The farmers we work with are fighting climate change every day. C-Fruit Ghana is our answer.

Over 1,400 small farmers produce the fruit that HPW processes, sells and delivers to the world. They know their land. They know the rhythm of the seasons. And they are increasingly realising that this rhythm is changing.

Unpredictable rainfall. Soils that yield less than before. Dry periods where there used to be none. These are not abstract climate statistics - this is the reality that our partners in Ghana's pineapple, mango and coconut regions are confronted with every season.

And if one harvest is unpredictable, everything after that is unpredictable too. This is an issue that HPW takes seriously - not just as a sourcing risk, but as a responsibility to the people who grow our fruit and the customers who rely on us.

Have you ever stopped for a moment and asked yourself how climate change could affect this? We have - and we are taking action so that you don't have to worry.

On 22 January 2026, representatives of HPW and Swisscontact met at our factory in Adeiso for their first joint working session. On the table: a shared vision, clear priorities and the first concrete measures.

The energy in the room was different to that of a normal project launch. It wasn't just two organisations committing to work together. It was a room full of people who understand what is at stake and who know the communities for whom this work is being done.

C-Fruit Ghana is not a research project. It is a market-orientated initiative: designed to introduce practical and scalable solutions along Ghana's pineapple, mango and coconut value chains. Six focus areas:

• Climate resilient plant materials for better yields and longer farm life
• Restoring soil health through regenerative practices and biochar
• Efficient water management with renewable energy-powered irrigation
• Access to carbon markets as an additional source of income for farmers
• Stronger, quality-orientated partnerships between farmers and processors
• Knowledge sharing to promote replication and scaling in the sector

Each of these areas is directly linked to what HPW customers experience at the end of the chain: consistent fruit quality, reliable volumes and a supplier that can plan ahead - rather than just react.

1,500 employees in HPW's operations in Ghana - many of them women. C-Fruit Ghana puts women and youth at the centre, not as a side note, but as a design principle.

Through targeted skills development, access to inputs and new ways of processing and service delivery, C-Fruit Ghana is building the next generation of agripreneurs: People who will not only survive climate change, but lead the response to it.

HPW's model has always been based on vertical integration: we control the chain from the field to the finished product. C-Fruit Ghana further strengthens this foundation. When farmers have better planting material, healthier soil and more reliable access to water, the harvest becomes more predictable. And when the harvest becomes more predictable, so does everything else.

For buyers, this means fewer surprises, more consistent quality and a partner who can make and keep promises. HPW has always planned long-term with its customers. C-Fruit Ghana ensures that planning is possible even in the reality of climate change. Season after season.

At HPW, sustainability is not just a chapter in the annual report. It is the reason why our supply chains work and why they must continue to do so in a rapidly changing world.

Processing at Source means that we are not observing these changes from Europe. We are on the ground in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya, with the farmers, facing the same reality as them. C-Fruit Ghana is what this commitment looks like as a programme.

Three years. Three value chains. Thousands of farmers and employees.

The farmers we work with are fighting climate change every day. We believe this deserves more than a sustainability pledge. It deserves a plan.