Fruit processor
                                    Acquired by Itochu in 2012.
                            Company Ownership
                    Dole Philippines Inc
                
                PHL
    
    
    
    
        Dole International Holdings Inc
        
        
    owns 100% of Dole Philippines Inc
        
    JPN
    
    Holding company
                    This company was established in 2012 when Itochu acquired Dole's worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce business. 
            
        ITOCHU Corporation
        
        
    owns 100% of Dole International Holdings Inc
        
    JPN
    
    General trading company
                    One of the world's largest companies, with over 700 subsidiaries. Acquired the worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh produce businesses of Dole Food Company in 2012 for $1.7b.
            Company Assessment
            (Last updated Oct 2025)        
        
        
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        Workers rights
    
    
        This International Labor Rights Forum report highlights corporations known for violating workers' freedom of association and right to organise. This company was selected on the basis of their ties to violence against trade unions and suppression of the universal right to organise.
    
            Source: ILRF
                                    (2011)
                            
        
    
        
        Rainforest Alliance certified products
    
    
        This company sells Rainforest Alliance certified pineapples. However this only represents a fraction of this company's total pineapple sales. Rainforest Alliance certification has been dubbed 'Fairtrade light' by critics, as it offers producers no minimum price for their crop.
    
            Source: Rainforest Alliance
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
                Dole International Holdings Inc
            
                            
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        CDP Water Security score of A-
    
    
        In 2024, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to manage and govern freshwater resources. Responding companies are scored on six key metrics: transparency; governance & strategy; measuring & monitoring; risk assessment; targets & goals; and value chain engagement. This company received a CDP Water Security score of A-.
    
            Source: CDP
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        CDP Climate Change score of B
    
    
        In 2024, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change score of B.
    
            Source: CDP
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        CDP Forests score of B
    
    
        In 2024, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests score of B.
    
            Source: CDP
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        24.9% in Forest 500 Rankings
    
    
        Forest 500 identifies and annually assesses the 500 companies and 150 financial institutions most exposed to deforestation risk in their supply chains and investments on the strength and implementation of their commitments on deforestation and human rights. This company received a score of 24.9%.
    
            Source: Forest 500
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        11.6% in Human Rights Benchmark
    
    
        The 2022 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assessed 127 companies in the food and agriculture, ICT and automotive manufacturing sectors on their human rights performance. This company received a score of 11.6%.  The overall average score was a disappointing 17.3% and the highest score was 50.3%.
    
            
    
        
        5/20 in Social Benchmark
    
    
        The 2024 Social Benchmark assesses the world's 2,000 most influential companies on their responsibility in meeting society's fundamental expectations towards three measurement areas: respecting human rights, providing decent work, and acting ethically. This company was assessed in 2023 and received a score of 5/20. The average score was an alarmingly low 4.6/20 and the highest score was 15.5/20.
    
            
    
        
        Chocolate scorecard
    
    
        Be Slavery Free's 2025 Chocolate Scorecard ranks companies based on traceability and transparency across supply chains, whether they pay farmers a living income, efforts to prevent the use of child labour, action on climate and deforestation, how they support agroforestry, and eliminating the use of harmful pesticides. This company received a score of 37%, giving it an orange rating: "Needs more work on policy and implementation".
    
            Source: Be Slavery Free
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
        
        19.4% in Food and Agriculture Benchmark
    
    
        The 2023 Food and Agriculture Benchmark assessed 350 keystone companies across the entirety of the food system, from farm to fork. It covers three dimensions where transformation is needed: nutrition, environment and social inclusion. This company ranked #145/350, with a total score of 19.4/100.
    
            
    
        
        High ESG Risk
    
    
        Sustainalytics, a top ESG research firm, evaluates environmental, social, and governance risks for over 16,000 companies. Its ESG Risk Rating reflects how much risk a company faces in its industry and how well it manages those risks. The final score includes both unmanaged and unmanageable risks, and companies are rated on a scale from negligible (0-10) to severe (40+). This company received an ESG Risk Rating of 34.9, placing it in the "high risk" category (retrieved April 2025).
    
            Source: Sustainalytics
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
        
        Worker exploitation in India
    
    
        Maid in India', a 2012 report by two Dutch NGOs (SOMO and ICN) revealed how workers in the South Indian garment and textile industry continue to suffer exploitative working conditions while making garments for Western brands. While some recent improvements have been made, thousands of girls work under recruitment and employment schemes that amount to bonded labour. This company was shown to be sourcing from one or more of the four garment manufacturers investigated, and failed to respond to a review request. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
    
            Source: SOMO
                                    (2012)
                            
        
    
        
        Land grabs in Africa
    
    
        This company has signed a letter of intent (https://bit.ly/2rdBlwn) to participate in the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, which claims will lift 50 million people in Africa out of poverty by 2022. But according to a 2015 report by ActionAid, the scheme will benefit multinational companies at the expense of small-scale farmers and is likely to increase poverty and inequality in Africa. Launched in 2012, the New Alliance provides aid money from rich countries like the US and the UK, and helps big business invest in the African agricultural sector. But in return, African countries are required to change their land, seed and trade rules in favour of big business. The New Alliance will: Make it easier for big corporations to grab land in Africa: Prevent farmers from breeding, saving and exchanging seeds: Heavily promote chemical fertilisers and pesticides, which increase farmers’ risk of debt as well as damaging the environment and farmers' health: Replace family farms with low paid, insecure jobs; and Prevent countries from restricting crop exports, even at times of domestic shortage.
    
            Source: Action Aid
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        World Cocoa Foundation member
    
    
        This company is a member of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), an international membership organization representing more than 100 member companies across the cocoa value chain. WCF is committed to creating a sustainable cocoa economy through economic & social development and environmental stewardship in cocoa-growing communities.
    
            Source: World Cocoa Foundation
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        GPSNR member
    
    
        This company is a member of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR), signifying a commitment to a shared responsibility towards improving the social, environmental and economic sustainability of the global natural rubber value chain.
    
            Source: GPSNR
                                    (2024)
                            
        
    
        
        Textile Exchange member
    
    
        This company is a member of the Textile Exchange, a global non-profit that works closely with its members to drive textile industry transformation in preferred fibres, integrity and standards and responsible supply networks. They identify and share best practices regarding farming, materials, processing, traceability and product end-of-life in order to reduce the textile industry's impact on the world's water, soil and air, and the human population.
    
            Source: Textile Exchange
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
        
        23% in Gender Benchmark
    
    
        In 2023 and 2024, the World Benchmarking Alliance assessed 2,000 companies on their efforts to drive gender equality and women's empowerment across their entire value chain. Companies are assessed on governance and strategy, representation, compensation and benefits, health and well-being, and violence and harassment. This company scored 23 out of 100. The average score was 15.3 and the highest score was 51.
    
            
    
        
        55.9% in Newsweek Green Ranking 2017
    
    
        This company received a score of 55.9/100 in the Newsweek Green Ranking 2017, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on eight indicators covering energy, greenhouse gases, water, waste, fines and penalties, linking executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level committee oversight of environmental issues and third-party audits. Ranking methodology by Corporate Knights and HIP Investor.
    
            Source: Newsweek
                                    (2017)
                            
        
    
        
        20.3% in Nature Benchmark
    
    
        The Nature Benchmark ranks 816 companies across 20 industries on their efforts to protect our environment and its biodiversity. Companies were assessed in three phases between 2022 and 2024 using three measurement areas: governance and strategy; social inclusion and community impact; and ecosystems and biodiversity. This company was assessed in 2023 and is ranked #248/816, with a total score of 20.3/100.
    
            
    
Company Details
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                Wholly-owned subsidiary
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Products / Brands
Dole Philippines
                Dole
                                Canned Fruit