TORONTO, June 7, 2023
/CNW/ - Global Food and Ingredients Ltd. (TSXV: PEAS) (OTCQX:
PEASF) ("GFI" or the "Company") is pleased to
announced that it has been named one of the Future 50 Fastest
Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada by Corporate Knights.
Selected from a pool of 8,676 Canadian public and private
companies, the Future 50 represent the 25 fastest-growing publicly
traded companies (as measured by year-over-year revenue growth
percentage) and the 25 fastest-growing privately owned companies
(as measured by percentage growth in capital raised from their two
most recent funding rounds) that earn more than 50% of their
revenue from sustainable sources.
GFI's selection for this prestigious list is a testament to its
commitment to supplying premium, sustainable plant-based protein
food and ingredients while fostering a direct connection between
North American farmers and consumers worldwide. The company's
mission centers around providing healthy and sustainably produced
plant-based food and ingredients, utilizing regenerative crops that
enrich the soil and employing local processing methods with minimal
emissions and water usage.
David Hanna, CEO of GFI,
expressed his enthusiasm for the recognition, stating, "At GFI, we
are dedicated to maintaining our focus and leadership in
sustainability. Being acknowledged as one of Canada's Future 50 Fastest Growing Sustainable
Companies underscores our ongoing commitment to delivering
high-quality, environmentally responsible products."
For more information about the Future 50 Fastest-Growing
Suitable Companies in Canada and
the full rankings, please click here.
Corporate Knights is a Canadian media and research B Corp
committed to advancing a sustainable economy that supports both
people and the planet. Corporate Knights has been producing global
corporate and fund rankings for over 20 years; its award-winning
quarterly magazine has been published since 2002 and is distributed
in The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street
Journal and The Washington Post. With a
circulation of more than 126,000, Corporate
Knights magazine is the most prominent publication dedicated
to advancing a sustainable economy.
About GFI
GFI is a fast-growing Canadian plant-based food and ingredients
company, connecting the local farm to the global supply chain for
peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas and other high protein specialty
crops. GFI's vision is to become a vertically integrated
farm-to-fork plant-based company providing traceable, locally
sourced, healthy and sustainable food and ingredients. GFI is
organized into four primary business lines: Core Ingredients,
Value-Added Ingredients, Plant-Based Pet Food Ingredients and
Downstream Products. Headquartered in Toronto, GFI buys directly from its extensive
network of farmers, processes its products locally at its four
wholly-owned processing facilities in Western Canada and ships to 37 countries
across the world.
W: www.gfiglobalfood.com
S: https://linktr.ee/gfi.globalfood
SOURCE Global Food and Ingredients
