Agrocaribe is a world-class Company, a leader in sustainable palm oil productivity
We strive to use the best agricultural and industrial practices with state-of-the-art technologies to ensure product quality at a competitive cost, efficiently and responsibly produced. Our social responsibility programs are aligned with the definition of sustainable development of the UN. To accomplish sustainable development, three basic elements need to be in harmony: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.
Agrocaribe is the fourth palm oil company in the world to be awarded an Identity Preserved RSPO certification, which means, Agrocaribe guarantees full traceability from planting to shipment. It is also the fifth company to obtain the RSPO sustainable certification in Latin America and the first one in Central America.
Mission
Agrocaribe’s mission is to produce and sell high quality oil palm products, while committed to care for the environment and to improve the wellbeing of our workers and of our neighboring communities.
Vision
The vision of Agrocaribe is to be a leader in the production and sale of palm oil through standards that ensure top product quality, and to be a leader in the responsible care of the environment and of our workers.
Our values
Responsibility
Perseverance
Teamwork
Diligence
Generosity
Integrity
Our beginnings...
Our story
1997
The birth Agrocaribe with a 1,500 hectare project.1998
The oil palm nurseries were established in July 1998.1999
The first Agrocaribe oil palm estate with 150 workers was completed.2000
Palm projects continued to grow and reached 5,000 planted hectares.2001
Our plantations started to produce and the palm oil mill construction project began.2002
The palm oil processing and production mill construction began.2003
The palm oil mill opened its doors and we gained out first customer.2004
Power generation began with biogas capture, which includes the sale of carbon bonds or Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits. Agrocaribe began to sell carbon bonds in the international market. The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, which is based on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) permitted the signature of agreements to reduce pollution, and led to the creation of CER.2005
Agrocaribe positioned itself as one of the largest sustainable palm oil producers in the region.2010
Agrocaribe became the first sustainable palm oil producer in the world to obtain the Rainforest Alliance certification for its environmentally-friendly operations.2011
It became the first sustainable palm oil producer in the world to obtain the Business Alliance for Secure Commerce –BASC– Certification.2014
Agrocaribe was the fourth Company in the world to obtain the RSPO certification with the Identity Preserved (IP) model, the fifth RSPO certification holder in Latin America and the FIRST one in Central America.
Palm oil mills
Del Atlántico
Biogas
We have the technology to generate renewable energy for the operation of the mill, and to sell the surplus to the electricity grid.
Biomass boiler
It involves generating clean energy through the biomass produced by the mill, which is a renewable fuel to burn in the boiler, where steam will be produced to generate electricity. The steam will condensed so as not to be expelled into the environment.
La Francia
Its construction started in January 2011 and operations began in July 2012. It has installed capacity to process the fruit of oil palm and to extract crude palm oil, crude palm kernel oil, palm kernel cake and their by-products.
La Francia uses clean energy generation technologies that are environmentally friendly, including biodigesters.
Biodigesters
The anaerobic fermentation of the sludge obtained from the extraction process occurs in biodigesters. This produces biogas to generate clean energy, which reduces greenhouse effect gases.
Biodigesters reduce the risk of environmental pollution, reduce organic load in plant wastewater, after which that water is used to irrigate plantations. It is modern state-of- the-art technology.
Agrocaribe was the first palm oil company in Central America to obtain the RSPO IP certification...
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