Sustainability
In the Eye of the Storm
As biological and environmental challenges continue to intensify, coffee and tea researchers are integrating science and technology to help combat the problems and adapt.
Special Supplier Sustainability Section
Sustainability in all it pillars – environmental, social and economic – is at the core of both the coffee and tea industries. In T&CTJ, over the years, we have covered the sustainable initiatives of many coffee and tea brands, and now it is the suppliers’ turn to have their say. Below, companies ranging from tea suppliers to roasting machine manufacturers share some of their current sustainability efforts.
Tea Sustainability Perspectives and the Environment
In December, T&CTJ announced a collaboration with Firsd Tea to create what we believe is the ‘first of its kind’ tea survey to gauge sustainability perceptions of the tea industry among business leaders in tea, coffee and related industries. The survey ran through February 2022 and the report is now available on T&CTJ’s and Firsd Tea’s websites. This article outlines initial findings from the survey.
Ethical Bean invites coffee lovers to roast and recycle with TerraCycle
Ethical Bean is scaling up their sustainability initiatives to help consumers show their love for coffee and the environment.
Yemen launches historic Inaugural ‘National Yemen Coffee Auction’
The Mokha Institute, with unanimous support from Yemen’s coffee community, launches a new open auction platform for Yemeni farmers and exporters to access the global marketplace for the first time.
Pukka Herbs tackles pharmaceutical health culture with multiple research projects to unlock power of plants
Herbal wellbeing company, Pukka Herbs is undertaking 25 research projects to tackle a health culture
“overwhelming dominated” by pharmaceuticals, according to the latest Pukka’s Impact Report.
I-CIP rebounds to over 200 US cents/lb for the first time since February
The ICO Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) gained 4.5% from May to June 2022, averaging 202.46 US cents/lb for the latter. Estimated total production in coffee year 2021-22 remains unchanged at 167.2 million bags, while world coffee consumption is still projected to grow by 3.3% to 170.3 million 60-kg bags in 2021-22.
Firsd Tea 2022 Sustainability Perspectives
T&CTJ collaborated with Firsd Tea to create what we believe was the ‘first of its kind’ tea survey to gauge sustainability perceptions of the tea industry.
T&CTJ and Firsd Tea tea sustainability report is now available
The survey launched in December 2021 ran through February 2022. For every completed response, a contribution was donated to 1% for the Planet, an international organisation whose members contribute at least one percent of their annual sales to environmental causes.
‘First of its kind’ tea sustainability survey results are in!
T&CTJ collaborated with Firsd Tea to create what we believe was the ‘first of its kind’ tea survey to gauge sustainability perceptions of the tea industry.
CSR – consumers demand action, not aspiration
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been something brands/companies aspired to, but it was rarely inherent in their mission statements or business practices. Those days are gone as today’s consumers are demanding that companies ‘walk the walk’ and no longer ‘talk the talk’ when it comes to CRS.
Peet’s Coffee achieves 100% responsibly sourced coffee across 24 regions
Peet’s Coffee announced that it has achieved 100% responsibly sourced coffee across 24 regions, per Enveritas standards.
New International Tea Academy Awards honour the world’s finest teas
The UKTA and Fortnum & Mason launch The Leafies, International Tea Academy Awards that celebrate the world’s finest loose-leaf teas.
ESTA launches a new scoring system for East African specialty teas
ESTA announces a new scoring system to help bring East African specialty teas to market.