sustainability

In late July, Alissa Cale, land asset manager, stepped up to a 242-foot-long wind turbine blade and signed her name in blue marker. She was participating in a blade signing event that brought together about 250 stakeholders of the Timbermill wind project in North Carolina — including the governor and local officials — to celebrate a significant milestone toward completion. ... Read More

As a raw materials manager, Zack Miller sources logs for our three Montana mills. It’s a job that takes him hundreds of miles in all directions, including over the border into Canada, and he’s an eager ambassador for the forest industry everywhere he goes. ... Read More

In Alberta, Canada, high school students interested in natural resource management can spend a summer gaining skills and making connections through the Junior Forest Ranger program, operated by the province’s Ministry of Forestry and Parks. ... Read More

Several members of our Weyerhaeuser team recently returned from Climate Week NYC. The annual gathering, held this year from Sept. 22 to 29, brings together business and sustainability leaders from across the public and private sectors to discuss the ongoing global response to climate change. The week of events coincides with the United Nations General Assembly and has become one of the highest-profile and most important venues for shaping international conversations around the climate crisis. ... Read More

Five years after the Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched an effort to extend guidance to carbon removals and land use, inviting the promise of a new global standard for forest carbon accounting, we still don’t have agreement or a clear path forward. Disagreements and differing approaches have scuttled progress toward building an effective consensus, and meanwhile the consequences of our inaction compound. ... Read More