Press Release

This week, the Rainforest Alliance sent a delegation of its leading climate, sustainable forestry and sustainable agriculture experts to the United Nations Paris climate talks (COP21), which run November 30 through December 11. They are available for comment and interviews before, during and after the COP. In Paris these experts will be arguing that a climate agreement […]

At the request of Resolute Forest Products, and with the formal endorsement of the Forest Stewardship Council Canada and the Forest Stewardship Council International, the Rainforest Alliance has agreed to extend the suspension period of a Resolute Forest Products certificate by one additional year.

The Rainforest Alliance has formally launched its search for a president to succeed Tensie Whelan, who will leave the position after a fruitful 25-year association with the sustainable development non-profit organization, including 15 as its executive director and president. Whelan is leaving to establish a new Center for Sustainable Business at New York University Stern […]

The Rainforest Alliance announces a new grant that will strengthen sustainable forest management with small landowners in the Southeast region of the United States. The program is funded by a $1.35 million combined investment from four major forestry and paper-goods companies including Avery Dennison, Columbia Forest Products, Domtar and Staples, Inc. The forests in the […]

Gala Recognizes Sustainability Practitioners Around the World with Sustainable-Setter Awards The Rainforest Alliance is proud to announce the recipients of the 2015 Sustainable Standard-Setter Award, presented to corporate and individual leaders in sustainability. The awards will be presented on May 13th in New York City at the annual spring gala at the American Museum of […]

Diverse Business, Government and NGO Leaders Converge at NYC Summit on Keeping Sustainability Commitments More and more major companies are announcing ambitious commitments to green supply chains and source environmentally and socially sustainable commodities, including a spate of new “deforestation-free” declarations. But implementing them is the hard part. It requires transparency, accountability, and bringing sustainability […]