Fresh Del Monte Produce Receives Green and Environmental Stewardship Award From PR Daily
September 16 2020 - 11:24AM
Business Wire
With a long trajectory in sustainability, and
having recently achieved carbon neutral farms, the company is
honored at PR Daily’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards
taking home the win for Green and Environmental Stewardship
Fresh Del Monte Produce has been honored first place in the
Green and Environmental Stewardship category at PR Daily’s 2020
Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. The win is a reflection of
the company’s sustainability commitment and recent achievements
across its operations.
The highly respected PR Daily awards recognize global
corporations that have executed the most successful and impactful
CSR campaigns. The awards highlight both the communications
surrounding sustainability and the initiative itself. For the Green
and Environmental Stewardship category, Fresh Del Monte Produce
presented its achievement on carbon neutrality in its tropical
farms.
Currently, Fresh Del Monte Produce owns and conserves 9,400
hectares of forest across its pineapple and banana operations in
Costa Rica. The land is home to a rich and diverse set of plants
and animals, including vulnerable and endangered species, which are
all under the company’s protection. In 2019, Fresh Del Monte
Produce was formally recognized by SCS Global Services after
achieving its goal of carbon neutrality in these operations, and
since then has launched a series of communications campaigns on its
sustainability efforts.
“Now, more than ever, it is important for companies to become a
force of good in the world,” said Hans Sauter, Chief Sustainability
Officer of Fresh Del Monte Produce. “Sustainability is one of our
key pillars and is deeply embedded in our company DNA. We are
thrilled to have our efforts recognized by PR Daily and will
continue to work arduously in achieving our sustainability
objectives and communicate them accordingly.”
Working towards a bright and fresh future, the company intends
to achieve carbon neutral farms across all of its global
operations, as well as continue its long-standing tradition of
reforestation in the regions where it operates. Every year as part
of its stewardship efforts, Fresh Del Monte hosts tree-planting
programs to educate local communities about the importance of the
natural world and how to work together to plant trees that are
native to the region. In just three years, the company has planted
over 700,000 trees in its local communities, and hopes to plant 2.5
million by 2025.
For more information on Fresh Del Monte Produce and its
sustainability commitments, please visit:
http://www.freshdelmonte.com/Sustainability.
About Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is one of the world’s leading
vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of
high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, as well as a
leading producer and distributor of prepared food in Europe, Africa
and the Middle East. Fresh Del Monte markets its products worldwide
under the Del Monte® brand, a symbol of product innovation,
quality, freshness and reliability for over 125 years. The Company
also markets its products under the Mann's® brand and other related
trademarks. Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. is not affiliated with
certain other Del Monte companies around the world, including Del
Monte Foods, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific
Limited, Del Monte Canada, or Del Monte Asia Pte. Ltd.
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