General Standard Disclosures 

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Strategy and Analysis

G4-1

Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization.

Reported

SR: CEO Message

 

G4-2

Provide a description of key impacts, risks and opportunities.

Reported

Canfor AR: Overview of 2016 (page 8); Risks and Uncertainties (page 44)

Canfor Pulp AR: Overview of 2016 (page 7); Risks and Uncertainties (page 30)

Organizational Profile

G4-3

Name of the organization.

Reported

SR: Canfor Corporation

G4-4

Primary brands, products and services.

Reported

SR: Canfor Corporation

Canfor AR: Company Overview (page 6)

Canfor Pulp AR: Company Overview (page 6)

G4-5

Location of the organization’s headquarters.

Reported

AIF: Incorporation (page 2)

G4-6

Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries where either the organization has significant operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability topics covered in the report.

Reported

SR: Canfor Corporation

Canfor AR: Company Overview (page 6)

Canfor Pulp AR: Company Overview (page 6)

G4-7

Nature of ownership and legal form.

Reported

AIF: Incorporation (page 2)

G4-8

Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers and beneficiaries).

Reported

SR: Markets and Market Development

Canfor Annual Report: Markets and Pricing

AIF: Lumber Markets and Distribution (page 14)

AIF: CPPI Markets and Distribution (page 15)

G4-9

Scale of reporting organization.

Reported

SR: Canfor Corporation, Key Statistics

Canfor AR: Company Overview (page 6)

Canfor Pulp AR: Company overview (page 6)

G4-10

Total employees by employment type, employment contract and gender.

Reported

SR: Workforce

G4-11

Percentages of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Reported

SR: Collective Agreements

G4-12

Description of organization’s supply chain.

Reported

SR: Legal Source of Fibre

SR: Independent Certification

SR: Product Certification

AIF: Wood Fibre Supply (page 12); CPPI Production Facilities (page 14)

G4-13

Any significant changes during the reporting period regarding the organization’s size, structure, ownership or supply chain.

Reported

SR: Canfor Company Changes

SR: Canfor Pulp Company Changes

AIF: Other Significant Events  (page 4)

Commitments to External Initiatives

G4-14

Report whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization.

Reported

SR: Legal Source of Fibre

SR: Independent Certification

SR: Conserving Biodiversity

SR: Protecting Habitat

SR: Responding to Climate Change

SR: Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

AIF: Environment (page 16)

G4-15

Externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or which it endorses.

Reported

SR: Independent Certification

SR: Product Certification

SR: Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

AIF: Research & Development (page 18)

G4-16

Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and national or international advocacy organizations.

Reported

SR: Trade Association and Other Memberships

Identified Material Aspects and Boundaries

G4-17

All entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents.

Reported

Canfor AR: Overview of Consolidated Results – 2016 Compared to 2015 (page 18)

G4-18

Process for defining the report content and aspect boundaries.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

G4-19

All material aspects identified in the process for defining report content.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

G4-20

For each material aspect, report whether it is material within the organization or any specific limitations.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

G4-21

For each material aspect, report whether it is material outside the organization or any specific limitations.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

SR: Throughout reported indicators

G4-22

Effect of restatements of information in previous reports, and reasons for such restatements.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

SR: Canfor Company Changes

SR: Canfor Pulp Company Changes

G4-23

Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundaries.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

SR: CEO Message

Stakeholder Engagement

G4-24

List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

Reported

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

G4-25

Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.

Reported

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

SR: Engaging Stakeholders

G4-26

Organization’s approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group.

Reported

SR:  Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

SR: Engaging Stakeholders

G4-27

Key topics and concerns raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded.

Reported

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

SR: Engaging Stakeholders

SFM Plans track responses to specific stakeholder interests and concerns

Report Profile

G4-28

Reporting period (such as fiscal or calendar year) for information provide.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

G4-29

Date of most recent previous report (if any).

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

G4-30

Reporting cycle (such as annual, biennial).

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

G4-31

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its content.

Reported

Canfor Communications

G4-32

GRI Content Index for the “in accordance” option the organization has chosen.

Reported

GRI Content Index (this list)

G4-33

The organization’s policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for this report.

 

External assurance has not been sought for this report.

Governance

G4-34

Governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental and social impacts.

Reported

AIF: Directors and Officers (page 18)

SR: Environment and Forestry Commitments

TOR

G4-35

Process for delegating authority for economic, environmental and social topics from highest governance body to senior executives and other employees.

Reported

TOR

G4-38

Composition of highest governance body and its committees.

Reported

AIF: Directors and Officers (page 18)

G4-39

Indicate whether Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer.

Reported

AIF: Directors and Officers (page 18)

G4-40

Nomination and selection processes for highest governance body and its committees, and criteria used for nominating and selecting members.

Reported

TOR

G4-41

Processes for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided and managed.

Reported

TOR

G4-42

Highest governance body’s and senior executives’ roles in development, approval, and updating of the organization’s purpose, value or mission statements, strategies, policies, and goals related to economic, environmental and social impacts.

Reported

TOR (page 4)

G4-43

Measures taken to develop and enhance the highest governance body’s collective knowledge of economic, environmental and social topics.

Reported

TOR Orientation/Education (page 5)

G4-44

Processes for evaluation of the highest governance body’s performance with respect to governance of economic, environmental and social topics, whether it is independent, and actions taken in response to the evaluation.

Reported

TOR Board Performance (page 5)

G4-46

Highest governance body’s role in reviewing the effectiveness of the organization’s risk management processes for economic, environmental and social topics.

Reported

TOR Risk Management (page 5)

G4-49

Report the process for communicating critical concerns to the highest governance body.

Reported

TOR

SR: Environment and Forestry Commitments

Ethics and Integrity

G4-56

Describe the organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethics.

Reported

Governance Manual: Code of Conduct (page 37)

Disclosures in Management Approach

G4-DMA

Report why the Aspect is material and impacts that make it material, and how the organization manages and evaluates the material Aspect or its impacts.

Reported

SR: Report Introduction

SR: Identifying Stakeholders and Key Indicators

SR: Throughout reported indicators