New Zealand’s Greenest Banana: All Good Bananas, T&G Fresh and AgroFair partner to launch a NZ first.
Barendrecht
07-02-2021
From February 1 2021, when you choose an All Good banana, it’ll not only be Fairtrade but also certified carbon neutral. It’s been a year-long project, and everyone has been in on it. From our banana farmers in Ecuador, to our logistics & shipping friends at AgroFair, to our distributors T&G Fresh. We listened to our expert assessors and we worked and made changes across growing, packing, shipping and transport, ripening and distribution. We paused, for Covid, but we kept going, for the Climate.
“It’s only a banana, but it’s a start” explains co-founder Simon Coley, listing the factors that have helped bring about “New Zealand’s Greenest Banana”. “They may look like other bananas but now All Good Bananas will be Zero Carbon certified as well as Fairtrade, protecting the planet and supporting our grower communities with equitable trade, 30 schools and a medical centre.
All Good is purchasing carbon credits from Climate Partners managing permanent rainforest protection in Madre De Dios, Peru. This is one of the world’s most biodiverse habitats, with numerous threatened plant and animal species, and indigenous tribes. This rainforest is being threatened by large road construction projects between Brazil and Peru and illegal gold mining. This pristine forest is to the south of where our bananas are farmed in Ecuador.