Lyme Timber Receives the 2025 SFI Leadership in Conservation Award for Advancing Nature-Based Solutions in SFI-Certified Forests
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is pleased to announce The Lyme Timber Company as the recipient of the 2025 SFI Leadership in Conservation Award. Lyme Timber, certified to the SFI Forest [...]
May
Jimmy Bullock Receives the Dr. Sharon Haines Memorial Award for Innovation and Leadership in Sustainability
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and International Paper, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions, are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Dr. Sharon Haines Memorial Award [...]
May
Washington SFI Implementation Committee Recognized for Engaging Youth in Forest Literacy and Career Opportunities
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is pleased to announce the 2025 SFI Implementation Committee Achievement Award winner at the SFI Annual Conference. As part of SFI’s deepening commitment to [...]
May
Clemson University’s Dr. Pat Layton Receives the 2025 SFI President’s Award for Promoting Urban Forest Certification, Forest Literacy, and Green Buildings
Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce Dr. Patricia (Pat) Layton, Director of the Wood Utilization and Design Institute at Clemson [...]
May
Clemson University Achieves First-Ever SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Certification
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce Clemson University as the first organization to achieve certification to the full SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard [...]
Apr
Doris Duke Foundation Funding Advances SFI’s Climate Smart Forestry Practices Across United States
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce a groundbreaking new project to advance climate smart forestry practices across the United States, supported by a generous investment of [...]
Feb
Atlanta’s 619 Ponce Awarded for Innovative Local Sourcing of Wood Products Certified to the SFI Standards
619 Ponce, an innovative mass timber project in the heart of Atlanta led by Jamestown, was recognized as a 2024 Wood Design and Building Award recipient for excellence in wood architecture and [...]
Nov
SFI Advances Climate Smart Forestry in Canada with Major Investment from Environment and Climate Change Canada
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) welcomes a major investment of $4.7M from Environment Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund to advance Climate Smart Forestry in [...]
Nov
Sustainability Leaders from Tennessee, Yakama Nation, the International Society of Arboriculture, and North Carolina State University Join SFI Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. and OTTAWA, ON—The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is pleased to welcome new members to the SFI Board of Directors: Heather Slayton, State Forester and Assistant Commissioner [...]
Nov
Forests For Nature-Positive Solutions: SFI Conservation Scientists Engage at COP16
Lauren Cooper, SFI Chief Conservation Officer, and Dr. Healy Hamilton, SFI Chief Scientist, are representing the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the [...]
Oct
