sustainableforestry

For the third consecutive year, members of our Corporate Development organization were among the thousands who traveled to New York City last month for one of the world’s largest and most important climate gatherings, Climate Week NYC. The annual event overlaps with the United Nations General Assembly and serves as an opportunity for leaders in the public and private sectors to raise awareness and engage in important conversations around the global response to climate change. More than 1,000 official events were held across the city from Sept. 21 to 28, making this year’s Climate Week NYC the largest in its 16-year history. Weyerhaeuser’s contingent — including Paul Hossain, senior vice president and chief development officer; Alicia Robbins, vice president, Natural Climate Solutions and Business Development; Ara Erickson, vice president, Corporate Sustainability; and Vaughan Andrews, senior manager, sustainability — were in the middle of the action, traversing the city to participate in more than a half dozen formal speaking opportunities and countless other meetings, forums and networking events in support of our business and sustainability objectives. ... Read More

Weyerhaeuser recently sold more than 3,000 acres in Multnomah County, Oregon, to the Trust for Public Land, which transferred the parcel to Oregon State University. But it was no ordinary land sale. It was a landmark conservation deal 10 years in the making that’s expected to have positive ripple effects for decades to come. ... Read More

Weyerhaeuser employees from across the company recently traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May for the 2025 Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Annual Conference. Representing a broad cross-section of our company — including Sustainability, Timberlands and Recruiting — this group not only attended sessions and engaged with industry peers but also presented on some of our leading efforts in education and climate-smart forestry. ... Read More

Hudson Bay forestry intern Logan Englot may seem like an unlikely advocate for our industry. Growing up on the prairies of Saskatchewan, surrounded by farms, she never thought about a career in forestry or forest products. In fact, before her internship began earlier this summer, she knew very little about what foresters do. She also says she doesn’t consider herself to be much of a writer and isn’t an avid user of social media. ... Read More

When our three Montana manufacturing facilities teamed up to improve their energy efficiency in 2022, they set an ambitious goal: reduce energy usage by 2 percent annually. Thanks to teamwork, innovation and grit, they more than doubled their savings, reducing usage by 4.24 percent, or 1.38 million kilowatt hours, from October 2023 through October 2024. That’s enough electricity to power 187 homes for a full year. ... Read More