ESG/CSR
Contributing to the local community
“Recycling Pallets into Chairs”

Tarami supports
the “Recycling Pallets into Chairs” initiative

Dole Philippines, Inc. is engaged in activities to contribute to the community (by improving conditions at pineapple farms and contributing to local residents) as a part of a ESG/CSR initiative implemented jointly with an affiliated organization.

Tarami agrees and is planning to donate 100,000 yen every year, equivalent to 100 chairs. This is for the “Recycling Pallets into Chairs” initiative, which the Mahintana Foundation, Inc. (MFI) is.

Our activities

Partnership Farm

“Recycling Pallets into Chairs” initiative Pallets Dole Philippines, Inc used to make chairs for elementary schools.
We’ve donated a total of 7 million chairs to 223 schools.

  1. We subcontract local workshops to manufacture the chairs from pallets to create employment opportunities.

    • Disassembling waste pallets Breaking down waste pallets
    • Creating employment opportunities for local workshops Creating employment opportunities for local workshops
    • Patronage signatures Inscribing of donors names

  2. Presentation ceremony

    • Both representatives presenting a chair Two representatives presenting a chair
    • Speech to children Speech to children
    • Children’s welcoming dance A welcome dance by children
    • Handing out Tarami jellies Handing out Tarami jellies
    • First fruits jelly Enjoying fruit jelly for the first time
    • Group picture Group picture

  3. Each child was also given 10 saplings to plant to improve the environment for pineapple farms and to protect neighboring houses from flooding.

    • Improving the environment through flood protection Improving the environment through flood protection
    • Preparation for saplings Preparation of saplings

*Mahintana Foundation, Inc. (MFI) is a non-governmental organization established in 1977, independent from the Dole Philippine CSR department. It mainly engages in environmental protection activities such as planting mangroves along rivers and valleys, forest, fruit trees, and bamboo.