German food retailer, EDEKA in partnership with the WWF worked with one of their suppliers – Dole Food Company, one of the largest suppliers of fruit and vegetables in the world – to implement the AWS Standard at 11 privately owned banana farms in Colombia, achieving the world’s first AWS Group certification. These large-scale farms are all managed by CI Técnicas Baltime de Colombia S.A and employ hundreds of people. Their experiences can help inform other sites seeking AWS Group Certification.
This report, led by WWF in partnership with AWS, Marks & Spencer, Woolsworth, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA), shares the lessons learned from the water stewardship initiatives for the second phase of the Breede Water Stewardship Project in the Western Cape and on collective action.
This case study documents the lessons generated by the first implementation of the AWS Standard in East Africa. Olam International Ltd., a leading global agri-business, adopted the AWS standard at their Aviv Coffee Plantation in the Upper Ruvuma Basin in Southern Tanzania.
Case Study of the Iberesparragal citrus farm, the first agricultural implementation of the AWS Standard in Europe.
