About Us

Enabling People.
Improving Health and Safety.

It is an exciting time to be an employee of Georgia-Pacific. Georgia-Pacific's transition from public to private ownership has created a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship—emphasizing the need for engaged and motivated people across the organization.

That's why Georgia-Pacific is committed to continuing to foster a work environment and work culture that:

• Make the protection of health and safety of employees, contractors and communities the number one priority;
• Embrace diversity not just for the sake of diversity, but as a driver of innovation and business success in the marketplace;
• Inspire and enable Georgia-Pacific people to develop new skills and perform to their full potential while helping others do the same; and
• Encourage knowledge sharing as a way to make better decisions and improve performance.

Working together, Georgia-Pacific managers and employees operate safe, clean, productive operations—both union and non-union—focused on winning against global competition. The forest products industry has faced increasingly stronger international competition and most companies have been unable to invest the capital needed to stay competitive.

Georgia-Pacific is different. We believe in reinvesting up to 90 percent of our earnings into capital projects and improvements needed for our facilities to face international competition and succeed in the longterm. At union facilities, our goal is to work with employees to agree on contracts that are ready for renewal. This will enable us to compete with the best in the world.

To help us meet our commitments to employees and workplace health and safety, our priorities include:

• Continuous review of our comprehensive Environment, Health & Safety Policy that guides us;
• A greater focus on compliance with standards that touch almost every aspect of our business; and
• Support for internal and external programs that help us improve our performance.

We are a company that believes in the future of our employees, our company, our communities, and our industry. We back that belief with investment dollars.

Read how Georgia-Pacific people are focusing on these priorities to transform our workplace:

Stop, Think and Improve With Safe Work Permits
Georgia-Pacific has set aggressive goals to continually improve its overall safety performance. After a study of best practices at other companies, Georgia-Pacific decided to implement Safe Work Permitting at all of its facilities. Learn how this initiative is improving safety at Georgia-Pacific.

Faces of Leadership
Two Georgia-Pacific leaders—David Mason and Jan Nichols—are using their unique backgrounds and experiences to add value to the company, and to lead others.

Recognizing Safety & People Excellence
Georgia-Pacific's commitment to providing a safe workplace is being recognized by others. View a complete list of recent health, safety and workplace achievements in the Awards & Recognition section.