Current Newsletter Print Version - Dole Sustainability
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Bill Clinton and Sylvain Cuperlier<br />
4<br />
WHAT’S<br />
NEW?<br />
(con‘t.)<br />
DOLE HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES AND<br />
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE<br />
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES<br />
In May, <strong>Dole</strong> participated in the second annual Forum on <strong>Sustainability</strong> and Happiness<br />
in Costa Rica. This year, former U.S. President Bill Clinton provided the closing keynote,<br />
delivering a message on environmental sustainability.<br />
Sylvain Cuperlier introduced � the Forum’s roundtable on sustainable agriculture. In<br />
this introduction, Cuperlier discussed the potential issues related to pesticide use, the<br />
need for a more pro-active response to climate change and the requirement to focus<br />
further on water use and soil conservation. He also highlighted some challenges specific<br />
to agriculture, like how increasing market pressure on prices can be a constraint when it<br />
comes to extending sustainable production practices.<br />
Cuperlier pinpointed some opportunities for collaboration as well. Participation in multi-<br />
stakeholder initiatives aimed at exchanging best sustainable practices, through the Costa<br />
Rican platform for pineapples and the World Banana Forum, was a central focus.<br />
The roundtable’s participants also featured other <strong>Dole</strong> representatives including<br />
Roberto Vega, <strong>Dole</strong>’s Director of Susatainability, who provided the audience with more<br />
information on the Company’s sustainability programs.<br />
DOLE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE<br />
PREPARATORY DISCUSSIONS OF THE<br />
RIO+20 SUMMIT<br />
Roberto Vega further discussed <strong>Dole</strong>’s sustainability initiatives in the working group on<br />
Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture at the Business for the Environment (B4E)<br />
Global Summit 2012, which took place on May 21-22 in Berlin, Germany.<br />
B4E is the leading international platform for dialog and partnership solutions for the<br />
environment. The recommendations from the working groups organized in Berlin were<br />
then presented as official business input for decisions-makers at Rio+20, the United<br />
Nations conference on Sustainable Development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro,<br />
Brazil, at the end of June.<br />
Vega participated in the panel on “Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture”. Other<br />
panelists included representatives from PepsiCo, Nestlé, World Wildlife Foundation<br />
Germany, as well as the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives<br />
of Tanzania.
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