Tolko Sustainability
Tolko initiated its sustainability strategy in 1998. A corporate planning session identified the need to provide our employees, customers and the public with verification of our sustainable forest management practices. With pride in its strong sustainability record, Tolko chose a strategic direction based on the principles in the Company’s updated Environmental Policy and Forest Management Principles.

We've implemented our sustainability strategy over the last several years with increasingly progressive actions:

1999

• First Corporate Sustainability report produced

2000

• Corporate Sustainability Department formed to oversee Tolko’s sustainability strategy

2001

• First implementation of a Woodlands Environmental Management System (EMS)
• First independent third-party registration to the ISO 14001 standard
• Completion of ForestCARE forestry certification at Tolko’s Alberta divisions
• Divisional & Corporate consensus on a customer certification commitment:
  
  Customer Commitment
  Tolko Industries will have all of its Woodlands Divisions registered to a recognized certification standard (that includes independent, third-party auditing) by December 31, 2002. Tolko will pursue additional certification at each Division (to an internationally recognized certification standard) by 2004.

2002

• EMS implemented at all remaining Woodlands Divisions
• ISO 14001 certification at all BC & Manitoba Woodlands Divisions
• First Divisional Canadian Standards Association (CSA) - Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) certification (CAN/CSA Z809 standard) attained
• First Customer Commitment met: All Tolko’s Woodlands Divisions are registered to a recognized certification standard (with third-party auditing)

2003

• Additional divisional certification(s) to the CSA – SFM standard
• Implementation of the CSA – SFM Public advisory processes at remaining Woodlands Divisions

2004

• Customer Commitments met with successful ISO 14001 EMS registration & CSA Z809 SFM certification at all Tolko Woodlands Divisions
• Publication of an updated Sustainability Report
• 2003 greenfield project, Meadow Lake OSB Limited Partnership, gains ISO 14001 certification and launches their CSA process, on target for registration in 2005
• SFI certified Woodlands of Riverside Forest Products acquisition joins Tolko

2005

• Integration of Riverside Forest Products into the Tolko Sustainability Strategy

More detailed information is available in "Divisional Initiatives".

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