Resolute (Montreal, Canada) has earned two 2018 Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Awards for Business: the Green Company of the Year Award and the Green Product of the Year Award, both in the Manufacturing category the company reported on Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2018). The Green Company of the Year Award recognizes our business and sustainability strategies, which are focused on improving the energy efficiency of company operations, producing renewable energy, and reducing waste as well as company reliance on fossil fuels. These strategies have been expressly developed to align company efforts in environmental stewardship and social responsibility with our business objectives, an approach that reinforces company vision that profitability and sustainability drive our future. Resolute's Green Heritage® recycled tissue line was selected as the Green Product of the Year.

"We are so proud to reward Resolute for their outstanding 2018 results," said Maria Jimenez, chief nomination officer of BIG. "This year’s group of winners are clearly leading by example in the global business community."

Key elements of company environmental performance were examined as part of the selection process for the Green Company of the Year Award, including:

• Commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions - as a member of the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), company supports the industry’s goal of surpassing a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2020, based on 2005 levels.
• Embracing the Forest Products Association of Canada’s (FPAC) "30 by 30" Climate Change Challenge to remove 30 megatons of CO2 per year by 2030.
• At year-end 2017, company had reduced scope 1 and 2 absolute GHG emissions by 76%, relative to 2000 levels.
• Operations have been coal-free (scope 1) since 2014.
• Work to increase our use of energy from renewable sources - sourcing 74% of total energy (electricity and fuel) needs from renewable sources.
• Networking of 14 power generation assets produced 978 GWh of hydroelectricity in 2017.
• Adherence to rigorous certification standards •We maintain 100% forest management (FM) and chain of custody (CoC) certifications to internationally recognized standards.
• All operations are certified, or in the process of being certified, to the ISO 14001 environmental management standard.

The BIG Awards for Business programs was launched in 2012 with the goal of offering companies, their products, their people and their tactics a chance to be globally recognized by panels of business veterans and leaders.

These awards mark the third time Resolute has been recognized by the Business Intelligence Group. In 2017, Seth Kursman, VP, Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Government Affairs, received the organization’s top individual honor. In July 2018, Resolute earned top marks in the BIG Sustainability Awards.