standard for sustainability. Although the bar is set higher each year, we are well equipped to meet the challenge. Evidence of our successes can be seen in the following awards. We've earned recognition in the following areas:
Safety
Environment
Citizenship
Diversity
Safety
BENCHMARK REPORT SAFETY LEADER
Weyerhaeuser Company was recognized as an industry safety leader in the 2009 Year-End Benchmark Report recently released by the Pulp and Paper Safety Association. Of the 15 major companies included, Weyerhaeuser’s overall recordable incident rate ranked first.
SAFETY + HEALTH MAGAZINE’S "CEOS WHO GET IT"
President and CEO Dan Fulton was one of 10 chief executives named to the Safety + Health list of "CEOs who get it" for 2009. Every year, Safety + Health, the monthly magazine of the National Safety Council, recognizes American CEOs who "make the safety professional’s job easier by demonstrating—through both words and actions—their commitment to worker safety and health." The magazine selects individuals who "share a dedication to employee safety as a primary goal and are cultivating safety leadership at all levels of their organizations."
TRENDMAKER HOMES RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S SAFEST COMPANIES
EHS Today magazine recognized Trendmaker Homes focus on safety by featuring it as one of America’s safest companies in their December 2009 issue.
PULP AND PAPER SAFETY ASSOCIATION AWARDS
The Pulp and Paper Safety Association presented several Weyerhaeuser facilities with awards for their safety performance in 2009, including:
- Award of Excellence: Columbus, Miss., cellulose fibers mill
- Best Record: Longview, Wash., NORPAC newsprint mill, Flint River, Ga., cellulose fibers mill, and Columbus, Miss., modified fibers mill
- Most Improved: New Bern, N.C., cellulose fibers mill
ALBERTA FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Weyerhaeuser Company in Alberta were among those recognized by the Alberta Forest Products Association’s health and safety awards in 2009. Weyerhaeuser’s Drayton Valley lumber mill won awards for Health & Safety Excellence in its category during 2008 and for Outstanding Achievement in Health & Safety Excellence from 2006-2008. Weyerhaeuser’s Alberta lumber operations received the President’s Award for Health and Safety Performance 2006-2008. This award is given to the company that has demonstrated overall, unsurpassed performance during the time period 2006-2008.
SOUTHERN FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION SAWMILL SAFETY AWARDS
Weyerhaeuser Company mills in Pine Hill, Ala. and Taylor, La. were among those recognized by the Southern Forest Products Association’s 2009 Sawmill Safety Award, in recognition of their outstanding safety records throughout the year. This is the second consecutive year these mills received this recognition. Safety performance is judged by how each mill's safety record stacks up against mills with comparable lumber output throughout the year.
U.S. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION'S VOLUNTARY PROTECTION PROGRAM
We participate in the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program. This program promotes and recognizes effective safety and health management programs. VPP recognizes two levels of accomplishment: star and merit. Star sites serve as models for health and safety in the industry and as mentors to other companies.
Sites recently recognized by VPP include:
- Our Tacoma, Wash., iLevel service center received VPP Star recognition including two "Best Practice" awards for contractor safety and associate on-boarding.
- Our Coos Bay, Ore., Timberlands tree farm is the first traditional logging operation in the U.S. to achieve VPP Merit status.
PULP & PAPER CANADA MAGAZINE SAFEST MILL AWARD
Weyerhaeuser’s Grande Prairie, Alberta, cellulose fibers mill was named Safest Mill in Canada in the category of 50,000 to 100,000 hours per month for its performance during 2008. The honor came from Pulp & Paper Canada magazine, which has been recognizing safety efforts that go beyond the norm since 1926.
Environment
DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDEX
Weyerhaeuser was included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America in 2009. Weyerhaeuser is the only North American forest products company in the category of building materials to be named. The annually reviewed DJSI is based on companies' economic, environmental and social performance in areas such as corporate governance, risk management, climate change, branding, supply chain standards and labor practices. Results of the review are available to asset managers in 14 countries for portfolios tailored for the sustainability-minded investor.
FOREST FOOTPRINT DISCLOSURE BEST PERFORMER
Weyerhaeuser was recognized by the investor-backed organization Forest Footprint Disclosure Project for leadership in managing its operations and supply chains to minimize the effects on forests worldwide.
Weyerhaeuser was named the best performer in the Industrial and Auto sector.
The FFD is a new initiative created to help investors identify how an organization seeks to minimize deforestation through its activities and supply chains. Modeled after the Carbon Disclosure Project, it aims to create transparency for investors concerned about global deforestation.
STOREBRAND BEST IN CLASS
Storebrand named Weyerhaeuser "Best in Class" in 2009 for its leading environmental and social performance. The designation qualifies Weyerhaeuser for Storebrand Principle Funds and the Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index.
2009 ENERGY STAR® LEADERSHIP-IN-HOUSING AWARDS
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company subsidiaries Quadrant Homes and Trendmaker Homes have been awarded 2009 Energy Star® Leadership-in-Housing Awards by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The honor acknowledges more than 240 Energy Star-qualified new homes built last year by Quadrant in the Puget Sound area of Washington state, and more than 300 Energy Star qualified homes built last year by Trendmaker in the Houston, Texas, area.
"Meeting and surpassing Energy Star standards is a critical component of Quadrant Homes' Living Sound sustainability program," says Mark Gray, Quadrant's executive vice president. "Our commitment to energy-conserving building practices goes well beyond mandated minimums. Quadrant homes exceed Washington's stringent energy code by 15 percent."
ETHICAL INDEX GLOBAL
International financial consulting firm E. Capital Partners added Weyerhaeuser to its list of ethical companies in 2006. The Milan, Italy-based firm maintains the Ethical Index GLOBAL®, cataloging ethical companies traded on European stock exchanges.
Citizenship
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES
In 2010, Weyerhaeuser was named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" by the Ethisphere Institute for the second consecutive year. This annual list features 100 companies across a variety of industries. Companies are selected based on criteria including corporate citizenship and responsibility, corporate governance, innovation, industry leadership, executive leadership, legal, regulatory and reputation, and internal systems and ethics/compliance program.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY MAGAZINE 100 BEST CORPORATE CITIZENS 2010
Weyerhaeuser has been named to the Corporate Responsibility Magazine 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2010. We are ranked #67. The rankings are based on more than 360 data points of public information in seven categories: environment, climate change, human rights, philanthropy, employee relations, financial performance and governance.
FORTUNE THIRD MOST ADMIRED
Fortune magazine ranked Weyerhaeuser the third most admired forest and paper products company in the world in 2010. Weyerhaeuser had held the position of the second most admired in our industry in America since 1988.
The rankings are based on a survey of industry executives and financial analysts who rate companies in eight categories.
TOP FOREIGN CORPORATE CITIZENS IN CANADA
Corporate Knights, a quarterly Canadian magazine that promotes responsible business practices within Canada, included Weyerhaeuser as one of 13 companies honored as a “Top Foreign Corporate Citizens in Canada” in 2009.
Citizenship indicators include pension fund quality, diversity on the company’s board of directors and at senior level positions, CEO-pay fairness, as well as sector-specific indicators such as renewable energy investment and respect for human rights.
SUSTAINING SUPPORTER
United Way of King County, where Weyerhaeuser’s corporate headquarters are located, recognized Weyerhaeuser in 2009 as a Sustaining Supporter. This award recognizes companies that have demonstrated a pattern of giving at a consistent level for the past five years.
Diversity
SAVOY MAGAZINE: WEYERHAEUSER IN TOP 100
Savoy magazine named Weyerhaeuser one of the "Top 100 Companies for Blacks in Corporate America" for 2009. This is the second year Weyerhaeuser was named for the honor. While the list includes a wide cross section of companies and industries, Weyerhaeuser is the only forest products company named. The selection process includes a survey of second-year MBA candidates and national recruiters.
TOP 100 EMPLOYER FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
Weyerhaeuser was named as a “Top 100 Employer for African Americans” by Black Collegian Magazine in 2009.
MAGAZINE READERS CHOOSE BEST DIVERSITY COMPANIES
Weyerhaeuser was voted one of the best diversity companies in a 2009 survey by the publication Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology. The publication asked readers and website visitors to identify organizations that employ technical professionals in the United States. The results recognize the top 100 that scored highest for support of minorities and women, attention to work/life balance, and commitment to supplier diversity. This is the third consecutive year Weyerhaeuser has received the nomination.
UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION
Weyerhaeuser’s approach to diversity and inclusion was featured in the “Doing Business in a Multicultural World,” a report released at the 2nd Annual Forum of the United Nations’ Alliance of Civilizations and Global Compact organizations in Istanbul, Turkey. Chief Diversity Officer Effenus Henderson served on a panel at the meeting on best practices in the private sector. He has also previously addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on Intercultural and Interreligious Diversity. In 2008 and 2009, Henderson participated in the Alliance of Civilizations Forums (a U.N.-affiliated group) in Madrid, Spain and Istanbul, Turkey on a special panel focused on “Doing Business in a Multicultural World.”
ORC AND SHRM RECOGNITION
Effenus Henderson was named a 2009 finalist for the second annual global Peter C. Robertson Award which recognizes Global Equality and Diversity Champions by the global firm, Organizational Resource Counselors.
In 2008, Henderson participated in a special forum of the 100 Top Thought Leaders on diversity and inclusion sponsored by the Society of Human Resource Management.
RECOGNIZED FOR OUTREACH
Weyerhaeuser has received recognition for outreach efforts from a number of national organizations over the past several years including the National Society of Black Engineers; Society of Hispanic Engineers; Women in Construction; Society of Women Engineers; UNCF; National Society of Hispanic MBAs; Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences; and Diversity Best Practices.
