Jay Jensen Wins the Dr. Sharon Haines Memorial Award for Innovation and Leadership in Sustainability
October 17 2018 - 2:00PM
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) announced the 2018
SFI Dr. Sharon Haines Memorial Award For Innovation and Leadership
in Sustainability at the SFI Annual Conference today. Jay Jensen,
Director of the Southern Regional Office at the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is this year’s winner.
“This is a true surprise and its extremely gratifying. SFI sets
such a strong sustainable forestry example to follow and to be
recognized by such a body is truly a humbling experience. My thanks
to the people and the teams and the collaborators I’ve worked with
over the years who helped make this possible,” Jensen said.
The award, created by SFI and sustainability leader
International Paper, celebrates Dr. Sharon Haines, who was
International Paper’s Director of the Office of Sustainability
before her sudden passing in 2007. The award pays tribute to
Sharon’s legacy by recognizing individuals or teams who have
demonstrated a forward-thinking approach to sustainability and
fostering collaboration.
“Jay Jensen embodies the collaborative and innovative spirit
that Sharon brought to her life’s work. Throughout his career, Jay
has been known for working in close cooperation with outside
stakeholders to foster relationships built to achieve
sustainability goals,” said Paul Trianosky, Chief Conservation
Officer at SFI. “Jay is also a thought leader when it comes to
developing long-term, science-based conservation programs with
measurable outcomes that ‘move the needle’ for key species and
issues.”
Jensen runs NFWF’s Southern Regional Office, which addresses
conservation priorities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas. NFWF’s work on standardized metrics echoes SFI’s
own work to clarify the contribution of working forests to measure
landscape-level conservation outcomes. NFWF’s work to restore and
conserve southern forests has also been particularly noteworthy and
intersects well with the spirit of collaboration represented by the
Sharon Haines Award.
“Jay’s leadership and collaborative spirit have been most
evident through Forestland Stewards, International Paper’s
partnership with NFWF,” said Tom Cleves, International Paper’s Vice
President of Global Citizenship. “His expertise has guided our
progress toward protecting and enhancing ecologically important
forestlands and coastal savannas in eight southern states.”
Another signature effort benefitting from Jensen’s guidance is
the Longleaf Stewardship Fund. This longstanding NFWF program
expands, enhances and accelerates longleaf pine ecosystem
restoration across longleaf pine’s historical range. This precedent
setting public-private partnership includes support from the U.S.
Department of Defense, the U.S. Forest Service, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and private funding from Southern Company, International Paper’s
Forestland Stewards partnership and Altria Group, as well as the
American Forest Foundation and the Orton Foundation.
Prior to joining NFWF in 2015, Jensen served as the Associate
Director for Land and Water for the White House Council on
Environmental Quality and also as the Deputy Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
About the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Inc.
(SFI) SFI® Inc. is a sustainability leader that stands for
future forests. We are an independent, non-profit organization that
provides supply chain assurances, delivers conservation leadership,
and supports environmental education and community engagement. SFI
works with the forest sector, brand owners, conservation groups,
resource professionals, landowners, educators, local communities,
Indigenous peoples, governments, and universities. SFI standards
and on-product labels help consumers make responsible purchasing
decisions. Additionally, we oversee the SFI Forest Partners®
Program, which aims to increase supply of certified forest
products, the SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant
Program, which funds research and community building, and Project
Learning Tree®, which educates teachers and youth about forests and
the environment. SFI Inc. is governed by an independent three
chamber board of directors representing environmental, social, and
economic sectors equally. SFI believes caring for forests improves
everyone’s quality of life. Learn more: sfiprogram.org.
About International Paper International Paper
(NYSE: IP) is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based
packaging, pulp and paper products with manufacturing operations in
North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa, Russia and
India. We produce corrugated packaging products that protect and
promote goods, and enable worldwide commerce; pulp for diapers,
tissue and other personal hygiene products that promote health and
wellness and papers that facilitate education and communication. We
are headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., and employ approximately
52,000 colleagues located in more than 24 countries. Net sales for
2017 were $22 billion. For more information about International
Paper, our products and global citizenship efforts, please
visit internationalpaper.com.
About Dr. Sharon G. Haines Dr. Sharon G.
Haines, who died on Aug. 10, 2007, was the first director of
International Paper’s Office of Sustainability. Her successes
included developing many of the company’s innovative partnerships
with conservation groups, leading the development of its
sustainable forestry programs, championing projects to protect
endangered species across company land, helping to establish
sustainable forestry policy issues at the national and
international levels, and mentoring colleagues to help them excel
professionally. Haines was selected as a Fellow of the Society of
American Foresters and received an American Forest & Paper
Association 2005 Conservation Award. She was a member of the
National Commission on the Science of Sustainable Forestry and
worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable
Development.
SFI Media Contact Media Contact Daniel
Pellegrom, VP, Communications 202-596-3452
daniel.pellegrom@sfiprogram.org
International Paper Media Contact Adam
Ghassemi, Staff Communications Manager, Corporate
Communications901-419-4436adam.ghassemi@ipaper.com
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