The
Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit conservation organization
held its 2009 Gala on May 6, 2009 at the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City. Gisele Bundchen was the Gala's
honorary chairman.
The annual gala recognizes companies and individuals for their work
with the Rainforest Alliance on making sustainable supply chain decisions
or for their longtime support of conservation work.
The 2009 honorees were:
Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setters
Green Hotels of Costa Rica
Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.
Community Sustainable Standard-Setter:
Napo Wildlife Center,
Comunidad Kichwa Añangu
Corporate Green Globe Awardees:
Allegro Coffee Company
Drie Mollen Group
National Envelope
Unilever - Lipton Tea
Individual Green Globe Awardee
Becky McKinnon
The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. For more information, visit www.rainforest-alliance.org.
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