West Fraser Timber (WFG)

Overall impact
D (28)

Commentary

West Fraser Timber is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 27.8 for overall impact (bottom 10% of all companies), West Fraser Timber ranks 39th out of 43 industry peers, behind Weyerhaeuser, Jewett Cameron Trading, Mercer International and 35 others, and ahead of UFP Industries, Boise Cascade, Verso and 1 other. On top material causes for West Fraser Timber's industry (Lumber and Wood), West Fraser Timber performs well in No Poverty (81.1 score) and performs poorly in Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (20.8 score), Reduced Green House Gas Emissions (8.0), Sustainable Use of Water (9.7) and 7 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company

West Fraser Timber

Employees
9,600
Sector
Materials
Industry
Paper & Forest Products
Sub-industry
Paper Products
SASB industry
Building Products & Furnishings
Headquarters
Bc, Canada
Share classes
WFG
Description
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a diversified wood products company, engages in manufacturing, selling, marketing, and distributing lumber, engineered wood products, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and other residuals and renewable energy. It offers spruce-pine-fir, douglas fir-larch, hem-fir, and southern yellow pine lumber, treated wood products, medium density fiberboard panels and plywood, oriented strand board, and laminated veneer lumber wood products, as well as particleboards. In addition, the company provides northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp and bleached chemical thermo-mechanical pulp used to produce various paper products, including printing and writing papers, paperboard products, tissue and towel products, and a variety of other paper grades. Further, it offers bioproducts, including bioenergy and biomaterial. Its products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, papers, tissue, and box materials, and industrial applications. The company sells its products to major retail chains, contractor supply yards, and wholesalers, as well as industrial customers for further processing or as components for other products in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for West Fraser Timber, based on its industry sub-industry Paper Products. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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