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Fyffes has announced the appointment of Frank Burkhardt as Chief Commercial Officer to oversee an ambitious growth strategy, which includes the promotion of a new sustainable brand proposition, Trudi’s, and a focus on delivering against the company vision – Shaping Wellbeing for the World – over the coming years.

Fyffes has recently concluded its third year of human rights due diligence and provided an update to its salient human rights risks in its second-ever Human Rights Report,

Fyffes Honduran melon farm Suragroh has received the GLOBALG.A.P certification, building on the transformation led by local management over the past two years.

Fyffes has continued to invest in its own banana production in Costa Rica by building a new packhouse at its farm Victoria in Sarapiqui de Heredia, Costa Rica.

Fyffes has partnered with independent experts its fruit production countries to better understand the needs of its neighboring communities and collect essential information to support Fyffes ongoing human rights and environmental due diligence.

Fyffes, one of the main importers of bananas and pineapples in Europe and the largest importer of melons in North America, receives the Certificate of Sustainability from CHEP, a logistics solutions company, for the environmental savings achieved between 2020 and 2021 through the implementation of the pooling method, a sustainable logistics model created by CHEP.

Fyffes has concluded its first community needs assessment in the surrounding communities of its melon farms in Choluteca, Honduras.

Fyffes banana farm Esmeralda, in Costa Rica, is the first in the world to receive the new Rainforest Alliance certification, version 2020, which deploys a radically new management system approach to environmental, labor, social and economic risks.

Fyffes first-ever sustainability report has been published today and includes 13 ambitious targets to fulfil Fyffes sustainability strategy, aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.