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Past Gala Honorees

Juana Payaba Cachique with the Community Leadership Award
Rainforest Alliance President Nigel Sizer presents Juana Payaba Cachique with the Community Leadership Award.

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.

Past Gala Honorees/Co-chairs

2019

  • Community Leadership Award
    Klasik Beans Cooperative
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Roberto Hernández and Family
  • Special Tribute
    Richard Zell Donovan, Senior Forest Advisor

2018

  • Community Leadership Honoree
    The Cocoa Farmers of the Juaboso-Bia Region of Ghana
  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    The Original Bradford Soap Works Inc.
    Colombian Coffee Growers Federation
    Volcafe/Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd
    Patagonia
  • Sustainability Champion Award
    Thomson Reuters Foundation
  • Sustainable Pathfinders
    McDonald’s
    New Britain Palm Oil Limited
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Chris Wille

2017

  • Community Leadership Award
    Felisa Navas Pérez
  • Corporate Sustainability Champions
  • People and Planet Champions
  • Sustainable Development Champions

2016

  • Global Standard-Setter
    Government of Norway
  • Community Leadership Award
    Juana Payaba Cachique
  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Clearwater Paper Corporation
    Clif Bar
  • Supply Chain Partnership Award
    The Kroger Co.
  • Co-Chairs
    Avery Dennison
    Breyers

2015

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Marina Silva, Former Minister of the Environment of Brazil
  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Avery Dennison
    Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate
    Breyers
    CMPC Forestal Mininco
    Fibria
  • Co-Chairs
    Costa Rica Tourism Board
    Mattel, Inc.

2014

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Paul Polman, Chief Executive, Unilever
  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    C.F. Martin & Co., Inc.
    Livia Firth, Founder and Creative Director of Eco-Age Ltd
    Grupo JD
    Mattel, Inc.
    McLeod Russel India Limited
    Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
    Nell Newman, Co-Founder and President of Newman’s Own Organics
    Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers Association
    Oriflame Cosmetics
    Sabre
  • Co-Chairs
    AMResorts
    Olam International Ltd.
  • Honorary Chair
    Gisele Bündchen

2013

  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    AMResorts
    Barry Callebaut AG
    IndoTeak Design
    Kapawi Ecolodge & Reserve
    Kingfisher plc
    NESCAFÉ
    Olam International Ltd.
    Tata Global Beverages
  • Co-Chairs
    Blommer Chocolate Company
    Bloomberg

2012

  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    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
  • Co-Chairs
    Ecom Group
    Mars, Incorporated

2011

  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    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
  • Co-Chairs
    Columbia Forest Products
    Mexico Tourism Board

2010

  • Sustainable Standard-Setters
    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
  • Co-Chairs
    Luigi Lavazza S.p.A
    Suzano Pulp and Paper

2009

  • Community Sustainable Standard-Setter
    Napo Wildlife Center, Comunidad Kichwa Añangu
  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Green Hotels of Costa Rica
    Suzano Pulp and Paper
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    Allegro Coffee Company
    Drie Mollen Group
    National Envelope
    Unilever-Lipton Tea
  • Individual Green Globe Award
    Becky McKinnon
  • Co-Chairs
    Ecuador Ministry of Tourism
    Gloria Jean’s Coffees
  • Honorary Chair
    Gisele Bündchen

2008

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    HRH The Prince of Wales
  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Mohawk Fine Papers
    NatureAir
  • Individual Sustainable Standard-Setter
    Toshishige Nakagoshi, Yusuhara Forest Owners’ Cooperative
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    Gloria Jean’s Coffees
    Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    HSBC
    Luigi Lavazza S.p.A.
  • Co-Chairs
    JPMorgan Chase
    Nestlé Nespresso SA
    Potlach Corporation

2007

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    R.E. Turner
  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén
    Lapa Rios
    Masisa
    Potlatch Corporation
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.
    Nestlé Nespresso SA
  • Co-Chairs
    Chiquita Brands International
    Kraft Foods Inc.
    UCC Ueshima Coffee Company, Inc.
    David Refkin, Time Inc.

2006

  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
    The Grupo Roda
    Pictorial Offset Corporation
  • Individual Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Roberto Llach and Diego Llach of Wild Forest Coffee
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    ECOM / Atlantic (USA)
    Horizontes Nature Tours
    National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia
    UCC Ueshima Coffee Company, LTD
  • Individual Green Globe Award
    Art Wolfe
  • Co-Chairs
    Domtar
    Luigi Lavazza S.p.A

2005

  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Candlewood Timber Group LLC
    Favorita Fruit Company
    The Forestland Group LLC
  • Individual Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Santiago Dunn, Ecoventura
    Grupo Kachalu
    Luis Pascoal, DaTerra
    Tom Quadracci, Quad/Graphics
  • Corporate Green Globe Award
    Kraft Foods Inc.
  • Individual Green Globe Award
    Alan Knight
  • Co-Chairs
    ECOM/Atlantic USA
    Tembec

2004

  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Anderson-Tully
    Domtar
    Klabin
    Precious Woods
    Tembec
  • Individual Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Jameson French, Northland Forest Products
    Sergio Madrid, Consejo Civil Mexicano para Silvicultura Sostenible
    Jonathan E. Martin, Roy O. Martin Lumber Management
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    FedEx Kinko’s
    IKEA
  • Individual Green Globe Awardees
    Michael E. Conroy, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (formerly with the Ford Foundation)
    David Refkin, Time Inc.
  • Co-Chairs
    Roger Dower, Forest Stewardship Council-US
    Henry Juszkiewicz, Gibson Musical Instruments

2003

  • Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setter
    Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
  • Individual Sustainable Standard-Setters
    Everardo & Astrid Bernstorff, coffee farmers
    Martin and Alex Keller, coffee farmers
    Alicia Morales, President, La Union Cooperative
    Holly and Dieter Nottebohm, coffee farmers
    Francisco and Carlos Ralda, coffee farmers
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    Balzac Brothers & Co.
    D.R. Wakefield & Co.
    Thanksgiving Coffee Company
    VOLCAFE GROUP
  • Individual Green Globe Awardees
    Hans Jöhr, Nestlé
    Mary Williams, Starbucks Coffee Company
  • Co-Chairs
    National Coffee Association
    Neumann Kaffee Gruppe
    Specialty Coffee Association of America

2002

  • Sustainable Standard-Setter
    Gibson Guitar Corporation
  • Green Globe Awardees
    Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
    Victor Lichtinger, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
    Judith P. Sulzberger, M.D.
  • Co-Chairs
    Daniel Katz
    Joel Katz
    Robert Kistinger

2001

  • Sustainable Standard-Setter
    Chiquita Brands International
  • Green Globe Awardees
    John Michael Forgach, President and CEO, A2R Fund Management
    Sarah Yamina Ifrah, Young Environmentalist
  • Co-Chairs
    Jeremy Grantham
    David L. Hendrickson

2000

  • Conservationist Couple Green Globe Awardees
    Chevy and Jayni Chase
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    Ben & Jerry’s
    Nickelodeon
  • Co-Chairs
    Kerri Anderson-Corn
    Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
    Alec Baldwin
    Dr. Judith Sulzberger
    Alan Wilzig and Karin Koenig

1999

  • Arts & Nature Green Globe Award
    Alec Baldwin
  • Conservation Green Globe Award
    Ellen Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History
  • Corporate Green Globe Awardees
    AT & T
    Kafus Environmental Industries
  • Co-Chairs
    Brad Allenby
    Henry Juszkiewicz
    Harry Karmen
    Michael McCabe
    Ann Ziff

1998

  • Arts & Nature Green Globe Award
    Olivia Newton-John
  • Conservation Green Globe Award
    Dr. Alison F. Richard
  • Corporate Green Globe Award
    Ermenegildo Zegna
  • Co-Chairs
    Jeff Bewkes
    Bianca Jagger
    Ann Ziff

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
  • Co-Chairs
    Kelly Chapman and Ron Meyer
    Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
    Ann and Bill Ziff

1996

  • Walter Cronkite
  • Ally Award 
    Gerry Ellis, Nature Photographer
  • Co-Chairs
    John Hendricks
    Henry Juszkiewicz
  • Honorary Co-Chairs
    Ann and Bill Ziff
    Mr. and Mrs. Ted Tuner

1995

  • R.E. Turner
  • Ally Award
    Claudette Mo, Director, Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica
  • Co-Chairs
    Daniel H. Stern
    Dirk E. Ziff
  • Honorary Co-Chairs
    Ann and Bill Ziff

1994

  • Peter Matthiessen
  • Ally Award
    Maria José González, Fundación Interamericana de Investigación Tropical
  • Co-Chairs
    Adelaide de Menil Carpenter
    Thomas Guinzburg
    George Plimpton
    Rose and Bill Stryon
    Tamsen Ann Ziff

1993

  • Dr. Jane Goodall
  • Special Corporate Award
    Ziff Communications Company

1992

  • Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy

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