Weyerhaeuser Reports Progress toward 2020 Sustainability Goals
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Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., USA, has published its tenth annual sustainability report. The online report details the company's performance in 2012 and demonstrates its progress against more than 40 specific targets it will accomplish by 2020. The company's commitments, goals, and targets are organized under three sustainability pillars—performance, people, and planet.
A few highlights of Weyerhaeuser's 2012 sustainability achievements include:
- A 19% reduction in water use since 2007 in the company's Cellulose Fibers business
- A 28% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2000, demonstrating solid progress toward the company's 2020 goal of a 40% reduction
- A 9% reduction in solid waste sent to landfills since 2010, which nearly meets the company's 2020 goal of a 10% reduction
- An average Home Energy Rating System score of 70 for the company's homebuilding businesses, indicating its homes are generally 30% more energy efficient than the HERS reference home
- More than 50% total shareholder return for the year
- A new Eco+ Innovation program, which tracks revenue and investments that show significant improvement in Weyerhaeuser's environmental performance or that enable substitution of renewable energy and materials for non-renewables
- Continued safety excellence, with a recordable incident rate of less than one
- A new Leadership Development Framework designed to strengthen the company's leadership pipeline and bench
- A $4 million investment of cash donations, in-kind giving and employee time spent in support of Weyerhaeuser's operating communities
- The launch of a successful Employee Volunteer of the Quarter program that celebrates Weyerhaeuser employees who make a significant impact in their communities through volunteerism.
Weyerhaeuser was also the recipient of more than 20 third-party awards and recognitions in 2012 and early 2013. For the second year in a row, the company was included on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, and it was also named one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute.
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