To help combat the global hunger crisis, which has been made worse by the pandemic, Dole Sunshine Company has delivered a promise to make nutritious foods accessible to one billion people by 2025. It also set significant goals in reducing its carbon footprint and combatting climate change.
● Thanks to reformulation and innovation, 47% of Dole’s food and beverage product portfolio now contains zero processed sugar as the company strives to deliver the same taste from natural ingredients.
● Since 2019, Dole has achieved a 12% decrease in carbon emissions across global operations. In addition, by evaluating ways of upcycling so-called “ugly” fruit into new products and/or repurposing fruit into compost or biogas, 89% of Dole’s potential fruit loss was repurposed.Leading these efforts is Dr.
“We’re in transformation mode at Dole,” Ramdin says. “We are in the process of rethinking our portfolio, our products, the way we produce, how we work with partners, our business models, how we develop our teams, how we treat the world, how we interact and engage with our consumers and how we look at the future. For a company like ours, where you can literally ‘eat’ our purpose, it’s important to champion a world where access to nutrition is a human right for all.
In her current role, the greatest challenge Ramdin faces is keeping Dole’s word. She explains, “As a company, we’ve made major promises to the communities we work with and in a larger sense, the world. Now we have to do the work to keep those promises. We are on a mission to create a world where everyone—irrespective of age, income, location, or gender—has access to healthy nutrition and where our access to healthy food is not to the detriment of the planet now or in the future.
To young people looking to tap into their life purpose, Ramdin suggests pursuing mentorships. “Mentors have played a huge role in my journey,” she says. “I’ve been lucky enough to have a few great mentors who guided me and really shaped my experiences and helped me to hone my passion for innovation and for storytelling.” These days, Ramdin is giving back by mentoring young women in STEM through organizations like The Girls' Network and 1MMentors organizations.
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