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In Sri Lanka, we’ve removed herbicides from our weed control thanks to a collaborative project with our workers. Small teams have been assigned ten hectares of land each and trained in natural weed control, and in return they receive a salary supplement. This ecological solution means less soil erosion, more soil biodiversity, better soil quality and with that more nutritious fruit.

We are showing our love for the land by supporting the National Greening Program in the Philippines. In 2020, we planted 181,666 trees, including 60,949 bamboo plants, and adopted and nurtured rivers, creeks and forests close to our farms too.

Working with our retailers, we are ensuring truck food and beverage shipments are not unnecessarily light. We estimate that this initiative is saving 400,000 miles per year from our US supply chain and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 462 tCO2e at the same time.

Using our innovative paper packaging straps, we have reduced fossil-fuel based plastic by 85% for our banana packaging in New Zealand. This has also meant that our greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by 3 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) in the Philippines, where we source this packaging.

Since March 2021, 78% of our bananas in South Korea have been sold using new paper-based straps. These straps have replaced plastic bags and stickers, reducing our use of fossil-fuel based packaging while still protecting our fruit.

In the Philippines, we’re finding clever ways to make use of imperfect bananas and reduce our fruit loss. Instead of being wasted, any delicious, healthy banana that visually doesn’t make the grade is now being made into frozen banana slices, banana chips, flour, purée, and more. Collectively, these projects have cut our local fruit loss by 23%, while opening up job opportunities for local communities.