FSC Wins First Alcan Prize

Aluminum and packaging manufacturer Alcan, Inc. and the International Business Leaders Forum have awarded their first-ever

Alcan Prize for Sustainability to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Alcan created the $1 million prize “to recognize outstanding contributions to the goal of economic, environmental, and social sustainability by not-for-profit, non-governmental, and civil-society organizations.” Travis Engen, president and CEO of Alcan congratulated FSC on its achievements and expressed “sincere hope that adding the first Alcan Prize for Sustainability to its funding will enable even greater achievements in the future.