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sustainability to our industry. Our members strive to reach new limits of possibility, and these awards give us an op- portunity to shine a spotlight on industry innovation.” AF&PA congratulates the following winners: • Leadership in Sustainability – Energy Efficiency/Green- house Gas Reduction: Georgia-Pacific: Quilted North- ern Ultra Soft & Strong: Designed with Environment in Mind • Leadership in Sustainability – Safety: WestRock: Haz- ard Hunter Program • Leadership in Sustainability – Sustainable Forest Man- agement: Green Bay Packaging: Sustainable Forestry – Growing Success Together • Leadership in Sustainability – Water: Essity: Midwest Region: Water Use Reductions & Effluent Quality • Leadership in Sustainability – Paper Recovery for Re- cycling: New-Indy Ontario: Stock Preparation Efficiency • Leadership in Sustainability – Paper Recovery for Recy- cling: WestRock: Scan. Learn. Recycle. Pizza Box Recy- cling Program • Georgia-Pacific: Innovations Across the Recycling Sup- ply Chain • Innovation in Sustainability: Sonoco: EnviroSense™ Pa- perBlister™ Packaging The 2021 AF&PA Sustainability Award winners were se- lected by a judging panel of sustainability experts from the Department of Energy, GreenBlue, Quad Packaging and the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology.
constructs a corrugated project for a national competition. This year they were tasked with building a nightstand. Due to Peachtree Packaging’s expertise in working with corrugated materials, the teachers collaborated with Peachtree’s designers on plans for the nightstand, plus in- cluded them as judges of student’s work. Christodoulou said he is thrilled with the results and hopes Peachtree will continue to be involved at Discovery High School. “It’s been so good for us and our students to have ac- cess to Peachtree’s expertise and experts so we can bring real-world learning into the classroom. We see this as a launching point to a long-term collaboration,” he said. AF&PA Announces 2021 Sustainability Award Winners The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has announced the winners of its 2021 Sustainability Awards, which recognize exemplary sustainability programs and initiatives in the paper and wood products manufacturing industry. “This year was a record-setting year. We received more submissions than ever before,” said AF&PA President and CEO Heidi Brock. “This trend underscores the value of
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