We are pleased to report that we have met most of these goals. In doing so, we have reduced the generation of hazardous waste at our manufacturing operations, increased the use of recovered fiber in our pulp and paper operations and developed an environmental strategy to address forest-related environmental issues. With all of our goals nearly completed, Georgia-Pacific is pleased to present in this report a new group of performance measures that will help us continue our commitment to ongoing improvement in environmental protection and safety awareness. These measures were developed with input from employees throughout the corporation.
Some measures track corporatewide performance while others focus on individual business units.
All, however, are designed to help G-P employees, shareholders, customers, our community neighbors and others interested in our company better understand and evaluate our performance in these key areas. In this report, we also feature some examples of how Georgia-Pacific operations are working every day to manage or reduce environmental impacts and improve safety. These examples reflect the efforts of more than 55,000 employees at hundreds of locations in North America.