Established in 2006, Sustainable Cards is a wooden card manufacturer that specializes in providing the most environmentally friendly cards for nearly all traditional plastic card applications, including hotel key cards, as well as gift, loyalty, membership, identity cards, badges and even business cards.

We’re passionate about what we do and doing our part to reduce the millions of tons of PVC sent to landfills each year.

We offer three types of wooden cards, each representing different benefits and levels of sustainability, reusability and durability. Our cards are made from birch wood principally sourced from Scandinavian veneer producers certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Finished cards for European and North American clients are punched, printed and personalized in our plant in Hede, Sweden. Very large finished card orders are sometimes fulfilled in part or whole by our card manufacturer partners in the U.S. and Europe, using our patent-pending veneers.

To learn more about how you can use wooden cards in your business, contact us at our world headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, or at our offices in Sweden and Denmark.

Our Team

Peo Akesson - Chairman & Founder

Before founding Sustainable Cards LLC, Mr. Akesson founded and managed Hospitality Leasing Corporation (“HLC”). Mr. Akesson has been involved in the leasing and banking business for nearly 20 years and has spent the past three years focused on the hospitality industry.

Mark Erickson - COO & Board Member

Prior to joining Sustainable Cards, Mr. Erickson was a 20-year veteran of the banking and equipment finance industry, most recently as a Senior Vice President of the government finance division within Key Equipment Finance, Inc., a subsidiary of KeyCorp (NYSE: Key). Mr. Erickson has worked in a number of capacities in the finance industry including senior roles in operations, underwriting, sales, and international management.

Gregory Hartmann- Board Member

Mr. Hartmann is a leader in the hospitality consulting industry, having owned and managed the Boulder, Colorado branch of HVS for over 15 years. In his role with HVS, the largest hotel consulting firm in the world with over 30 offices globally, Mr. Hartmann completed various consulting engagements for over 10,000 hotels, resorts, casinos, and timeshare facilities around the world. In 2010, Mr. Hartmann formed STR Analytics, a division of STR to provide a range of statistical reporting and analytical services to the hotel industry. Additionally, Mr. Hartmann has owned several hotels and restaurants in the Boulder area, and currently co-owns the The Outlook, Boulder’s first Zero Waste Hotel.

Mr. Broussard is a proud native of Boulder, Colorado and sees sustainable businesses as a necessity of the future.  Mr. Broussard has extensive experience in client relations through his work in managing Boulder’s largest outdoor inline hockey rink and managing client accounts through Trakkware Inc. a Boulder based web and database development company.