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May 7, 2008

Rock-Tenn's Folding Carton Division becomes North America's largest folding carton manufacturer to earn SFI Fiber Sourcing Certification (PDF-92KB)

April 29, 2008

Pendaflex shows environmental leadership with SFI fiber sourcing certification (PDF-104KB)

April 24, 2008

Scott Pittack Recognized as 2008 Logger of the Year (PDF-36KB)

April 22, 2008

Smead Receives Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification (PDF-32KB)

April 22, 2008

SFI Celebrates Collaboration and Growth in Sustainable Forest Management (PDF-48KB)

April 21, 2008

Brown Printing shows Environmental Leadership with SFI Chain-of-Custody Certification (PDF-40KB)

March 25, 2008

Standard Register is 100th Printer to Achieve SFI® certification (PDF-37KB)

March 20, 2008

Minnesota SIC Habitat for Humanity Partnership Receives Donated Wood (PDF-77KB)

March 10, 2008

New York State Joins Rare Company with Certified "Green" Forests (PDF-16KB)

March 6, 2008

Original Impression, LLC is Green Certified (PDF-39KB)

February 25, 2008

Bird Study Leads to SFI Conservation Research Award  (PDF-260KB)

February 15, 2008

International Experts Convene to Discuss Illegal Logging  (PDF-109KB)

January 26, 2008
Minnesota's Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program Building Habitat for Humanity Home (PDF-78 KB)

January 15, 2008
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program Marks Record Growth (PDF-242 KB)
Quebecor World Achieves SFI Chain-of-Custody Certification (PDF-295 KB)

January 8, 2008
Stocker Joins Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc. (PDF-236 KB)

November 1, 2007
Fortune Magazine's Nov 12th issue has a special feature "New Social Steward" with a section on SFI "Guardian of the Forests." (PDF-2.5 MB)

October 31, 2007
Kathy Abusow, CEO and President of SFI, Inc., letter to the editor at the Wall Street Journal. (PDF-95 KB)

October 30, 2007
Larry Selzer, CEO and President of The Conservation Fund, responds to Wall Street Journal regarding certification. (PDF-92 KB)

October 25, 2007
US Forest Service's Independent Audit Shows National Forests Perform Well in Meeting Sustainability Standards (PDF-60 KB)

October 16, 2007
Interview with Larry Selzer (PDF-736 KB)
Interview with Larry Selzer, President and CEO of The Conservation Fund, on SkyRadio regarding the SFI program. Click the title to listen to the interview. This interview aired on American Airlines and Northwest Airlines during the month of September, and will run on Aloha Airlines in November and December.

September 26, 2007
Sustainable forestry initiative celebrates record growth with plans to keep momentum going (PDF-124 KB)
Tennessee wins national sustainable forestry initiative award (PDF-124 KB)
Graphic communications wins national sustainable forestry initiative award (PDF-92 KB)
Xpedx wins national sustainable forestry initiative award (PDF-92 KB)

July 23, 2007 -
SFI, Inc. Names President & CEO (English PDF-83 KB)
SFI, Inc. Names President & CEO (French PDF-84 KB)
Kathy Abusow bio (English PDF-17 KB)
Kathy Abusow bio (French PDF-18 KB)

March 14, 2007
Four Firms Achieve ANSI Accreditation (PDF-52 KB)


Praise for the SFI program from The Nature Conservancy.
Click here to read Steve McCormick's letter (PDF-37kb).

Praise for the SFI program from The Pacific Forest Trust.
Click here to read Laurie Wayburn's letter. (PDF-98kb).

Four Firms Achieve ANSI Accreditation (PDF-68kb)

New Interpretations
(PDF-44kb)
The SFI Interpretations Committee recently approved several new interpretations on the SFIS, on-product labeling rules, certification procedures, and chain of custody. To see the full list of SFIS Interpretations, visit the SFI Program page.

12th Annual Progress Report Released (PDF-764kb)
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program (SFI) has released the 12th annual progress report which highlights the efforts of 212 program participants in applying the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard on over 135 million acres (54.6 million hectares) of forestland they own and tens of millions of additional acres they purchase wood fiber from. For more information, contact Jason Metnick.