It was most obvious to me that Chiquita is passionate about promoting sustainability within their company while reading their Corporate Social Responsibility Report. Without even moving past the first page, it is evident that they care about the environment because "loving our planet" is one of Chiquita's three purposes. According to the report Chiquita loves our planet "by continuing to reduce our environmental impact and ultimately contribute to a world capable of effectively sustaining future generations.

The current CEO of Chiquita, Ed Lonergan, says that "Over the course of my professional career, I have come to see that companies can indeed do well by doing good... that people, planet and profits, balanced well, are the foundation of a sustainable business over generations. If we do well, we will harvest rewards in terms of business performance, as well as benefits for our employees, communities and the environment.

The report also covered what other organizations they paired up with in order to promote sustainability together. For the environment, they are paired with the Rainforest Alliance, of labor laws, the Social Accountability International and for food safety, Global G.A.P.

Chiquita believes that in order for their company to be sustainable on the business side of things, they need to focus on their relationship with their employees, since without workers an organization as big as Chiquita wouldn't survive. They have put many new programs in place to better train and protect their employees such as the "Live Chiquita" This is the Live Chiquita initiative as it is outlined on the report: