Chilean dehydrated plum seeks to raise environmental standards and improve the recognition of its products

In a significant step towards a more sustainable and competitive agroindustry, Corfo’s Sustainability and Climate Change Agency and the Chilean Association of Processors and Exporters of Dried Plums (Chileprunes) signed an APL for the Implementation of the Sustainability Standard for the Dehydrated Plum Agroindustry. This agreement marks the beginning of a transformative process that will be developed within a period of 36 months to implement the new Standard, developed within the framework of the Chile Conscious Origin Program (ChOC), an initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture that promotes the adoption of sustainability standards in the Chilean agroindustry. Ximena Ruz, executive director of the Sustainability and Climate Change Agency, said that "as an Agency, we have managed more than 200 Clean Production Agreements (APL) and we have extensive experience in supporting their implementation, as well as in maintaining coordination with the public sector to ensure that the ...