inclusion

Last month, I had the great honor of speaking at the inaugural Women’s Forest Congress in Minneapolis. Organized over three days, the congress drew close to 500 people, mostly women, from across the forest sector to share perspectives and develop strategies and solutions to address some of the most pressing challenges for forests — and also the vital role of women in addressing them. ... Read More

This month, Empowering Women of Weyerhaeuser — a.k.a. E-WOW — celebrated its one-year anniversary since launching in October of last year. E-WOW was the first of our employee resource groups to relaunch with a fresh purpose and strategy, and by the end of this year its employee-led leadership team will have organized 11 virtual events on a variety of topics with different formats, including speaker panels, networking sessions and book/podcast discussions. During that time, E-WOW membership has grown to include nearly 250 employees (women and men) from all over the company. ... Read More

A couple of years ago, I was part of a hiring team interviewing external candidates for a critical role in our business. There was one candidate in particular who was very impressive, and when it came time for her to ask us questions at the end of the interview, she asked: “What do you enjoy most about working at Weyerhaeuser?” ... Read More

Like many of us, Ron Crear was raised thinking topics like race and gender were taboo. Then he was offered the opportunity to attend the Defense Equal Opportunity Institute while serving in the Air Force and became a military equal opportunity specialist. ... Read More

A couple of weeks ago I was on the road with Devin visiting a number of our sites in the South. We had more than 40 one-on-one conversations with different people in our operations, ranging from employees in their first few weeks to some who have been with us more than 30 years. When we asked them what keeps them here, or what we need to do to increase retention of new hires, just about all the answers centered around the importance of making our people feel included and that they belong here. ... Read More