Sustainability Stories

Valuing Forests & Scaling Markets: Reflections from Climate Week NYC

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
October 3, 2024

It’s Time to (Finally) Agree and Move Forward on Forest Carbon Accounting

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
September 23, 2024

Dam Removal in Virginia Supports Endangered Mussels and Other Aquatic Species

Nearly 200 years ago in northern Virginia, a six-foot-tall dam was erected on Rock Island Creek, a tributary of the James River. The dam, made of stone and concrete, spanned 55 feet and was built to power a sawmill and grist mill. ... Read More
August 13, 2024

Weyerhaeuser Hosts Panel and Forest Tour During Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle

The inaugural Bloomberg Green Festival brought thousands of sustainability leaders, entrepreneurs and climate activists to Seattle last month for four days of networking, discussions and experiential learning. ... Read More
August 7, 2024

Safety Makes Raymond THRIVE: The Award-Winning Safety Culture at Our Sawmill in Raymond, Wash.

Caring about the safety of your peers becomes even more personal when you spend time together outside of work and know the names of each other’s children. That kind of tight-knit community feeling is especially common in rural towns like Raymond, Washington, where our sawmill employs a significant percentage of the local population. ... Read More
August 6, 2024