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AHFA names Copeland winner of Sage Award

By Heath E. Combs -- Furniture Today, December 7, 2009

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Case goods manufacturer Copeland Furniture won the second annual Sage Award last week, sponsored by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and Cargill BioH Polyols.

Copeland was recognized at the AHFA's Sustainability Summit. The Sage Award recognizes excellence in home furnishings through sustainable business practices.

Mark Burzynski, chief operating officer of Copeland, said that sustainability is ingrained in Vermont's business culture.

“It's not this year or last year we did this. It's how we run our business,” he said. “It's a big honor for a small company.”

Copeland has made case goods using wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for five years, Burzynski said. FSC certification helped Copeland win Silver Exemplary Status from the Sustainable Furnishings Council, of which it is a founding member.

Copeland now has eight product groups that qualify for FSC certification. The company sources a majority of its wood within 500 miles of its plant in Vermont.

Also at the Summit, Bill Perdue, vice president of environmental affairs for the AHFA, said that Kincaid Furniture would win the organization's Environmental Excellence Award.

AHFA's Environmental Leadership Award will go to Lewis Herman, corporate environmental and facilities engineer at Kincaid, a La-Z-Boy division. Herman is responsible for environmental compliance, oversight and environmental stewardship for La-Z-Boy's case goods group.

Kincaid's Sustainable by Design program was the first case goods operation to receive registration from the AHFA.

Hickory Chair was named the first Sage Award winner last year.

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