As a sector that contributes $75 billion of economic output annually, we have a responsibility not only to the hundreds of communities we operate in and the 205,000 Canadians we directly employ, but to future generations.

Through programs like #TakeYourPlace, Women in Wood, the Greenest Workforce, and Free To Grow in Forestry, we are working towards building a more inclusive sector, one that supports the growth of women, Indigenous peoples, new Canadians, and youth as innovators in a sector that has a key role to play in realizing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — including providing clean water, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, responsible consumption and production, and climate action.^[28]