Dole Sustainability website

Dole Food Company has announced the launch of its new corporate responsibility and sustainability website, an online tool that the group says specifically emphasises Dole's four pillars of sustainability, including carbon footprint, water management, soil conservation and packaging.

The online tool, which is fully integrated into the fresh produce group's corporate website and is located at www.dolesustainability.com, outlines the work that the US-based company does in addition to its focus on environmental and labour practices, and community programmes.

An interactive section on the site, called 'explore', allows visitors to become more familiar with some specific corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives developed at the local level, across the world.

'Our new website focuses less on policies and more on results,' said Sylvain Cuperlier, vice-president of worldwide corporate responsibility and sustainability at Dole.

'For example, we have a dedicated section concentrating on metrics, where our carbon and water footprint assessments have been posted,' he explained. 'This section will be updated on a regular basis, following the gathering of additional information aimed at measuring our performance in the sustainability area.'