Honeybear Brands has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, marking five years of steady and measurable progress toward its ambitious environmental goals.

In collaboration with Sustainable Food Group, Honeybear established science-based sustainability goals in 2019 across four key pillars: pollinator health, packaging, food loss and waste, and climate and energy. The company committed to transparent, third-party measurement and annual reporting, with five- and 10-year targets guiding its long-term strategy.

Redner’s Markets, Giorgio Fresh Co. and Modern Soils have joined forces to create a pioneering closed-loop partnership that demonstrates how agriculture, manufacturing and retail can work together to deliver environmentally responsible products while creating meaningful connections between food production and home gardening.

Stemilt achieved a major milestone in its sustainability journey: the company’s Stemilt Chinchiolo California (CSC) facility is on track to achieve net‑zero energy usage for its production warehouse through the completion of a two‑phase solar installation totaling 3,000 solar panels. The project positions Stemilt among a small number of packing and cold‑storage operations in California capable of fully offsetting their energy consumption through on‑site renewable generation.

Measure to Improve, a sustainability consulting firm focused exclusively on the fresh produce industry, launched two new solutions—service offerings designed to help produce companies meet growing reporting and regulatory expectations: the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Solution and the EPR Readiness Solution.

These solutions expand Measure to Improve’s sustainability offerings in response to increasing greenhouse gas disclosure expectations and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging regulations across the supply chain.

On the heels of connecting with its members and fresh produce and floral leaders at both the Consumer Goods Forum Sustainable Retail Summit in Paris, France, and Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Germany, the International Fresh Produce Association has advanced the proposed global sustainability framework the organization introduced last fall across these influential forums.  

CMI Orchards has been named a 2026 SEAL Sustainability Award winner in two categories, earning recognition for Sustainability Innovation for its Planet Positive program and Sustainable Products for its carbon negative apples, pears and cherries. These dual awards underscore CMI’s global leadership in driving regenerative, climate‑positive tree fruit production and advancing sustainability.