Past Gala Honorees -- Lifetime Achievement, Sustainable Standard-Setter and Green Globe Awards
For more than 20 years the Rainforest Alliance has honored and celebrated the accomplishments of exemplary individuals and businesses that have demonstrated dedication, innovation and a commitment to the global environment.
*Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Past Gala Honorees
2012
- La Arboleda Community Mill
- Blommer Chocolate Company
- Bloomberg
- Fazendas Reunidas Vale do Juliana SA
- The Federation of Community Forestry Users, Nepal
- Global Environment Facility
- Marks and Spencer Group plc
- The Nabob Coffee Company
- Posada Amazonas Lodge by Rainforest Expeditions
- Staples
2011
- Costa Coffee
- The Kenco Coffee Company
- Mars, Incorporated
-
Mayakoba Tourism Development and Its Three Hotels:
- Fairmont Mayakoba
- Rosewood Mayakoba
- Banyan Tree Mayakoba
- Mayan Palms
- Eric Poncon
- Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales – Comisión Nacional Forestal de México
2010
- Pierrick Chouard of Vintage Plantations Chocolates
- Columbia Forest Products
- Côte d’Or
- Glenn Jampol and Teresa Osman of Finca Rosa Blanca Coffee Plantation and Inn
- JD Wetherspoon
- Kenya Tea Development Agency
- Willamette Valley Vineyards
2009
- Allegro Coffee Company
- Becky McKinnon
- Drie Mollen Group
- Green Hotels of Costa Rica
- Napo Wildlife Center
- Comunidad Kichwa Añangu
- National Envelope
- Suzano Pulp and Paper
- Unilever-Lipton Tea
2008
- Gloria Jean’s Coffees
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- HRH The Prince of Wales*
- HSBC
- Luigi Lavazza S.p.A.
- Mohawk Fine Papers
- Toshishige Nakagoshi
- Yusuhara Forest Owners’ Cooperative
- NatureAir
2007
- Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén
- Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
- innocent
- Lapa Rios
- Masisa
- Nestlé Nespresso SA
- Potlatch Corporation
- R.E. Turner*
2006
- ECOM / Atlantic (USA)
- The Grupo Roda
- Horizontes Nature Tours
- Roberto Llach and Diego Llach of Wild Forest Coffee
- National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia
- Pictorial Offset Corporation
- UCC Ueshima Coffee Company, LTD
- Art Wolfe
2005
- Candlewood Timber Group LLC
- Santiago Dunn, Ecoventura
- Favorita Fruit Company
- The Forestland Group LLC
- Grupo Kachalu
- Alan Knight
- Kraft Foods Inc.
- Luis Pascoal, DaTerra
- Tom Quadracci, Quad/Graphics
2004
- Anderson-Tully
- Michael E. Conroy,
- Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (formerly with the Ford Foundation)
- Domtar
- Frank A. Dottori, President & CEO, Tembec*
- FedEx Kinko’s
- Jameson French, Northland Forest Products
- IKEA
- Klabin SA
- Sergio Madrid, Consejo Civil Mexicano para Silvicultura Sostenible
- Jonathan E. Martin, Roy O. Martin Lumber Management
- Precious Woods Group
- David Refkin, Time Inc.
- Tembec
2003
- Balzac Brothers & Co.
- Everardo & Astrid Bernstorff, coffee farmers
- D.R. Wakefield & Co.
- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
- Hans Jöhr, Nestlé
- Martin and Alex Keller, coffee farmers
- Alicia Morales, President, La Union Cooperative
- Holly and Dieter Nottebohm, coffee farmers
- Francisco and Carlos Ralda, coffee farmers
- Thanksgiving Coffee Company
- VOLCAFE GROUP
- Mary Williams, Starbucks Coffee Company
2002
- Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
- Gibson Guitar Corporation
- Victor Lichtinger, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
- Judith P. Sulzberger, M.D.
2001
- Chiquita Brands International
- John Michael Forgach, President and CEO A2R Fund Management
- Sarah Yamina Ifrah, Young Environmentalist
2000
- Ben & Jerry’s
- Chevy and Jayni Chase
- Nickelodeon
1999
- AT & T
- Alec Baldwin
- Ellen Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History
- Kafus Environmental Industries
1998
- Olivia Newton-John
- Dr. Alison F. Richard
- Ermenegildo Zegna
1997
- Amway
- Thomas Eisner, Professor, Cornell University
- Rodrigo Gámez, Director INBio
- John Hendricks, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc.
- Island Press
- Bianca Jagger, Human Rights and Environmental Advocate
- J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc.
- Henry Muller, Editorial Director, Time Inc.
- George Page, Host, Narrator and Executive Editor, WNET “Nature”
- Luke Sanchez, Young Environmentalist
1996
- Walter Cronkite
- Gerry Ellis, Nature Photographer
1995
- Claudette Mo, Director, Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica
- R.E. Turner
1994
- Maria José González, Fundación Interamericana de Investigación Tropical
- Peter Matthiessen
1993
- Dr. Jane Goodall
- Ziff Communications Company
1992
- Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy