Certifies our activities to protect the ecosystems and natural resources (flora, fauna, soil, and water), and our use of good environmental and social practices, the use of phytosanitary products, and proper waste disposal.
Certifies our integrated pest and cultivar management within the agricultural production framework. Our commitment to our clients is to provide excellent products that meet their standards for consumption.
A social standard that promotes improving work conditions, quality of life, and the well- being of our team and their families. Banacol’s corporate policy is to not hire minors, and not to discriminate by reason of races, sex, age, origin, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or political affiliation, among others.
We work every day with our more than 4,000 employees to meet the expectations of our clients through carefully grown and harvested high-quality products, that enable us to be competitive and maximize our results.
As part of our quality assurance strategy, we made our process more technical looking for greater efficiency in the post-harvest camera operations.
56 electronic scales to determine the net weight of fruits in trays were installed for all our farms, thus ensuring that we keep our promise to the clients.
Fertilizer consumption:
Organic fertilizers: 30,227,056 kg
Organic liquid fertilizers: 657 L
Synthetic fertilizers: 29,266,540 kg
Liquid synthetic fertilizers: 38,638 L
In 2021 we planted 1,248 ha of noble cover.
The characteristics of our soil make it possible to use a large amount of cover, which helps reduce the use of herbicides. Total herbicide consumption: 75.1 m3
In our aerial spray operations for Sigatoka control, we provided training to the crews which, together with optimized processes and precision technology, helped us save materials and increase the number of hectares per hour for the planes, and fuel per hectare, as part of our effort to mitigate carbon emissions and environmental impact.