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Industry opinion is split on whether third-party certification of a company’s social responsibility commitment is necessary to achieve meaningful results.

Nogales, Ariz.-based Divine Flavor has said their new Jalisco grape operation at Grupo Alta- Don Mario has become the latest ranch within the company to become Fair Trade Certified.

Vowing to reduce plastic use dramatically by 2025, Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc. has published its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, titled “Finest for the Future.”

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson is offering technology and data to help any company in the supply chain reduce its carbon footprint.

Worthington, Minn.-based Bedford Industries is celebrating its first Earth Month being powered by a 100% net-zero carbon power supply.

Chiquita is launching “30BY30,” a program to reduce carbon emissions in its operations by 30% by the end of 2030.

The Mushroom Council® will remind diners that researchers consider mushrooms “one of the most sustainably produced foods in the United States.”

In the land of plenty, many people are going hungry, a problem worsened in the past year by the pandemic. The FarmLink Project is a new organization formed last spring to help change that.

Worthington, Minn.-based Bedford Industries has introduced CloseIt Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified bio-based content that is commercially compostable.

There is every good reason for produce operators to support the Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices, and no reason not to.