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Kruger Policies
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Since its inception in 1904, Kruger has always
made it a priority to protect the environment and the quality
of life of its employees and the communities in which it operates.
Our environmental and forest policies confirm our commitment
to sustainable development and government programs for the protection
of the environment.
Kruger shares with all communities important
responsibilities to the environment in which we live and work.
It supports the responsible stewardship of resources, including
forests, fish and aquatic habitats, wildlife, air, land and
water.
Responsible stewardship makes sustained economic
development possible. In this spirit, the Company believes that
a set of principles should govern its attitude and action in
environmental matters.
These are as follows:
- The Company is committed to excellence in sustained yield
multiple-use forest management.
- It conducts its business in a responsible manner designed
to protect the environment, the health and safety of its employees,
customers and the public.
- It assesses, plans, constructs and operates facilities in
compliance with all applicable regulations.
- Beyond or in the absence of regulatory requirements, the
Company applies sound prevention and management practices
to advance environmental protection and minimize environmental
impact.
- The Company promotes environmental awareness among employees
and the public, and trains employees in their environmental
responsibilities.
- The Company reports regularly to its Board of Directors
on environmental status and performance.
- The Company works with governments in the development of
regulations and standards based on sound, economically achievable
technologies, and the analysis of environmental impact.
- The Company continues to advance the frontiers of knowledge
in environmental protection through the support of scientific
research and, as appropriate, apply such knowledge at its
facilities.
- The Company is committed to the principle of recycling raw
materials. It ensures the use of recycled fiber in each division
as long as it is economically and environmentally acceptable.
- The Company appoints at each of its operating centers a
person reporting to its operating manage ment and responsible
for implementing the present policy.
- The Company appoints at its corporate level a person reporting
to the corporate management and responsible for implementing
the present policy throughout the Company. The corporate manager
of environmental services maintains liaison with the operating
divisions and local mill and plant sites.
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