Fyffes Publishes Second Human Rights Report

August 8, 2023 Fyffes

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, published today.

Fyffes Honduran Melon Farm Receives GLOBALG.A.P certification

June 14, 2023 Fyffes

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. GLOBALG.A.P’s vision is to recognise farms for their efforts to produce safe food while safeguarding workers’ health and safety, the environment, and the welfare of local communities. 

Fyffes Celebrates Opening of New Packhouse in Costa Rica

May 10, 2023 Fyffes

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. The new packhouse has been designed to promote employee wellbeing and safety while enabling improved efficiencies and supporting our sustainability targets.

100% of Fyffes Latin American Farms Enrolled in Gender Equality Programs

March 8, 2023 Fyffes

Fyffes is well on its way to achieving its gender equality target of 100% of Fyffes employees in Latin American sites benefitting from gender equality programs by 2025 and 50% of suppliers by 2030.  The 22 Fyffes-owned sites in Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Ecuador have begun the rollout of the specially developed HERessentials, an online gender equality program developed by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), which has been adapted for the Latin American cultural context by Fyffes.

750 People Benefit From Fyffes Off-Season Medical Brigades Provided in Honduras Communities

January 27, 2023 Fyffes

Fyffes and its winter melon business Sol Group provide four medical clinics, five doctors, four nurses and five ambulances in the regions of Choluteca and El Paraiso, where their farms are located, to ensure that employees, their families and the local community can have access to otherwise inadequate and hard to reach healthcare. During the summer off-season however, community members struggle to access these medical services. To solve this problem, Sol has organized Community Medical Brigades to reach 15 communities surrounding its cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew melon farms.