Friday, August 17, 2007

Is That a Carbon Neutral Banana in Your Pocket...

Dole Food Company's Costa Rican subsidiary, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, has signed an agreement to work on a project aimed at establishing a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples, from production sites in Costa Rica to markets in North America and Europe.

Under the deal, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica will work in collaboration with Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica....

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