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Our website serves as our primary method to communicate our sustainability strategy, progress and performance, and we update it annually in accordance with internationally recognized sustainability reporting standards and practices. We also offer printable resources, a blogof case studies illustrating our commitment to sustainability and an opportunity to provide feedbackon our website. Annual updates to our sustainability reporting are reviewed and approved by our corporate law department.
GRI INDEX
The Global Reporting Initiative standards provide a globally recognized model for us to measure and share our performance. Our GRI Index includes general disclosures, as well as topic-specific disclosures such as our company profile, economic and environmental performance, our impacts on society and other disclosures relevant to our company.
We prepare our annual update to our sustainability websitein accordance with the GRI Standards.
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e | Title | Location | Additional Information |
GRI 2: GENERAL DISCLOSURES | |||
The organization and its reporting practices | |||
2-1 | Organizational | Weyerhaeuser Company | |
details | Ownership & legal form: Annual Report:Form | ||
10-K | |||
Seattle, Washington, USA | |||
Our major operations are in the United States | |||
and Canada. | |||
Annual Report:10- 18 | |||
2-2 | Entities | Annual Report:63 | |
included in the | |||
organization's | |||
sustainability | |||
reporting | |||
2-3 | Reporting | Annually | |
period, | January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 | ||
frequency and | April 28, 2023 | ||
contact point | |||
Feedback | |||
2-4 | Restatements | Total environmental data values no longer | |
of information | include: Montana timberlands (sold in 2020), | ||
149,000 acres of Oregon timberlands (sold in | |||
2020) and 145,000 acres of timberlands in | |||
Washington (sold in 2021). | |||
2-5 | External | In 2023, we obtained limited assurance for our | |
assurance | 2020, 2021, and 2022 Scope 1, Scope 2 | ||
(location-based), Scope 2 (market-based), | |||
combined Scope 1 & 2 (location-based) and | |||
combined Scope 1 & 2 (market -based) | |||
emissions from a third-party attestation | |||
provider. | |||
Assurance letter | |||
Activities and workers | |||
2-6 | Activities, value | We are one of the world's largest private | Responsible Wood Fiber |
chain and other | owners of timberlands. We own or control 10.6 | ||
business | million acres of timberlands in the U.S. and | ||
relationships | manage an additional 14.1 million acres of | ||
timberlands under long-term licenses in | |||
Canada. We manage these timberlands on a | |||
sustainable basis in compliance with | |||
internationally recognized forestry standards. | |||
As one of the largest manufacturers of high- | |||
quality wood products, we operate 35 wood | |||
products manufacturing facilities and 19 | |||
building materials distribution centers across | |||
North America. | |||
Our critical suppliers are those we depend on | |||
for market success and the sustainable | |||
operation of our company. These include direct | |||
suppliers of wood and raw materials, as well as | |||
maintenance and repair suppliers who support | |||
machinery and technology used in our | |||
manufacturing operations. We have | |||
approximately 1,300 suppliers of wood, 15 | |||
suppliers of chemical additives, and 3,600 | |||
maintenance, repair and operations suppliers. | |||
We select our Tier 1 suppliers using a rigorous | |||
process that incorporates assessments of | |||
technical expertise, cost, quality, service and | |||
risk. | |||
Our Wood Products business uses a | |||
Procurement Risk Mitigation Matrix to assess | |||
key risks for critical suppliers, including | |||
business continuity, safety, financial, security | |||
and reputation risk. These and other | |||
sustainability risks are reviewed and used to | |||
construct a supply strategy to mitigate potential | |||
risks. Key elements of this strategy include | |||
supplier choice, supplier diversification and | |||
negotiation of various contractual elements. We | |||
monitor performance using 10 carefully | |||
selected key performance indicators (KPIs) | |||
related to procurement and materials | |||
management. | |||
In 2022, purchased 80,800 acres of | |||
timberlands in North and South Carolina. | |||
Annual Report: 1-20 | |||
2-7 | Employees | Data - Employees | Employee data is counted |
Data - Diversity | on the last day of our | ||
financial reporting period, |
2-8 | Workers who | We partner with ISN, a contractor and supplier | |
are not | information management company, to manage | ||
employees | the assessment of the qualifications of contract | ||
workers and suppliers. We currently have | |||
1,377 non-employee worker companies who | |||
are managed by ISN and meet our defined | |||
ESG requirements to provide services. | |||
Governance | |||
2-9 | Governance | Strong Governance | |
Structure | |||
Board Oversight | |||
Proxy Statement: 12-22 | |||
Committee Charters and Composition | |||
2-10 | Nomination and | Board of Directors - Governance Guidelines | |
selection of the | |||
Proxy Statement: 24-30 | |||
highest | |||
governance | |||
body | |||
2-11 | Chair of the | Board of Directors | |
highest | |||
governance | |||
body | |||
2-12 | Role of highest | Our board, through its company direction- | |
governance | setting process, establishes companywide | ||
body in | strategic direction for environmental, social and | ||
overseeing the | governance issues as well as capital spending, | ||
management of | business and financial matters. | ||
impacts | |||
Annually, our sustainability materiality | |||
assessment is closely aligned with the | |||
company' s enterprise risk management | |||
process. In addition to the description in | |||
Determining What Is Significant, our enterprise | |||
risk management team works closely with | |||
functional and operational leaders and other | |||
staff across the company to assemble | |||
information on risks and their potential | |||
likelihood and impact to the company and its | |||
stakeholders. This process includes reviewing | |||
current business priorities, policies and | |||
procedures; mitigation strategies; and | |||
emerging trends. | |||
After processing and analyzing the risks, the | |||
enterprise risk team prepares a companywide | |||
heat map and business unit heat maps. A heat | |||
map is basically a visual representation of the | |||
greatest risks to the company and their relative | |||
ranking in terms of likelihood and impact. After | |||
initial preparation, the team meets with senior | |||
management to review the heat maps and |
discuss any key risks and related content that | |||
arose from initial leadership meetings. | |||
After final approval from senior management, | |||
the heat maps and any other relevant | |||
enterprise-risk-related topics are presented to | |||
the board of directors. After this final review, | |||
and with the board of directors' approval, the | |||
enterprise risk team shares this information | |||
(heat maps and risks) with other extended | |||
leadership to ensure risk ownership and | |||
understanding throughout the company. At this | |||
point, the heat maps become the basis for the | |||
sustainability materiality assessment. | |||
Board Oversight | |||
Determining What Is Significant | |||
2-13 | Delegation of | Our Strategy | |
responsibility | Proxy Statement:3, 15 - 17 | ||
for managing | |||
impacts | |||
2-14 | Role of the | The Governance and Corporate Responsibility | |
highest | Committee reviews progress against our | ||
governance | sustainability strategy and goals. Our corporate | ||
body in | law department reviews and approves the | ||
sustainability | annual update to our sustainability report. | ||
reporting | |||
2-15 | Conflicts of | Board of Directors - Governance Guidelines | |
interest | |||
2-16 | Communication | Integrity | |
of critical | |||
Proxy Statement:22 | See ourCode of Ethicsfor | ||
concerns | |||
more information on | |||
reporting. | |||
Governance and Corporate Responsibility | |||
Committee Charter | |||
2-17 | Collective | Our Strategy | |
knowledge of | Governance and Corporate Responsibility | ||
the highest | Committee | ||
governance | Corporate Governance Guidelines | ||
body | |||
2-18 | Evaluation of | Governance Highlights | |
the | Proxy Statement: 21 | ||
performance of | |||
the highest | |||
governance | |||
body | |||
2-19 | Remuneration | Proxy Statement:32 - 66 | |
policies | |||
2-20 | Process to | Proxy Statement:32 - 66 | |
determine | |||
remuneration | |||
2-21 | Annual total | ||
compensation | Proxy Statement:62 | ||
ratio | |||
Strategy, policies and practices | |||
2-22 | Statement on | CEO Message | |
sustainable | Our Strategy | ||
development | |||
strategy | |||
2-23 | Policy | Integrity | |
commitments | Code of Ethics | ||
Supplier Code of Ethics | |||
Human Rights Policy | |||
Product Stewardship Policy | |||
2-24 | Embedding | Integrity | |
policy | Ensuring Disciplined Risk Management | ||
commitments | |||
2-25 | Processes to | Integrity | |
remediate | |||
negative | |||
impacts | |||
2-26 | Mechanisms | Integrity | |
for seeking | |||
advice and | Inside or outside our organization, anyone can | ||
raising | |||
confidentially and anonymously call our | |||
concerns | |||
EthicsLine at 800-716-3488 or use | |||
Weyerhaeuser EthicsOnline. | |||
2-27 | Compliance | Data - Environmental Compliance | Non-compliance issues |
with laws and | Data - Health & Safety | include late submittal of | |
regulations | Tier 2 report, exceedance | ||
of NPDES permit limit, | |||
exceedances of limit on | |||
monitoring well, health | |||
complaints and inspection | |||
results. | |||
2-28 | Membership | Alberta Forest Products Association | |
associations | Alberta Trappers Association | ||
American Wood Council | |||
Arkansas Forest and Paper Council | |||
Council of Forest Industries | |||
Forest Products Association of Canada | |||
Forest Resources Association, Inc. | |||
Georgia Paper & Forest Products | |||
Association | |||
Mississippi Forest Products Council | |||
National Alliance of Forest Owners | |||
National Association of REITS | |||
North Carolina Manufacturers Alliance | |||
Oregon Business & Industry | |||
Oregon Forest Industries Council | |||
Oregonians for Food & Shelter |
Treated Wood Council
US Industrial Pellet Association
Washington Forest Protection Association
Stakeholder Engagement
2-29 | Approach to | Stakeholder Engagement | ||
stakeholder | ||||
engagement | ||||
2-30 | Collective | Data - Employee Representation | ||
bargaining | ||||
agreements | Human Rights Policy | |||
GRI 3 Material Topics | ||||
3-1 | Process to | Ensuring Disciplines Risk Management | ||
determine | Determining What Is Significant | |||
material topics | ||||
3-2 | List of material | Determining What Is Significant | ||
topics | ||||
3-3 | Management of | Sustainable Forestry | ||
material topics | Climate Change | |||
Natural Climate Solutions | ||||
Health & Safety | ||||
Certification | ||||
Biodiversity | ||||
Public Policy & Regulations | ||||
Economic Performance | ||||
Environmental Management | ||||
Policies and commitments related to material | ||||
topics: | ||||
•Anti-BriberyPolicy | ||||
•Anti-Discrimination,Anti-Harassment | ||||
and Equal Employment Opportunity | ||||
Policy | ||||
• | Chemical Management Policy | |||
• | Environmental Policy | |||
•Health and Safety Policy | ||||
•Human Rights Policy(and all | ||||
commitments contained within) | ||||
• | Product Stewardship Policy | |||
•Supplier Code of Ethics | ||||
• | Sustainable Forestry Policy | |||
•Threatened and Endangered Species | ||||
Policy | ||||
• | Wood Procurement Policy | |||
•Consortium for Research on | ||||
Renewable Industrial Materials |
Actions taken to manage material topics: | |||
Annually, we carry out an enterprise-wide risk | |||
assessment to gather information from across | |||
the organization to ensure we understand | |||
where our greatest exposures reside and what | |||
is material to our company. We review our | |||
assessment and ensure the identified topics | |||
are relevant, significant, and aligned with our | |||
companywide enterprise risk assessment. We | |||
regularly conduct internal audits to ensure | |||
compliance with environmental, safety, | |||
financial, disclosure and other regulations; our | |||
own voluntary standards; and our company | |||
policies. When noncompliance issues are | |||
identified, we develop, implement and track | |||
corrective action plans to ensure timely | |||
resolution | |||
200 ECONOMIC | |||
GRI 201: ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE | |||
201-1 | Direct | Annual Report: 57-61 | |
economic value | |||
generated and | |||
distributed | |||
201-2 | Financial | Climate Change | Costs associated with |
implications | TCFD Alignment | these risks are not | |
and other risks | separated since they are | ||
and | integrated into all aspects | ||
opportunities | of our business. | ||
due to climate | |||
Annual Report:33 | |||
change | |||
Defined benefit | |||
plan obligations | |||
201-3 | and other | ||
retirement | |||
Annual Report: 66-67, 72-79 | |||
plans | |||
GRI 203: INDIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACTS | |||
203-2 | Significant | Citizenship | |
indirect | Data: Economic Value | ||
economic | |||
impacts | |||
Rural Communities | |||
GRI 204: PROCUREMENT PRACTICES | |||
204-1 | Proportion of | Responsible Wood Fiber | A minimum of 30 percent |
spending on | of our overall spend could | ||
local suppliers | be considered from local | ||
suppliers. This is our | |||
approximate spend on logs | |||
and wood fiber for our | |||
mills. | |||
GRI 205: ANTI-CORRUPTION
205-1 | Operations | We are committed to obeying the law in all |
assessed for | countries where we do business. We have | |
risks related to | adopted policies and standards to ensure that | |
corruption | we comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices | |
Act and similar anti-corruption laws in each | ||
country where we do business. | ||
100 percent of our main businesses and staff | ||
function groups are analyzed each year. We | ||
disclose material risks in our periodic filings to | ||
the SEC. | ||
205-2 | Communication | Integrity |
and training | ||
We regularly train employees on our anti- | ||
about anti- | ||
bribery policy. Our contracts and purchasing | ||
corruption | ||
policies require agents, contractors, suppliers, | ||
policies and | ||
service providers and joint-venture partners to | ||
procedures | ||
comply with our anti-bribery policy, as well as | ||
all statutes and regulations regarding | ||
corruption and bribery. We require 100 percent | ||
of targeted employees and third-party | ||
intermediaries to take anti-bribery training. The | ||
target audience for anti-bribery training is all | ||
senior management team members and their | ||
direct reports; all salaried employees who | ||
might be expected to interact with foreign | ||
government officials (as broadly defined under | ||
the FCPA, this includes any foreign | ||
government official; any person acting on their | ||
behalf, such as a consultant; and employees of | ||
state-owned companies); U.S., Canadian and | ||
international employees who work in | ||
international sales, customer service with | ||
international responsibilities, and trade/export; | ||
and staff function employees in finance, human | ||
resources, information technology or other | ||
areas who have international responsibilities | ||
and might be expected to interact with foreign | ||
government officials. Leaders are also | ||
encouraged to invite the sales agents, | ||
distributors, consultants and other third parties | ||
with whom they do business to attend the | ||
leader-led sessions. | ||
205-3 | Confirmed | We disclose all material litigations and legal |
incidents of | proceedings in our periodic filings to the SEC. | |
corruption and | ||
actions taken | ||
GRI 206: ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR
206-1 | Legal actions | Our employees are expected to comply with | |
for anti- | our company's core policy, as well as all U.S. | ||
competitive | and other countries' laws, regulating unlawful | ||
behavior, | anti-competitive behavior. Employees receive | ||
antitrust, and | regular training and materials as part of our | ||
monopoly | antitrust and competition law compliance | ||
practices | program and are responsible for being aware of | ||
the risk and costs of violating the laws and | |||
complying with our guidelines for behavior. We | |||
disclose all material litigation and legal | |||
proceedings in our periodic filings to the SEC. | |||
GRI 207: TAX | |||
207-1 | Approach to tax | In addition to providing employment and | |
fostering economic activity in the communities | |||
in which we operate, we also support the | |||
community through a variety of U.S. federal, | |||
state and local tax payments, as well as federal | |||
and provincial tax payments in Canada. Our | |||
approach to tax planning is to develop tax- | |||
efficient solutions that support the company's | |||
operational initiatives and goals and minimize | |||
our consolidated tax risks and liabilities. Our | |||
corporate tax policies and strategy are rooted | |||
in our company's Code of Ethics. We observe | |||
all applicable tax rules and regulations in the | |||
jurisdictions in which we have a tax presence. | |||
We have a low tolerance for tax risk. We strive | |||
to obtain certainty for our financial reporting | |||
obligations and prevent any potential negative | |||
impacts to our shareholders and our company's | |||
reputation. | |||
Our tax strategy includes: | |||
• Satisfying all income tax reporting and filing | |||
obligations in a timely manner and in | |||
accordance with laws and regulations | |||
• Mitigating tax risk through thoughtful | |||
implementation and documentation, | |||
proactive involvement in legislation, and | |||
participation in current audit programs with | |||
federal, state, and local governments | |||
• Ensuring sustainable, arms-length pricing | |||
on intercompany transactions | |||
For U.S. federal and state income tax | |||
purposes, we have elected to be taxed as a | |||
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and | |||
continue to operate in a manner that qualifies | |||
us for REIT status. As such, a significant | |||
portion of our income is not subject to | |||
corporate income tax, provided we distribute | |||
our taxable income to our shareholders. | |||
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