Environmental Policy

Glatfelter’s Environmental Policy reflects our commitment to comply with environmental laws and regulations, practice pollution prevention, and continuously try to improve the environment. Instituted in 1997 as part of the ISO 14001 certification process, our environmental policy is the foundation for the Company’s Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and one of the company's core values.

We are committed to:

• Empowering employees to take personal responsibility for awareness and control of environmental issues on the job.
• Complying with environmental laws and regulations and voluntary principles to which it subscribes.
• Practicing prevention of pollution by using natural resources efficiently, reducing waste, encouraging recycling and reuse, and reducing adverse environmental impacts that may be caused by its operations.
• Maintaining and continually improving an environmental management system with the goal of improving environmental performance.
• Practicing sustainable forestry on Company-owned lands as well as encouraging landowners we work with to manage their lands in a sustainable way.

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