SUSTAINABILITY 20 IN OUR NATURE  INTERNATIONAL PAPER SUSTAINABILITY IS  IN OUR NATURE— IT IMPACTS THE WAY WE VIEW AND  OPERATE OUR BUSINESS. Sustainability is integral to International Paper’s vision of becoming one of the best and most respected companies  in the world. As the world’s largest user of wood fiber  our story begins in the forest and extends across the entire  life cycle of our products. Sustainability touches every aspect of our business  from our employees and communities  to our supply chain and manufacturing processes. We continuously strive to improve our efficiency and shrink  our environmental footprint. To that end  we created a set of 12 voluntary sustainability goals that address water use  and quality  fiber certification  employee safety  community involvement  solid waste  fiber efficiency  greenhouse  gas and air emissions  energy efficiency  recycling and supply chain. Through our 58 000 dedicated team members  worldwide  International Paper will continue to focus on generating deliberate  continuous and sustainable  improvement  and applying what we learn across every area of the company. Globally  International Paper’s sustainability efforts  continue to evolve. Through a continuous review   process  we identify opportunities that make us better;  better at improving our environmental footprint  better  at supporting the communities where we live and  operate and better at ensuring the safety of our  employees.  Our initiatives also support our customers and our  shareholders by improving our financial performance  and mitigating risk; that’s good for everyone. In 2014 our work with internal and external stakeholders  led us to focus on six key sustainability areas: safety   forests and ecosystem services  water use in our 