SEATTLE – Forest Stewardship Council announced its 2022 FSC Leadership Awards, recognizing uncommon excellence that advances responsible forest management and forest conservation. …FSC Leadership Awards celebrate forest owners, builders, architects, retailers, paper mills, manufacturers, environmental organizations and many others who contribute to the movement toward responsible sourcing and forest management. Winners of the 2022 FSC Leadership Awards are as follows:
- American Green Consulting for tools to support FSC Chain-of-Custody
- Appalachian Mountain Club for managing FSC-certified forest in Maine
- Bio Pappel for recycled paper, paper products and packaging
- Cascades for FSC certified containerboard, tissue and specialty products
- Ejido Noh Bec, Ejido Caoba and Ejido Nuevo Becal in Southeastern Mexico
- Element5 for Ontario’s first cross-laminated timber manufacturing plant
- F&W Forestry for offering FSC to clients for over 20 years
- Greenerprinter for San Francisco Bay Area’s environmentally sensitive printer
- HP Inc. for achieving 95% FSC or recycled fiber for paper and packaging
- Lafcadio Cortesi posthumously, for dedicating his life to conserving forests
- The Longleaf Alliance, American Forest Foundation and The Nature Conservancy
- Melissa & Doug for growing use of FSC-certified materials in its products
- Meta for specifying 100% FSC for installed wood in its commercial offices
- Peter Hayes and Family for Hyla Woods as a model of ecological forestry
- REI for product impact standards that identify FSC as a preferred attribute
- West Elm for more than doubling FSC wood use over the past five years
- World Wildlife Fund-US for engaging companies and consumers to choose FSC