HPW FRESH DRY GHANA (FMO-60752)

Regions
  • World
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Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jul 6, 2022
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
HPW Fresh & Dry
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 4.07 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 4.00 MLN
Converted using 2022-07-06 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 4.07 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Oct 24, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Feb 23, 2022

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Project Description
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The following project information was published but at the time of writing, is no longer accessible on the FMO website.

HPW is a responsible producer of tropical dried fruits and fruit snacks headquartered in Switzerland. Founded in 1997, the Company expanded from a traditional fresh fruit supplier serving Switzerland to become one of the leading dried fruit producers in West Africa supplying high quality tropical snacks to the international market. The Company has 2 local subsidiaries, HPW Fresh & Dry in Ghana and Ivory Coast, together employing ~2,000 local employees and directly / indirectly impacting ~1,500 smallholder farmers.

Proposed is an EUR 7 mln investment loan to HPW Fresh & Dry Ltd to support its expansion of the factory in Ghana to meet the increasing demand from international markets for dried fruits.

HPW Fresh & Dry is the largest tropical dried fruits processor in West Africa. 

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RATIONALE:  B+, FMO's environmental and social due diligence indicates that the intended investment will have impact which must be managed in a manner consistent with the following Performance Standards:

  • PS 1 - Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts;
  • PS 2 - Labour and working conditions;
  • PS 3 - Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention; and
  • PS 4 - Community Health, Safety and Security.

Additionally, IFC Performance Standards 2 and 6 are indirectly triggered through the Company's supply chain. IFC PS 5, 7 and 8 are not considered to be applicable as HPW Ghana Facility is located on land acquired through a willing buyer willing seller transaction that did not involve involuntary resettlement, and no indigenous people nor cultural sites were identified in the area of influence of the project.

According to FMO's analysis, this project has been categorized as having an environmental and social risk assessment of B+.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - HPW Parent Company -

Contact Information
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Project contacts not provided at the time of disclosure.

 

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW). A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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