Resolute Forest Products

On August 2, 2020, Resolute won a gold Vision Award from the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP). The company was recognized in the ESG (environmental, social and governance) report competition for our 2018 sustainability reporting prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards sustainability reporting procedures defined by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). A global annual report competition, the Vision Awards provide a platform for communications professionals to demonstrate the value they are delivering to their organizations and clients. The 2019 competition drew one of the largest number of submissions ever, representing nearly 1,000 organizations from a broad range of industries.

On August 6, 2020, Resolute was recognized by the Government of Canada through the Canada’s Volunteer Awards program, which honors the significant contributions individuals, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses across the country make to their communities through volunteering. Resolute won the Business Leader Award for Quebec, one of the five regions covered by the program, for the company’s innovative community outreach strategy. The goal of Canada’s Volunteer Awards is to inspire Canadians from all walks of life to find new ways of making a difference in their communities.

On July 21, 2020, Resolute won an Environment + Energy (E+E) Top Project of the Year Award for our Thunder Bay (Ontario) thermomechanical pulp biorefinery, which is focused on developing new ways to efficiently produce and commercialize innovative bioproducts derived from wood. Now in their eighth year, the E+E Awards are run by Environment + Energy Leader, an online resource for news, best practices and research that have influenced environment, energy and sustainability conversations – and powered decision-making. Winners are selected from across a variety of industries based on their success in providing significant sustainability and energy management results.

In May 2020, our Resolute-LP – Larouche and Resolute-LP – Saint-Prime (Quebec) joint-venture engineered wood products facilities combined for four awards at the APA – The Engineered Wood Association’s 2019 Safety and Health Awards, including sharing honors for Safest Company (3 or fewer facilities) and two distinctions in the Incident-Free Mills category. Larouche also garnered an award in the Innovation in Safety category for its I-joist clamp for web-to-flange separation equipment-based innovation. The awards program celebrates safety and operational excellence in the structural panel and engineered wood industry.

On April 27, 2020, Resolute won an Astrid Award for our Resolute Highlights microsite, garnering Honors in the global Website – Microsite category. Entries were judged by an international panel of design professionals on the basis of concept creativity, clarity and production quality. The Astrids – sponsored by MerComm, a global independent awards organization dedicated to defining the standards of excellence in corporate communications – were established to celebrate the best in international design communications.