Awards & Firsts
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Leading the Herd

• We were the nation’s first dairy processor to pay farmers not to treat cows with the synthetic bovine growth hormone rBGH.

• In 1997, Stonyfield Farm was America’s first manufacturer to offset 100 percent of its CO2 emissions from its facility energy use.

• YoBaby was the first certified organic whole milk yogurt for babies and toddlers and the first baby yogurt to include DHA.

• We were the first company to offer cow sponsorships, through our Have-A-Cow Program, which  exposes people to life on a farm through the eyes of a cow.   

• Stonyfield Farm’s $450,000 gift supports the first organic dairy at a land-grant university, at the University of New Hampshire.

• Environmentally conscious yogurt producer Stonyfield Farm was the first for-profit corporation to register its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the State of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation voluntary registry.

Other recent recognition:

• Inc. magazine Green 50 includes Stonyfield CE-Yo Gary Hirshberg (2006)

• Greenbiz.com listing on “Top 10 Greenest Companies” (2007)

• Working Mother Magazine’s Best Green Companies for America’s Children (2008)

• World Trade Magazine’s Manufacturer of the Year for Global Supply Chain Excellence (2008)

• Ethisphere Magazine’s World Most Ethical Companies (2007, 2008)

Blue Ribbons

2008 Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships’ (NEEP) Energy Efficiency Business Leader

2006 Dairy Field magazine 2006 Producer of the Year

National Wildlife Federation’s National Conservation Achievement award in Corporate Leadership for the company commitment to sustainability.  

2006 Green Power Leadership award from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S Department of Energy. The annual awards recognize leading national green power purchasers and suppliers for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation’s green power market. Award will be presented early December.

2006 Environmental Protection Agency Business, Industry and Professional Organizations Environmental Merit Award, recognizing significant contributions to environmental awareness and problem solving.

The Aspen Healthy Gourmet Fest 2005 Citizen Award, for his pioneering commitment to provide and subsidize healthy snacks in school vending machines.

1999 Global Green USA’s Green Cross Millennium Award, inspired by Mikhail S. Gorbachev, for Corporate Environmental Leadership

1999 Robert Rodale Environmental Achievement Award for personifying the quest for better public health and heightened environmental responsibility

1999 National Award for Sustainability in the Category of Atmosphere and Climate from the President’s Council on Sustainable Development and Renew America

1998 Climate Wise Achievement Award, from the Environmental Protection Agency

1990 Corporate Environmental Steward Award from the Council on Economic Priorities.