Risk Management Systems
We have a disciplined process for setting companywide strategic direction environmental, health and safety, social and public policy matters. This direction-setting process guides company behavior on market-driven issues such as climate change and endangered forests.
Supporting the direction-setting process are systems that give our senior management team information to make good decisions and effectively implement them.
Our Systems
Our primary systems for evaluating potential risks and implementing leadership direction are:
Internal audits of our environmental compliance with government regulations, voluntary standards and company policies.
Environmental management systems, which provide a disciplined approach to implementing our environmental policy and evaluating performance results.
The Weyerhaeuser Safety Strategy -- Safe from the Start -- which lays out the basic framework of our safety strategy and the five elements of world-class safety.
The Safety and Health Information Management System, which enables us to report incidents. With the resulting investigation information, we track the progress of corrective actions, analyze company trends, and identify potential future risks in health and safety performance.
The Health and Safety Exchange, which assesses a facility's ability to identify, manage and control health and safety risks.
Our Management Structures
All managers share responsibility for implementing policy on environmental and social matters. They are supported by our management structures:
The Environment, Health and Safety Council, a cross-business panel of leaders that is accountable to our senior management team, oversees the environmental, health and safety direction-setting process. The council prioritizes issues, analyzes relevant information, recommends company policies, and reviews the effectiveness of company decisions.
Staff professionals in health, safety and environment, as well as public and regulatory affairs, who provide technical expertise to evaluate our performance; identify opportunities, risks and external trends that could affect the company; and provide recommendations to establish optimum performance.
Cross-functional issue-management teams that recommend strategy and manage our response to environmental, health and safety, social and public policy issues.
Revised Environment, Health and Safety Policies
In early 2007, changes to our environmental policy and health and safety risk management policy were approved by the CEO. Our health and safety policy reflects a company commitment based on caring for our employees. The revised policy brings more attention to health, increases focus on accountability, and is aligned with our safety strategy. See the Health and Safety Risk Management Core Policy section for more information. The updated environmental policy clarifies that it applies to all of our businesses. Other changes include adding an energy conservation goal and placing more focus on employee education. See the Environmental Core Policy for more information.
To support these policies, managers and employees need to understand what both the law and the company require of them, as well as have the knowledge and tools to succeed. In 2006, we adopted a new competency standard for employees with environment, health and safety responsibilities and introduced training for all managers about their environment, health and safety obligations.
Last updated May 27, 2008.
