LP focuses on three primary channels to build community relations: Indigenous peoples outreach and programs; DEI outreach and programs; and business groups, NGOs, and chambers of commerce.
Indigenous Peoples Outreach and Programs
LP operates in North and South America, where there are many Indigenous communities. LP is committed to engaging with Indigenous Peoples and Nations through opportunities that relate to:
Promoting Indigenous Peoples and Women in the Forest Industry
LP Swan Valley, Manitoba employee Nicole Leibel shared her experience as an Indigenous woman working in Canada’s forest products industry in this Forest Products Association of Canada video.
DEI Outreach and Programs
The LP Foundation's philanthropic strategy closely aligns with LP’s vision, mission, and brand. Annual grants are targeted at four key areas—housing, the environment, education, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In 2021, the LP Foundation’s inaugural DEI grants were awarded to two deserving Nashville nonprofits.
Serving Souls has a mission is to reduce the wage gap disparity for Black women. Our grant supports empowering women to enter the construction industry through training and certification workshops.
Gideon’s Army has a simple but complex mission to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in North Nashville. The need is clear. North Nashville zip code 37208 has the highest incarceration rate of any zip code in America. Through social activism by children, families, and the community, Gideon's Army runs highly successful programs to address school-push-out, youth violence, policing, and juvenile justice.
In addition to the LP Foundation’s annual grants, LP supports many community-based nonprofits and associations whose mission is to advance the causes of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Recent partners include:
Advancing Women in Nashville
Black Women Build
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee
Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council
Conexión Américas
Nashville Pride
National Association of Women in Construction
National Minority Supplier Development Council
National Society of Black Engineers
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Urban League of Middle Tennessee
Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee
Business Groups, NGOs, and Chambers of Commerce
LP works with industry associations to shape policies and learn from our peers. We partner with NGOs to stay current with the latest scientific advancements and progressive social policies. LP also looks to chambers of commerce to better understand the communities where we live and work and continue to be a good corporate citizen.
American Wood Council
APA–The Engineered Wood Association
Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council
Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s Net Zero Energy Housing Council
Composite Panel Association (CPA)
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)
Forest Resource Association
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Policy Advisory Board
Housing Innovation Alliance
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)
National Minority Supplier Development Council
National Safety Council
North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA)