/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) today announced an expanded partnership for its San San Pond Sak biodiversity project located in the border region of Panama and Costa Rica. The German government development corporation GTZ and the Costa Rican banana industry body CORBANA have joined with Chiquita, local authorities and German retailer REWE to support this existing and thriving sustainability project.
“Chiquita is committed to supporting important environmental sustainability projects wherever we operate,” said Fernando Aguirre, chairman and chief executive officer. “The addition of GTZ and CORBANA to our San San Pond Sak biodiversity project will further strengthen our sustainability efforts. We are especially pleased to expand our alliance in 2010 as the United Nations has designated it the International Year of Biodiversity. Environmental sustainability is a wise investment in the future and is a duty we have as global citizens.”
In 2008, Chiquita and REWE signed a partnership agreement to jointly protect endangered habitats and species in the protected wetlands of the San San Pond Sak reserve, situated close to Chiquita’s banana farms in Panama and Costa Rica. Subsequently, in June of 2009, Chiquita and REWE planted the first tree on a 130 hectare property donated by the two
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