9 DCOOP Cooperatives Achieve Sustainably Grown Standard

The DCOOP group achieves Sustainably Grown certification with its associated brand Pompeian, present in the USA. To do this, it passed an audit process carried out by SCS Global Services, an independent entity that guarantees reliability and transparency to certified activities.

To achieve the certification, the group validated employees from various departments such as agricultural, quality and environmental technician, sustainability, communication, legal and human resources; both from the 9 cooperatives and from the associated farmers. This team has coordinated, supported and internally verified the implementation of this demanding sustainability standard on the farms of 9 cooperatives until it has finally obtained a sustainable cultivation certification for its oils.

At this time, they are the first producers of certified sustainably grown olive oil in Europe. More specifically, these are SCA Los Tajos de Alhama de Granada, SCA Olivarera La Purísima de Archidona, De Prado, SCA Agrícola Madre del Sol de Adamuz, SCA El Rocío de Dos Hermanas, SCA Olivarera Nª Sª Del Valle de Santaella, Olivarera Ntra. Sra. de Araceli de Lucena, Oleoalgaidas Villanueva de Algaidas, and SCA Agrícola Purísima Concepción de Alameda.

DCOOP's goal is to implement the standard in the rest of the Group's cooperatives, at an approximate rate of 15 or 20 cooperatives per year, until reaching one hundred by 2029.