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In a continuing celebration of its 100th anniversary, Weyerhaeuser announced today a new, local "Sheltering the Community" partnership with Springfield-Eugene Habitat for Humanity and St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. The collaboration will build two homes for low-income families and...
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) had the best safety record of large-scale chemical manufacturers in the U.S. for 1999, according to Responsible Care® performance measure data recently released by the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA).* The company's frequency of recordable injuries—employee injuries which...
The Mead Corporation’s Coated Board division recently initiated a third-party audit of its forestry operations. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP conducted the audit under the American Forest & Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative(SM) (SFI) (SM) voluntary verification program. The results of the independent audit indicate that...
Twenty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens that destroyed 68,000 acres of its forest land, Weyerhaeuser Company is opening a new exhibit at the Mount St. Helens Forest Learning center to commemorate the rebirth of the forest surrounding the blast zone....
3M today announced it is phasing out of the perfluorooctanyl chemistry used to produce certain repellents and surfactant products. The affected product lines represent about two percent of 3M's nearly $16 billion in annual sales. These include many Scotchgard products, such as soil,...
Weyerhaeuser Company’s Grande Prairie/Grande Cache Forestlands division has achieved certification to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) standard. Registration followed a thorough independent audit by the Quality Management Institute, a division of the Canadian Standards Association. Weyerhaeuser’s Grande Prairie/Grande Cache Forestlands manages...
Children being treated for cancer will enjoy a night at the ballpark Tuesday with the Atlanta Braves as part of AFLAC Cancer Center Night at Turner Field. More than 120 patients, family members and medical staff from the AFLAC Cancer Center at Children's...