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## SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT OUR BUSINESS AND THE WORLD 

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operations, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emis- sions, ethics and compliance, and improving stakeholder engagement. This focused list is far-from-exhaustive, but it represents issues IP will focus upon to continuously improve and maintain our leadership position. 

• Safety. International Paper is an industry leader in safety, but until we are injury-free, we will not be satis- fied. Our initiatives, LIFE and safety leadership, will drive us to our injury-free goal. 

• Forest stewardship.  Globally, International Paper is a leader in this area. The demand for 71 million tons of wood we use to make our products creates incentives for landowners to replant and care for their land. 

International Paper provides an economic incentive to keep 30 million acres of land forested globally. 

• Water use.  Having mapped our global paper mill water use, we are working to develop site specific plans at priority facilities that address additional efficiencies around water reuse and potential reduction. 

• Energy efficiency and greenhouse gases.  International Paper continues to make steady progress toward our goal to reduce the amount of purchased fossil fuel energy we use and therefore significantly decrease our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). In 2014 our energy efficiency increase of 6.1% resulted in part in a 8.3% decrease in our overall GHG emissions. 

