The results below only show the green and blue water footprints. At the moment, Dole’s banana and pineapple grey water footprint assessment is undergoing final analyses and approval. Furthermore, unlike the blue and green water footprints, the grey water footprint does not focus on the quantity of water used during the growing and handling processes. More information regarding the grey water footprint can be found on the Water Footprint Network’s website.

• The water footprint of handling bananas and pineapples (packing facility phase) is much smaller than the water footprint of growing them (farm phase).
• In Costa Rica, the blue water footprint of both pineapples and bananas is zero due to the fact that farmers feed their crops via rain rather than irrigation systems.
• The water footprint of growing pineapples is lower than that of bananas.
• Growing bananas (blue and green water footprint) on Dole’s banana farm (Guanacaste) versus growing them on the individual grower’s farm (Casmul) – both in Honduras – yield similar water footprints.