West Fraser | Sustainability Performance
Produces and markets wood products, including lumber, plywood, and wood chips, for construction and industrial applications.
1955
Canada
5,001 - 10,000 employees
Paper & Forest Products
$1B - 10B in revenue
N/A in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#6807
Overallⓘ#154
in Canadaⓘ#42
in Paper & Forest ProductsⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
SDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Laggard
Aligned
Critical
Critical
Laggard
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Industry Benchmark
223.5
B/M 223.8
1.3K
B/M 877.5
3.8K
B/M 4.5K
7.5K
B/M 2.1K
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Controversy level
- West Fraser Timber Co Ltd, Canadian world's largest lumber producer (Norbord OSB 2021 USD 4 billion acquisition), has faced sustained NGO criticism from Greenpeace and Wilderness Committee over alleged Canadian boreal forestry sourcing practices affecting West Fraser's institutional ESG investor concerns over Canadian softwood lumber, plus periodic Canadian Federal lumber tariff disputes affecting institutional shareholders.
Sustainability employees
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7-10
ⓘThis value represents the estimated number of employees in a company with sustainability-related roles or job titles, as determined by Illuminem using publicly available data.