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Fresh Del Monte Produce Hits Scope 1 and 2 GHG Goals Seven Years Early

Oct. 21, 2024
Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables company also reduced its Scope 1 CO2 emissions from vessel shipping by 19% in 2024, surpassing its sustainability goals there as well.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. released its 2023 Sustainability Report, in which it announced it had reached its Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals six years earlier than anticipated.

Fresh Del Monte committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) using 2019 data as a baseline and targeting a 27.5% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030. It also aimed for a 12.3% reduction of Scope 3 emissions based on 2020 baseline data. In its 2023 report, the company announced it had achieved a 28% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and had also reduced its Scope 1 CO2 emissions from vessel shipping by 19% in 2024 — ahead of its goal trim by 10% by the year 2025.

Other sustainability-specific achievements noted in the report included: the introduction of reusable plastic containers for North America banana shipments, eliminating the need for 758 tons of single-use paper and more than 5 tons of plastic; completion of ecosystem mapping at its farms in Guatemala and Costa Rica; the planting of 2.49 million trees since 2016, quickly closing in on its goal to plant 2.5 million by 2025; and its partnership to inaugurate a biofertilizer plant in Kenya, which uses pineapple residues to produce biofertilizers.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.

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