The Daabon Organic Group has announced plans to become completely carbon neutral by 2013 as part of the company’s commitment to tackling climate change, after recently securing Rainforest Alliance status.
“Through our Japanese subsidiary, Daabon Organic Japan, we are working closely with local retailer Aeon and the Mizuho Information and Research Institute in Tokyo to calculate the carbon footprint of our organic bananas before the end of 2008,” the company said in a press release.
During the next five years, Daabon’s sustainability department will implement specific initiatives to cut to zero the CO2 emissions released during the production of organic bananas in Santa Marta, Colombia.
The group is also in the process of selecting partners in each of its main markets (the US, Europe, Japan and Australasia) to generate a Life Cycle Assessment for each product supplied and supply carbon footprint data to consumers.
Daabon is a recognised pioneer in organic and sustainable agriculture in Latin America. The group operates some 6,000ha of organic banana production in Colombia in addition to the 4,000ha owned by partner growers.
Through Daabon Group-owned companies, the group directly markets its products in the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
