2025 SPONSORS
Your sponsorship ensures the 2025 SFI Annual Conference delivers important objectives along with dynamic speakers, invaluable networking opportunities, and sessions offering engaging discussions around collaborating for forests and communities.
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors!
Become a sponsor! Check out our sponsorship opportunities.
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Domtar
Domtar
Domtar is a leading, privately held manufacturer of diversified forest products, with a workforce of roughly 14,000 employees in more than 60 locations across North America. The company has an annual capacity of 9.1 million metric tons of pulp, paper, packaging and tissue annually, and has an annual production capacity of about 3 billion board feet of lumber and other wood products. Formerly known as the Paper Excellence Group, Domtar is comprised of legacy businesses Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corporation, Domtar Corporation and Resolute Forest Products.
Domtar prides itself on operational excellence, delivering sustainable, high-quality and cost-effective products to meet and exceed customer needs globally. The company is committed to turning sustainable wood fiber into everyday essential products. Domtar’s principal executive office is located in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Learn more: www.domtar.com.
Doris Duke Foundation
Doris Duke Foundation
The mission of the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) is to build a more creative, equitable and sustainable future by investing in artists and the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research, child well-being and greater mutual understanding among diverse communities.
Learn more: www.dorisduke.org.
Graphic Packaging International
Graphic Packaging International
Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser
We grow trees and make forest products that improve lives in fundamental ways. Our wood products are used to build homes, where families are sheltered and raised. We do these things because growing a truly great company is not just about great financial results or being a great place to work, it is also about making a great contribution to society. Learn more: weyerhaeuser.com/
GOLD SPONSORS
Canfor
Canfor
Learn more: www.canfor.com/.
Esri
Esri
Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping.Since 1969, we have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what we call The Science of Where.
We take a geographic approach to problem-solving, brought to life by modern, enterprise-grade GIS technology. We are committed to using science and technology to build a sustainable world.
Learn more: www.esri.com/en-us/home.
Huber Engineered Woods LLC
Huber Engineered Woods LLC
KPMG
KPMG
KPMG Performance Registrar Inc. (PRI) offers management system assessment, training and certification services to assist companies in meeting the requirements of nationally and internationally recognized standards. In its role as an accredited certification body and greenhouse gas (GHG) validation/verification body, KPMG PRI understands the importance of ensuring that independence and impartiality are maintained in the provision of management systems, chain of custody certification, and GHG assurance services to clients. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of KPMG LLP, KPMG PRI is committed to complying with all of the firm’s detailed procedures for ensuring independence and impartiality.
Learn more: kpmg.com.
NSF
NSF
NSF offers comprehensive certifications to internationally accepted standards for quality assurance, safety, sustainability and environmental protection for various industries, including forestry, food, automotive, aerospace, health sciences and water. Our client-focused teams have deep industry expertise and are committed to supporting the journey to certification by adding value at every stage, helping to empower organizations to drive process and performance improvements for products, people and the planet. Learn more: https://www.nsf.org/.
Smurfit Westrock
Smurfit Westrock
Smurfit Westrock, a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging, operates in 40 countries with over 500 packaging converting operations and 62 paper mills. We offer an unparalleled portfolio of innovative packaging solutions ranging from corrugated and consumer packaging to Bag-in-Box® packaging and point-of-sale displays. With the circular economy at the core of our business, we use renewable, recyclable and recycled materials to create sustainable packaging solutions. As a trusted partner to companies across the world, Smurfit Westrock is dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. We are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.
Learn more here: www.smurfitwestrock.com
West Fraser
West Fraser
West Fraser is one of the world’s largest producers of renewable wood-based building products, contributing to a more sustainable future.
With more than 50 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe, West Fraser produces lumber, engineered wood products (oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, medium-density fibreboard, plywood and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips and other residuals, while promoting sustainable practices across its operations. Whether building, finishing or renovating, our renewable wood products offer the strength, beauty and efficiency modern construction demands. From structural components and roof sheathing to decking and interior finishes, West Fraser provides high-quality solutions for every part of the home.
Learn more here: www.westfraser.com/
SILVER SPONSORS
Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas
Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is one of the world’s largest testing, inspection, and certification firms. The group provides independent third-party certification to SFI® standards. The process helps clients achieve legal compliance, mitigate risk, and contribute to global efforts to protect forests. Learn more: www.bvna.com/.
The Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund is in the business of protecting the land for all of us so nature and people can thrive together. Our work focuses on four key areas: conserving land, ensuring working lands continue to provide environmental and economic benefits, helping communities across the nation thrive, and facilitating the clean energy economy that will power tomorrow and build climate resilience.
Using our expertise in land acquisition and innovative finance, TCF is able to act quickly to protect land and work with partners to shape a permanent conservation solution. We have protected millions of acres over the years, but that’s not the only way we measure success. Every project we undertake — from protecting pristine wilderness for visitors and endangered species to preserving vast timber forests and small farms to creating urban parks and restoring historical sites — is successful if it makes America and people’s lives better.
Learn more: www.conservationfund.org.
Intertek
Intertek
Intertek offers innovative solutions that encompass every aspect of life; through Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) services to our customers around the world.
We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Although our history goes back over 130 years, we’re continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organisations in every sector around the world. With over 40,000 employees in over 1,000 locations in 100 countries, our network of science-based, highly technically skilled individuals and teams enable global and local businesses to overcome the complex quality, safety and sustainability challenges they face, every day.
Learn more: www.intertek.com.
Rayonier
Rayonier
Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) is a leading timberland real estate investment trust with assets located in some of the most productive softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. We own or lease under long-term agreements approximately 2.7 million acres of timberlands. We are More than trees because we recognize that our 90+ years of success in the timberland industry comes from our people, an empowering culture and the courage to constantly challenge “the way it’s always been done.” Get to know us at www.rayonier.com.
Resource Management Service LLC
Resource Management Service LLC
RMS is one of the world’s largest and most experienced providers of timberland investment and forestry management services. We are committed to being a leader in environmentally and socially responsible (ESG) investing and in practicing sustainable forest management on our clients’ forestlands. As a company founded, owned, and managed by professional foresters, RMS has long been guided by a strong stewardship ethic. Exercising good stewardship through responsible management of all forest resources meets the needs of our clients, customers, employees, society, and future generations. Our focus is generating optimal, near-term cash yield and long-term asset appreciation by employing state-of-the-art systems and the most sustainable advanced forest management practices in the world. As an independently owned and operated company, RMS has established a legacy by optimizing the biological, financial and societal values for every asset we manage. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, RMS is a Registered Investment Adviser with $5.2 billion of timberland assets under management in the United States and Brazil. For more information, please visit us at: https://resourcemgt.com/.
sappi
sappi
Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.
Our raw material offerings (such as dissolving pulp (DP) and biomaterials) and end-use products (packaging papers, speciality papers, graphic papers, casting and release papers, as well as forestry products) are manufactured from woodfibre sourced from sustainably managed forests and plantations, in production facilities which, in many cases use internally generated bioenergy. Many of our operations are energy self-sufficient.
Together with our partners, we work to build a thriving world by acting boldly to support the planet, people and prosperity.
Learn more: www.sappi.com.
Sierra Pacific Industries
Sierra Pacific Industries
Sierra Pacific Industries is a third-generation, family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, California. SPI owns and manages more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington and is one of the largest U.S. lumber manufacturers. The company also produces millwork, windows and renewable energy. SPI is committed to managing its lands in a responsible and sustainable manner to protect the environment while providing quality wood products and renewable power for consumers. To SPI, sustainable forest management means more than just planting trees.
Harvesting trees is much different than it was 50 or 100 years ago – today we employ modern forest management practices that closely mimic natural forest events. Technology has dramatically improved, and with it, our ability to monitor forest conditions and minimize our impact on the environment. We have invested in state-of-the-art equipment to optimize every fiber of each tree, and we are a certified participant in the independent Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) to help ensure our forests are here for generations to come. The expertise of our professional foresters and natural resource specialists assures that wildlife habitat, water quality, and other forest values are protected.
Learn more: www.spi-ind.com/.
BRONZE SPONSORS
Enviva
Enviva
Enviva was founded in 2004 with a mission to displace fossil fuels, grow more trees, and address climate change. Early on, we realized that the real gap in the biomass energy base was not people building and operating the power plants, rather it was the aggregation and the commoditization of fuel. That’s when we focused on sourcing and producing the fuel side of the business, which has been our growth area and the space where we’ve become the largest player.
Today, we’ve evolved into a leading producer of wood pellets with a focus on the future of biogenic carbon.
Learn more: envivabiomass.com.
International Paper
International Paper
We create the future’s fiber-based solutions.
Building on 125 years of manufacturing expertise, we’re here for your business now and we’re ready for your next big idea. From planet-friendly packaging to absorbent pulp, we help businesses explore their next fiber-based solution.
At International Paper, we transform renewable resources into products people depend on every day. As a world-leading producer of fiber-based products, we create packaging solutions that protect and promote goods, enable worldwide commerce and help keep consumers safe. We produce renewable basic materials such as pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal care products. And we deliver circular solutions that enable recycling, reduce waste and build a better future for our planet.
Every day the world moves forward with new ideas, new technologies and new priorities. And every day we work to make the world better, safer and more sustainable so our customers, employees, shareholders and communities can thrive.
You can rely on us to be a step ahead – wherever the world goes next. Learn more: www.internationalpaper.com/.
Manulife Investment Management
Manulife Investment Management
We provide a comprehensive range of timberland management services tailored to the unique characteristics of each property. Our foresters possess in-depth knowledge of local timber markets and are experts in sustainable forest management. We practice a land stewardship ethic that integrates the growing, managing, and harvesting of trees with environmental conservation. Our approach enables us to manage and protect our clients’ timberlands in a way that maintains and enhances economic, community, and natural resource values. As part of these efforts, we manage all lands to meet sustainability standards set by credible standard-setting organizations.
Learn more: www.manulifeim.com/timberland-agriculture/global/en/property-management/timberland-operations/united-states/.
PotlatchDeltic
PotlatchDeltic
PwC
PWC
PwC’s Forest, paper and packaging practice provides guidance in such areas as US Alternative Fuel Mixture (“Black Liquor”) Credit, sustainability industry, supply chain management, downstream producers, distributors, building materials, housing market dynamics, pulp and fibre manufacture, and transportation costs.
Learn more: www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/forest-paper-packaging.html.
Lake States SFI Implementation Committees
Lake States SFI Implementation Committees
The Wolfstrata Group
The Wolfstrata Group
Learn more: www.wolfstrata.com.
CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy
Arbor Day Foundation
Arbor Day Foundation
Learn more: www.arborday.org.
International Society of Arboriculture
International Society of Arboriculture
Through research, technology, and education, the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) promotes the professional practice of arboriculture and fosters a greater worldwide awareness of the benefits of trees.
ISA exists so that professionals, allied professionals, public officials, and consumers worldwide recognize the economic, environmental, and societal benefits and values of trees and their care at a cost that demonstrates the wise stewardship of resources.
Learn more: isa-arbor.com.
Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation
Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation
A unique State of Minnesota economic development agency located in Eveleth, Minnesota. Our mission is to invest in resources to foster vibrant growth and economic prosperity in northeastern Minnesota by enhancing livable communities, maximizing collaborations and partnerships and strengthen businesses and worker education.
Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation provides vital funding, including low or no interest loans and grants for businesses relocating or expanding in the region. Additionally, a variety of grants are available to local units of government, education institutions, and nonprofits that promote workforce development and sustainable communities.
Learn more: mn.gov/irrrb/.
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