Honeybear® Brands has released its 2024 Sustainability Report, marking four years of steady and measurable progress toward its 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.
Highlights of the 2024 report include progress in each key area:
- Zero Landfill Food Loss: Progressing toward full diversion of organic waste through reuse and recycling.
- Sourced Renewable Energy: Increasing reliance on renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across operations.
- Plastic-Free Packaging: Continued innovation to reduce and eliminate non-recyclable packaging materials.
- Pollinator Habitat Protection: Expansion of pollinator habitats across North American orchards.
- Pollinators—especially bees—are essential to the apple industry, responsible for the production of over 100 food crops worldwide. Yet they face threats from habitat loss, climate change, and pesticides.
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Through its Adopt an Acre® program, the company partners with retailers to establish and maintain pollinator habitats directly on the orchards supplying their stores. The initiative offers retailers a turn-key sustainability story while giving consumers a direct way to support pollinator health.
"Without bees, we don't have apples," said Kristi Harris, brand manager at Honeybear Brands. "Our Adopt an Acre program connects sustainability with retail performance. It educates shoppers, drives engagement, and directly supports habitat creation where their fruit is grown. This is sustainability in action, on the ground and in the store."
Retailers participating in the program benefit from custom signage, consumer education materials, and co-branded messaging, backed by measurable environmental impact.
The full report is available here.
For more information:
Don Roper
Honeybear Brands
[email protected]
www.honeybearbrands.com
