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Dole Food Company, Inc. Announces Carbon-Neutral Project In Collaboration With Costa Rica |
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Westalke Village, California, USA - Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, Dole's operating subsidiary in Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, signed a ground breaking agreement to work together on a project aimed at establishing a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples, from their production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe.
These practices entail new, more efficient transportation methods, changes to agricultural processes to reduce CO2 emissions, and partnering with local farmers to implement preservation and reforestation programs.
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"Dole's achievements in this area will come from working relationships with our employees, independent producers, labor representatives, government, academia, NGO's, customers, and suppliers." |
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