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SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) has announced the winners of 2014 Sustainability Awards. Domtar and New Page Corp won two awards each. The seven awards were shared by five companies.The awards were presented at AF&PA’s annual meeting held on Nov 7th in Carefree, Arizona.
The Association had invited application from AF&PA member companies for two categories of Sustainability Awards. ‘Leadership’ category awards recognized projects that support progress toward the Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability goals. This has five subcategories.
The winners along with the subcategory are:
Company Name | Sub Category Name | Project awarded |
Domtar | Energy Efficiency/Greenhouse Gas Reduction | Barge unloading and conveyor |
New Page Corp. | Paper Recovery for Recycling | Duluth, Minnesota, mill recycling recovery program
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Expera Specialty Solutions | Safety | Care Enough to Act program |
Evergreen Packaging | Sustainable Forest Management | Certified Success – Evergreen Forest Certification program |
RockTenn | Sustainable Forest Management | Internal fiber supply chain certification |
New Page Corp. | Water | Escanaba, Michigan, mill water reduction initiative |
The second category of Award named “Innovation in Sustainability” recognized projects that contributed to sustainable business practices, not one of the goals specifically. Domtar won the award in this category for its BioChoice Lignin- a bio-based alternative to the use of petroleum and other fossil fuels.
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