OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE 18 ONE COMPANY, ONE STANDARD, ONE SET OF EXPECTATIONS PUTTING SAFETY FIRST  EVERY DAY, FOR EVERY  PERSON AND FOR  EVERY JOB LIFE, at International Paper, means something more than  the obvious. LIFE stands for “life-changing injury and fatality  elimination,” and it’s our comprehensive, company-wide  program about taking safety performance to the next level  to eliminate the serious life-changing injuries and fatalities  that occur in our workplace. Safety is at the forefront of everything we do. We safe- guard our surroundings, but our key focus is safety leadership  and employee engagement. When we empower our  employees to make the right decisions and look to leaders  to set the right examples, we see the results of making  safety a core value at International Paper.