Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report

Rayonier’s mission is to provide industry-leading financial returns to our shareholders while serving as a responsible steward of the environment and a beneficial partner to the communities in which we operate.  We are committed to transparency around Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and how they are incorporated into our strategic and operational decision-making.

Following a materiality assessment in 2021, we identified the ESG topics most relevant to our stakeholders and impactful to our business outcomes. The results reinforced the long-standing cornerstones of our vision, strategy, and culture. To learn more about the ESG factors that are meaningful to us and discover the progress we have made in key areas of focus including climate change, biodiversity, safety, and our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy, we invite you explore our current Sustainability Report, published in August 2023. Concurrent with the release of its 2022 Sustainability Report, the Company also released its latest Carbon Report, which quantifies the carbon impacts across the Company’s value chain.

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Environment

Rayonier Sustainability Report: Protecting Threatened and Endangered Species
Of the thousands of plants and animals in Rayonier’s forests, a few species are considered threatened or endangered, which we work actively to protect.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Community Affairs
Our success as an organization is inextricably linked to the health and well-being of our communities, which are home to our forestlands, the employees who are entrusted with their care, and our contractor workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Rayonier, we embrace and encourage individuality, where employees with different backgrounds, experiences, and behavioral styles feel included and comfortable sharing their perspectives and ideas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Safety
Our Senior Leadership Team and Board reinforce the importance of maintaining a strong safety culture. Our guiding principle is that all of our employees and contractors should return home safely each day.

Sustainable Development Goals

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Real Estate
Roughly half of our Wildlight development project north of Jacksonville, Florida, has been dedicated as a conservation habitat network (CHN).

Environment

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Land-Based Solutions
With the ever-increasing urgency to address the impacts of climate change and the recognition of the role forests play in sequestering atmospheric carbon, owning timberlands has taken on many new dimensions.

Sustainable Development Goals

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Water Quality and Quantity
The trees, vegetation, and soil in our forests provide a permeable surface where water infiltrates the ground to replenish rivers, streams, and groundwater systems. Our sustainable forestry practices safeguard water quality and protect this natural cycle of water recharge.

Sustainable Development Goals

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
We have measured our impact on the environment by calculating the emissions associated with our corporate, forestry, and real estate-related operations during 2022.

Environment

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Biodiversity
Our forests are healthy and diverse ecosystems that we manage with a long-term mindset. We recognize the importance of maintaining biodiversity both for the health of our forests and the broader ecosystems in which they exist.

Sustainable Development Goals

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Climate Change
Climate change is affecting forest ecosystems worldwide, causing shifts in the distribution, abundance, productivity, and health of forests. Our commitment to sustainable forest management requires that we understand both the risks and opportunities posed by climate change.
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