Rainforest Alliance certified banana

The image shows a banana featuring the Rainforest Alliance 'green frog' certification seal. This seal is not a brand of fruit itself, but a certification indicating that the product was grown using methods that support social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The Rainforest Alliance was founded in 1987 in the United States by Daniel Katz.

Bananas bearing this seal are typically grown in tropical regions such as Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, or Colombia. Because this is a certification mark, it is used by many different global fruit producers and supermarket private labels. The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization, not a commercial company, and it does not 'own' the bananas, but rather licenses the use of its logo to farms and companies that meet its rigorous standards.