About us
Volta River Estates Ltd
VREL, VREL Europe & VREL France
VREL
Volta River Estates Ltd. (VREL) was set up in 1988 as a joint-venture between Ghanaian and Dutch nationals and was Ghana’s first commercial banana export operation. The Company was certified Fairtrade in 1996, the first FT hired labour banana producer in the world. VREL is located in Ghana’s Eastern region in the Akwamu area. The estate consists of five banana-growing Sites, covering 380 hectares and employing close to 800 people.
VREL Europe & France
At the end of 2019 VREL created Volta River Estates Europe B.V. (VREL Europe) in Barendrecht, Netherlands as their own (100% owned) import and trading company.
Followed in 2024 by Volta River Estates France SASU (VREL France) in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues for the French market. VREL Europe and VREL France market the fruit of VREL to clients in Europe
Mission statement
To employ socially and environmentally responsible practices in the production and export of bananas for the niche market. We subscribe to credible (ethical/environmental) certifications in order to assure best practice in production, employment and environmental sustainability.
Our existing certifications are Fairtrade, GlobalGAP (GGN: 4049929738829) and SMETA.
Fairtrade
GlobalGAP
SMETA
