Environment
 
Summit has incorporated work procedures throughout it's operations based on the Environmental Management System requirements of our ISO 14001 certified clients. We are proud to have worked together with mills in their quest for ISO 14001 certification, and consider ourselves leaders in the industry.

Pre-block Assessment
A trained employee conducts a Pre-block Assessment two days prior to planting any area. This assessment documents environmental and safety concerns including:

• Water ways;
• Road condition;
• Unclear block or seed lot boundaries;
• Danger trees; and,
• Ergonomic issues such as hard clay or rocky ground.

These assessments are reviewed with the foreperson and supervisor prior to work being done and strategies are developed to deal with identified problems.

Operation Protocols
When planting is taking place, the following environmental procedures are followed:

• Planters know their specific locations on a map at all times to ensure they are planting the correct seed lots in the correct areas;
• Planters know where to find a map if they are disoriented; and,
• Planters know to 'stop and ask' if they are unsure.

Post-Planting Block Reports
At the conclusion of our work on a block, a Block Report is completed and submitted. Block Reports include:

• Block tree numbers broken out by seed lot;
• Block maps that outline seed lot distribution;
• Planting start and finish dates; and,
• Concerns that may have some future environmental impact.