World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, D.C.; United Nations Environment Program, Kenya; Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA), Boston, Mass.; Health Care Without Harm US, Reston, Va.; Practice Greenhealth, Reston, Va.; and Climate Focus, Washington, D.C., joined forces to develop The Cool Food Pledge initiative.

Organic fruit specialist Eosta, The Netherlands, accounting firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), New York, and other partners revealed the first results of a groundbreaking pilot program that demonstrates how organic fruit production has a positive economic impact on agriculture, the environment and consumer health.