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Stakeholder Engagement

The way we engage with our stakeholders varies according to the nature of our relationship with them. However, there's at least one quality common to each of these relationships: We listen and are open to change so we can strengthen our performance.

Types of Stakeholder Engagement
Customers
  • Forums at which customers learn about and discuss Weyerhaeuser forestry, fiber sourcing and environmental practices
  • Field trips to company forestlands and operations to provide firsthand inspection of those practices
  • At customer request, advice on the development of procurement policies and supplier-qualification processes that encourage sustainable forestry
  • Responses to customer surveys and other inquiries regarding our environmental performance
  • Day-to-Day contact through sales and marketing personnel
Investors
  • Visits with our executives
  • Regular two-way discussions with institutional shareholders
  • Annual investor meeting and periodic investment presentations available via webcast
  • Earnings conferences that are webcast and available on our website
  • An investor website, annual investor guide and readable 10-K
  • In-depth education about the company and industry
Employees
  • Quarterly forums involving employees and company leaders, including the CEO, with webcast viewing for distant facilities and regular question-and-answer sessions
  • An internal companywide news website that features daily updates, videos, interactive polls and reader comments
  • A “Says you!” section of our online news center where employees can share opinions and observations about current events internal and external to the company
  • Regular internal newsletters distributed to employees within business and functional groups
  • A comprehensive employees-climate survey measuring key indicators of employee satisfaction
  • A sustainability-themed blog written by our Corporate Affairs senior vice president
Communities
  • Cooperation with local elected and appointed government officials and community leaders on company issues that affect the community
  • Public consultation processes in Canada and community advisory panels in the United States
  • Dialogue with individuals who voice concerns about how our operations affect them
  • Philanthropic contributions and employee volunteerism (see the Citizenship section for more information)
  • Tours in some locations and learning centers in others providing opportunities to learn about sustainable forestry and manufacturing
Suppliers
  • Outreach efforts to promote sustainable forestry practices among owners of small forests that supply our mills (see Promoting Sustainable Forestry in the Environmental Footprint section for more about suppliers)
Nongovernmental Organizations
  • One-on-one dialogue
  • Partnerships to conduct wildlife, biodiversity and other environmental research
  • Community consultation
  • Support for organizations that promote sustainable business practices
  • Participation in local, regional, national and global forums with multiple stakeholders
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND
ALLIANCES WITH
WHICH WEYERHAEUSER
IS ENGAGED
  • Canadian Boreal Initiative
  • Climate, Community and
    Biodiversity Alliance
  • The Conservation Fund
  • Conservation International,
    Business and Biodiversity
    Council
  • Ducks Unlimited Inc. and
    Ducks Unlimited Canada
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Environmental Law Institute
  • Forest Carbon Working Group
  • Keystone Center
  • Mountains to Sound Greenway
    Trust
  • National Wild Turkey
    Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Nature Trust of British
    Columbia
  • Pew Center for Global Climate
    Change, Business
    Environmental Leadership
    Council
  • Resources for the Future
  • U.S. Climate Action Partnership
  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • World Business Council for
    Sustainable Development
  • World Resources Institute
  • Yale Forest Forum — The
    Forests Dialogue

Stakeholder Inquiries Focus on Environmental Practices

We track all requests for information and issues customers and other stakeholders care about. In 2009, customer and stakeholder interest in the company's practices focused primarily on:

  • Carbon footprint
  • Green building
  • Forestry practices
  • Environmental management system certification
  • Sustainable forestry management certification
  • Chemical content and use
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Product-specific information, such as origin of fiber

We welcome these opportunities to answer customer and stakeholder questions about our practices and to share information about the company.

Last updated May 28, 2010.