Dole Makes Moves Toward Zero Waste Goal As Repurposed Pineapple Leaves Find Their Way To Global Lifestyle Brands
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SINGAPORE, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
-- The Dole Sunshine Company partners with Ananas Anam to turn pineapple plant
leaves into a natural textile that is driving sustainable design, furthering
its commitment to zero fruit loss by 2025
The Dole Sunshine Company today announced its partnership with Ananas Anam, the
London-based company behind Piñatex(R), an innovative, vegan and natural
alternative to leather made from sustainably sourced pineapple leaf fibres.
Through the collection and extraction of fibre from pineapple leaves from its
farms in Philippines, one of the largest pineapple plantations in the world,
Dole is not only taking another step toward its Promise of zero fruit loss by
2025 but is also contributing to a world where sustainable material
alternatives are becoming increasingly important as global lifestyle brands
look for these alternatives for their products.
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Dole, which launched its six-prong Promise in June 2020, is committed to making
an immediate and lasting impact when it comes to food waste, eliminating
processed sugar and plastics, and improving nutrition access globally. In
addition to its partnership with Ananas Anam, Dole is working towards a more
circular economy and finding new packaging solutions for its products to reduce
not only food waste, but plastics overall.
"At Dole, we believe purpose – and therefore our Promise – must permeate
everything we do to address these global challenges head on. Addressing food
waste is absolutely important to us, as it is connected to our business and our
lives in so many ways," said Pier-Luigi Sigismondi, global president, Dole
Sunshine Company. "I believe to create tangible solutions and real systemic
change to address this issue, we need to converge our purpose with creativity,
innovation, and technology. Our partnership with Ananas Anam coupled with
global lifestyle brands' use of this innovation truly bring this convergence to
life in a new way."
Through this partnership, Ananas Anam's Piñatex(R) is made of fiber extracted
from Dole's harvested pineapple plant leaves, which when dried and processed
create a non-woven mesh to form the base of the sustainable material. The use
of the pineapple leaf fiber also presents the opportunity to build a scalable
commercial industry for developing farming communities and livelihood
improvement for small scale cooperatives / growers. See partnership video here(
).
"At Ananas Anam, we aim at meeting the challenges of our times by developing
innovative products in which commercial success is integrated with, and
promotes, social, ecological and cultural development. By connecting on a deep
level with the people we work with, we build ecosystems that are bound
together, symbiotically grow together in order to bring about positive changes
into the world", said Dr Carmen Hijosa, Founder and Chief Creative & Innovation
Officer at Ananas Anam.
"Through our partnership with Dole, our entity in the Philippines will access a
much larger volume of pineapple leaf fibres, to meet the ever-increasing demand
for Piñatex(R) not only in fashion, but also in the upholstery and automotive
sectors. Working closely with Dole's teams on the ground will help us to create
a wider positive social impact among farming communities and to continuously
reduce our environmental footprint by valorising waste at scale", said Melanie
Broye-Engelkes, CEO of Ananas Anam.
Piñatex(R) has been used by global lifestyle brands including Nike, Hugo Boss,
H&M, Paul Smith and the Hilton Hotel London Bankside for the world's first
vegan suite.
About Ananas Anam
London-based Ananas Anam is a B-Corp(TM) certified company responsible for
developing innovative plant-based textiles disrupting the world of fashion
materials and leading the way in sustainability. Their pioneering approach and
progressive business model are driven by creative thinking, seeking out new
ingenious technologies, and showing that ethics and business can be combined
successfully. Ananas Anam's instinctive and heartfelt desire is to protect and
nurture; thereby building a better future for people and planet.
About The Dole Sunshine Company
The name Dole Sunshine Company is used to represent the global interests and
combined efforts of Dole Asia Holdings, Dole Worldwide Packaged Foods and Dole
Asia Fresh. Dole Sunshine Company is not an actual business entity and does not
operate as such in any country or region. For more information on Dole Sunshine
Company, please visit www.DoleSunshine.com or www.SunshineForAll.com/en/blog.
SOURCE: Dole Packaged Foods, LLC
CONTACT: Melissa Vigue, mvigue@peppercomm.com
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