Performance Against 2015 Targets — Canfor
Forestry & Manufacturing
Objective | Performance |
Reduce by 10% the number of incidents of harvesting activity not consistent with plan per million cubic metres of total delivered volume. | The number of harvest and road trespasses increased in 2015. |
Reduce by 10% the number of riparian management incidents per million cubic metres of total delivered volume. | Achieved. The number of incidents was down 54%, from 1.27 incidents per Mm3 to 0.68 incidents per Mm3. |
Reduce by 10% the number of occurrences of sedimentation and/or disruption of water flow in fish bearing streams per million cubic metres of total delivered volume. |
Achieved. The number of incidents was down 61%, from 0.33 incidents per Mm3 to 0.20 incidents per Mm3. |
Reduce by 10% the number of incidents where herbicide is applied outside of a treatment per hectare treated. | Achieved. The number of incidents was down 61%, to 0.043 per hectare treated from 0.11 per hectare treated. |
Reduce by 10% the number of forestry fuel management incidents per million cubic metres of total delivered volume. | The number of incident increased in 2015. |
Continue efforts to establish sustainable solutions to historical and ongoing wood residue accumulations of woody debris at our sawmill sites.
| Achieved. Established Wood Residue Task Force; used drone aerial photography to quantify mill woody debris accumulations at nine sites. Next steps are to characterize the accumulations, identify management options and prepare mill-specific management plans. |
Test a higher capacity log yard debris and screening system at one sawmill to reduce landfill quantities. If successful, implement it at other sawmills.
| Achieved. Processed 18,730 cubic metres of logyard debris at two sawmill sites, separating the debris into usable bark, rock and mineral matter and fines. |
Energy Efficiency
Objective | Performance |
Continue implementing our energy use reduction plan for solid wood facilities, including a 10% reduction in electricity use per unit of sawmill production over 2015 and 2016.
| Canfor reduced its energy use by 1.9% in 2015. |
Safety
Objective | Performance |
Achieve a company-wide medical incident rate of 2.0 or lower.
| Significant progress was made towards this goal in 2015 while integrating our newly acquired US South operations in to our safety reporting. |
Introduce a safety monitor program to communicate safety updates and other important information, and test it in several facilities..
| Achieved. Tested Canfor TV to run a continuous loop of safety tips and other information. Eight locations had monitors by the end of 2015. |
Community & People
Objective | Performance |
Expand partnerships with First Nations through activities coordinated through a company-wide First Nations Working Group.
| Achieved. Activities included three pulp mill tours for First Nations students, attendance at nine career fairs and 14 cultural awareness workshops; a business matchup session, and a range of sponsorships. |
Host community events in all of our operating communities.
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Community events held in Canadian operating communities, and employee events held in US operating communities. |
Meet with mayor of each operating community.
| Met with mayors in each of our Canadian locations and some of the US locations. |
Establish high school scholarships for forestry and trades related studies in all of our operating communities.
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Have scholarships in place at all Canadian locations, and establishing them at US locations. |
Support the 2015 Canada Winter Games for our north central BC communities, including a program for high school students.
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Achieved. Sponsored Games, welcomed visitors at Canfor House, hosted 500 students from north central communities. |
Continue to enhance the new skills development and training program to facilitate effective and safe performance of tasks.
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Achieved. Established a leadership development program as well as Canfor College, an internal skills development program, with more than 1,360 participants in the various courses offered in 2015.
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