ADVISORY/Chiquita Achieves Major Environmental and Social Certification Milestone for Bananas; Transforms an Entire Industry.Environmental Editors, Business Editors ADVISORY...for Friday NOTE TO EDITORS: Multimedia Assets Available With This Story Include Video and Logo --(BUSINESS WIRE) Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced that it has achieved a major milestone in its work with the Rainforest Alliance's Better Banana Project (BBP BBP Bruto Binnenlands Product (Dutch) BBP Bauch-Beine-Po (workout) BBP Büyük Birlik Partisi (Turkish: Grand Unity Party) BBP Blood Borne Pathogen BBP Baseband Processor ) - the certification of 100 percent of its owned banana farms in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . The BBP is the leading international certification program for environmental and social standards on banana farms, and is managed by the Rainforest Alliance The Rainforest Alliance is a non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1987. In is based in New York, United States. Their stated mission is to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and , an U.S. non-governmental organization “NGO” redirects here. For other uses, see NGO (disambiguation). A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by private persons or organizations with no participation or representation of any government. (NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization ) dedicated to protecting endangered ecosystems and the people and wildlife that live in them. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1507 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news or information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download video, audio, text, graphics, and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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