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 1.35 million hectares (3.34 million acres) of provincial forests under long-term agreements in Alberta, Canada. Established under the auspices of the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 14001 registration recognizes organizations whose environmental management systems meet the comprehensive requirements of this internationally recognized standard.

"This is an important step in fulfilling Weyerhaeuser’s commitment to align all of its timberlands and manufacturing operations to the ISO 14001 standard," said Steven R. Rogel, Weyerhaeuser chairman, president and chief executive officer. "This international standard is well suited to our large-scale timberlands and manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada and the Southern Hemisphere. It will help ensure that reliable processes are in place in our operations to improve our environmental performance and to meet regulatory and stakeholder requirements in the years ahead."

"Credit should be given to the Grande Prairie/Grande Cache Forestlands team who worked hard to develop and implement this system," said C. William Gaynor, president, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited in Canada. "This accomplishment reinforces our strong commitment to forest stewardship and to the continual improvement of our operations."

In the United States, Weyerhaeuser is incorporating the requirements of the American Forest and Paper Association’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative SM standard into its EMS. Canadian units will meet the requirements associated with the Canadian Standards Association’s Sustainable Forest Management system standard.

Several other Weyerhaeuser operations in Canada and the United States are planning to complete EMS implementation by 2002. For example, its Canadian timberlands operations expect to have all units third party certified to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard by 2002 and to the Canadian Standards Association’s Sustainable Forest Management system standard by 2003.

With this announcement, more than 2.8 million hectares (6.9 million acres) of the timberlands Weyerhaeuser manages has been certified to the ISO 14001 EMS standard including:

Weyerhaeuser New Zealand, timberlands operations - 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres).
Interior B.C. timberlands operations - 1.25 million hectares (3.09 million acres).
North Island, Coastal B.C. timberlands operations - 230,000 hectares (568,000 acres) (certified to both ISO 14001 and CSA).
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the world’s largest integrated forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 1999, sales were Cdn$18.1 billion, (US$12.3 billion). It has offices or operations in 13 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities. Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary, has Exchangeable Shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WYL.

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