Sustainability
2023 Sustainability Report
Sustainability Framework
People
In 2023, Mission continued to invest in the communities in which we operate, making meaningful contributions to the development of community infrastructure and resources. Through our giving, Mission Produce contributed to causes supporting children, families, and agricultural education.
SMETA Social Compliance Audits
We are assessed against the SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA), a global standard that measures a company’s practices relating to fair labor, benefits and allowances, health and safety, human rights, training, discrimination, and more.
Peru
In partnership with the Virú Health Network, Mission Produce evaluated more than 550 children in the community for anemia, provided medical and nutritional support for those in need.
Mission Foundation
In 2023, the Mission Foundation raised over $137k in gross proceeds for several local and national organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme, the Make-A-Wish® Central Coast and Southern Central Valley, Casa Pacifica, and Interface Children & Family Services.
Product
Our R&D teams continue to explore opportunities to implement technologies and programs that are environmentally, socially, and economically impactful throughout the supply chain.
Annual % Reduced Plastic Film
52.81% of the plastic film we purchased in 2023 for use in production utilized reduced plastic film.
Food Waste
As part of our efforts to reduce food waste operationally, our R&D teams evaluate non-destructive testing technology for use in our quality assurance process.
Planet
We focus on water management, energy and emissions, and the environmental impact of our global footprint. We track our emissions in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which supplies the world’s most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standards, as well as report on our energy use year-over-year.
Carbon Sequestration
In 2023, our Mission-owned farms in Peru were estimated to have stored at least 12,727 metric tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 28% of the total emissions reported by our business in 2023. [1]
[1]Calculated using carbon sequestration data from a study done by Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarieas Santiago, “Huella de carbono en productos de exportación agropecuarios de Chile.”(2009)
Solar Power
Across both our California and UK facilities, we generated 1,878,483 kWh in clean energy—the equivalent of enough energy to power 177 homes for one year. [2]
[2]Calculated using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Equivalencies Calculator.
Planting Trees
In 2023, we planted over 182,300 new trees across our owned and managed farms in Peru, Guatemala, and Colombia. Overall, we have planted over 2.18 million trees across all Mission owned or managed farms globally.
Peru, Guatemala, Colombia
182,300
Trees Planted
Mexico
3,000
Native Plants
Guatemala
350
Native Trees