Talk:Dole plc

message: Apparently Dole headquarters moved from Westlake Village to Charlotte, North Carolina a couple years ago. And plans a merger with Irish Total Produce, another Wikipedia page needing an update. Reuters is reporting that paperwork for a US IPO has been filed. Rairden (talk) 12:25, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corporate updates? 

message: Hello editors. I'm William and I work for Dole. I was hoping to update the logo in the infobox to the most recent one. I believe I have uploaded everything correctly. The file name is :File:Dole Foods Logo Green Leaf with Shadow 2018.png. Please let me know if you have any questions. I won't make this change myself due to my conflict of interest. , you've been so helpful in reviewing my requests, would you consider taking a look at this as well? I'd really appreciate it. WG at Dole (talk) 17:40, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: - the file is not present in Wikimedia Commons where licensed images have to be cleared. When I reviewed the file and clicked on "Export to Wikimedia Commons", the following error message appeared: This file cannot be transferred to Wikimedia Commons, because it is not marked with a compatible licence. Wikimedia Commons does not allow such files. This might be resolvable, but most probably means the file is not compatible. Please consult the Wikimedia Commons community policy and talk pages about licensing. You can use your Wikipedia username to enter Commons, and follow the upload wizard and "release rights" procedure, here. Zefr (talk) 18:11, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for replying. I was under the impression that logos should be uploaded directly to Wikipedia for fair use since they are non-free content. Additionally, there is this licensiging tutorial that says Wikimedia Commons cannot accept logos. WG at Dole (talk) 20:31, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  - perhaps you could review WP:LOGO for any issues, and - if all is clear - you could upload it yourself, recognizing that "if challenged, it is the responsibility of those who wish to include the logo to prove that its use meets Wikipedia non-free content criteria." Zefr (talk) 03:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I certainly appreciate your caution with this, it's something I was concerned about too. That said, I am confident that uploading the logo directly to Wikipedia is the appropriate way to do things and that its usage meets the standards of Fair Use and other requirements of WP:LOGO. However, because of my conflict of interest, I do not want to make the change myself, as I understand that even simple changes like that can cause problems for conflict of interest editors. So to that end, I have reuploaded the logo as it was deleted and pinged  as they uploaded the last logo to get their thoughts. Thanks for your thoughts here Zefr and adherence to making sure it is done the right way! I definitely want to make sure I'm following the rules and I really appreciate the way you've talked through this and provided these policy pages. I hope we can continue working together on improvements to the page! WG at Dole (talk) 21:06, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  - The appropriate place to upload the logo would indeed be here on Wikipedia. If you have a vector version that can be uploaded over the existing logo, I'd be certainly happy to do that and the housekeeping work associated with it. Connormah (talk) 05:02, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  thanks for being willing to help with it! I'm not an expert so I appreciate the time. I was able to track down a new logo in the SVG format and created a new file as I could not upload it over the old one. That new file can be located here here. Please let me know if there's anything else you need from me to make the update and thank you again for your help! WG at Dole (talk) 21:37, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: , thanks, that is great! I have replaced the logo in the article and will go about deleting the old version per the WP:NFCC. Connormah (talk) 14:25, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks so much for your help! WG at Dole (talk) 20:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo update 

message: Dole plc is the largest producer of fresh fruits and vegetables in the world. As of 2021, the company had approximately 250 processing plants and distribution centres worldwide in addition to  of farmland and real estate. That year, Dole employed approximately 38,500 people globally and reported revenues of $6.454 billion.  After the merger of Total Produce and the Dole Food Company in 2021, Rory Byrne serves as chief executive officer, Carl McCann serves as executive chairman, and Johan Lindén serves as chief operating officer. The company's global headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, and it maintains a headquarters for the Americas in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to its fruit and vegetable divisions, Dole owns a fleet of 13 cargo ships through its logistics division, Dole Ocean Cargo Express.
I think that this proposed paragraph improves the sourcing for that section and helps make the article more accurate by using the most up to date information I could find. I've also got some updates I'd like to propose to the infobox, and the changes here will support making those changes later. Please let me know what you think about adding something like what I've proposed to the article. If any editors are interested in what I hope to achieve with the article, I made a draft, which can be found here. 
I want to make sure that I follow all the rules so I won't make any changes myself due to my conflict of interest. Thanks in advance for your consideration! WG at Dole (talk) 20:31, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Company overview

message: Hi editors, as Zefr noted, the Food safety section is a bit dated and imbalanced. I drafted a new version of the section that condenses the content, removes some things that use low-quality sourcing (I believe the general rule of thumb is to use the green sources on the reliable sources list for potentially controversial content, right?), and mentions some of the proactive steps Dole took in response to potential outbreaks. I'll post that below. 
I spent a significant amount of time searching for content about the food safety steps taken in those green sources, but unfortunately came up with very little. The best thing I have other than some passing mentions of voluntary recalls, which I included in the draft section below, about Dole's efforts to improve food safety internally come from the company's Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability report. The planned efforts are on page 35 and include a strengthening of hygiene standards and use of blockchain product tagging to track potentially problematic produce. Sorry I don't have much that is better than that! I am trying to be extra mindful of my COI, so I am really focusing on those green sources in the reliable sources listand have not included that content. I'll defer to other editors on it. 
Products
Dole plc makes or grows more than 300 products, including pineapple, bananas, berries, citrus fruits, fresh vegetables, lettuce, and packaged salads. 
Food safety
Dole has initiated several recalls of its products and shut down manufacturing facilities for cleaning in response to outbreaks of foodborne illness, primarily related to bagged salads and leafy greens. 
2000s
Officials with the Minnesota Department of Health found Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Dole bagged lettuce in 2005. The outbreak infected 25 people in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Oregon. The following year, an E. coli outbreak that infected more than 200 people and killed three was traced back to a spinach processor in California which packaged spinach under the Dole brand. Dole initiated a recall of the tainted spinach. In 2007, Dole voluntarily recalled more than 5,000 bags of its "Hearts Delight" salad mix after an inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency found it had been contaminated with E. coli. No illnesses were reported from the contamination.
2010s
Dole recalled its "Seven Lettuces" salads in 2012 after random testing by New York health officials found salmonella in the salads. The same year, the company issued two recalls of its bagged salads due to contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. The company initiated another recall due to contamination by L. monocytogenes in 2014. The following year, Dole recalled bagged spinach due to contamination with salmonella following safety testing conducted by the United States Food and Drug Administration at a plant in Springfield, Ohio.
In 2016, an outbreak of listeriosis tied to the Springfield plant led to the hospitalization of 33 people and four deaths. The plant closed for four months that year, and later reporting revealed Dole knew about the listeria contamination in July 2014, more than a year before the plant's closure. The United States Department of Justice initiated a criminal probe into the issue. Dole settled two civil lawsuits related to the outbreak in 2017.
2020s
In December 2021, Dole recalled 180 varieties of packaged salad due to possible listeria contamination and closed packaging facilities in Yuma, Arizona, and Bessemer City, North Carolina, to sanitize them. The outbreak led to an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after two people died and 17 became ill. 
Zefr, please let me know what you think of this new section. It brings the Products subsection down from Operations, which I think helps with balancing the headings of the sections a bit more, and adds a little content from the lead, but I'm certainly open to other ideas! It also adds a photo of some fresh-cut pineapple that I found on the Commons that is just a good photo.  WG at Dole (talk) 22:49, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: In this edit, I used most of WG's text and sources to revamp the Products and Food safety sections. Additional independent sources for Dole's safety practices would be useful. Zefr (talk) 19:51, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you for your attention there. I appreciate the way you added balance to the section with the additional mentions of some of Dole' safety programs. If I come across any other independent sources about Dole's food safety work, I'll be sure to let you know. WG at Dole (talk) 20:43, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Food safety

message: Hello editors, I've got a bit of a tricky request here but I think it makes sense based on Wikipedia policy and general redundancy. I'd like to request the removal of the Criticism and controversies section. The essence of that section has been redistributed in the History section with Zefr's updates, and done so in a way that is more complete and uses better quality sourcing. 
 
I believe that Wikipedia policy also supports this position. The NPOV guidelines note that "Segregation of text or other content into different regions or subsections, based solely on the apparent POV of the content itself, may result in an unencyclopedic structure," which I think has happened here. The essay on criticism in articles also notes that, "Often the best approach to incorporating negative criticism into the encyclopedia is to integrate it into the article, in a way that does not disrupt the article's flow". I believe that has been accomplished with the reworked History section. 
 
Specific items now covered by the History section include:
*DBCP lawsuits
*Wrongful death suit (with the update that the suit was dismissed with prejudice)
*Frederik Gertten documentaries
 
That does leave a fair bit of content to cut: 
 
*The content under the Legal cases subheading isn't sourced, and the article linked only links back to the legal case and the case in a book of other legal cases about trade law, so I'm not sure that really qualifies as significant enough to warrant inclusion. However, I am more than happy to defer to other editors and ask that it simply be moved to the appropriate part of the History section if editors feel that is more appropriate. 
*By the time Oxfam made its demands, Dole's Asian fresh produce operations had transferred to Itochu, so that sentence is not relevant to this article. 
*The government of Myanmar's blacklisting was of an Itochu subsidiary, not Dole Food Company or Dole plc, as by that time Dole's Asian operations had been sold to Itochu, so that paragraph is not relevant to this article. 
*I searched for the source of the sentence in the Labeling of genetically engineered foods in California subsection and could not find a version that named Dole as a donor to the political campaign. Perhaps that used to exist, but I even went on archive.org and the oldest snapshot of that article does not mention Dole anywhere. I could not find any other reliable sources that made mention of that donation, so I'd argue that content should be removed for being unsourced. 
 
I thought I'd make all the arguments at once so they can be judged together, but I'm happy to discuss each item individually if editors prefer. Please let me know what you think and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. As always, I won't make any edits myself because of my conflict of interest. WG at Dole (talk) 20:46, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: No topic in this section pertains to Dole plc operations. I agree the entire section should be removed. Zefr (talk) 04:34, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

text: Thank you for your help with this! WG at Dole (talk) 21:13, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism and controversies section 

message: Hello editors, I've got another request to add content to the article. I suggest adding small sections on Dole's sustainability and philanthropy efforts. I've done my best to stick to reliable sources, and included one primary source for a basic statement of fact. I suggest something a bit like the following:
 
Philanthropy
 
Dole partnered with First Lady Michelle Obama's 2010 Let's Move! campaign to install salad bars in school cafeterias in the United States. By 2013, the partnership had created nearly 2,500 salad bars in schools around the country.
 
In 2020, Dole donated more than 2 million pounds of produce to food banks in the United States and Latin America, as well personal protective equipment to Latin American communities, during shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 
 
Sustainability
 
In 2014, Dole made investments in the Port of San Diego's shore power infrastructure to reduce exhaust emissions from docked ships. 
Dole added five electric freight trucks to its fleet at the port in 2022, making 35% of Dole trucks electric.
 
In 2020, Dole launched "The Dole Way" initiative, which laid out food safety, philanthropic, and environmental goals for the company to achieve by 2030.
 
 
Please let me know what you think! I will not make this edit myself due to my COI.  I really appreciate all the work you've done on this article and responding to my requests. Would you consider reviewing this one as well? I'd appreciate it! WG at Dole (talk) 19:20, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: With respect, WG, the 2013-14 efforts do not apply to the new plc company, and the food donations and sustainability commitment seem nominal in the industry (Del Monte, Chiquita), and would have an air of promotion if used. I'll watch to see how other editors respond. Zefr (talk) 22:11, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with @Zefr, the 2013-14 efforts were credited to the Dole Food Company (the old US corporation) and not the plc (fka Total Produce) so i think that they should not be added. The general tone of this request is also too promotional to me. Quetstar (talk) 22:54, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  thanks for your responses. Just to be clear, Dole Food Company is what became Dole plc, and so the Port of San Diego and salad bar initiatives very much apply to the plc company. However, I hear what you are saying about the potential to sound promotional and so I will leave it there. Thanks again to you both for the time you spent to review these requests, and Zefr, thanks for all your help here and willingness to review long chunks of text! It was a pleasure. WG at Dole (talk) 23:29, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sustainability and philanthropy