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Stepping Up Carbon Reduction Strategies

Both the coffee and the tea industry have been implementing initiatives to reduce carbon emissions for many years. But now, companies are expanding their efforts, shifting from carbon offsets to insetting, investing directly in farmers and supply chains to lower their footprint. By Anne-Marie Hardie

Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Origins, Regulatory, Sustainability

The coffee market remains fickle

In an exclusive article to T&CTJ, Carlos Mera, head of the agri-commodities markets at Rabobank’s RaboResearch Global Economics & Markets division, reviews the recently closed CY 22/23 and assesses CY 23/24, which begins 1 October. By Carlos Mera

Business, Financial Results, Origins

Eight GCP members raise $1.5 million in first funding round

The Global Coffee Platform (GCP) has announced that eight of its leading members have championed the launch of a new era of collective action in coffee sustainability.

Business, Origins, Regulatory, Sustainability

Do consumers have a price threshold for coffee?

Shopping for groceries these days is like playing an unenjoyable and often shocking ‘food and beverage quiz game’ — one in which consumers are guessing just how much prices have increased since their last shopping trip. Coffee is no exception.

Rabobank leads innovative credit facility for Mercon

The transaction refinances an existing facility with pricing linked to key sustainability initiatives that are aligned with Mercon’s long-term strategy and purpose of building a better coffee world.

Business, Sustainability

China, Covid-19 and coffee

The impact of Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), which originated in Wuhan, China in December, continues to be felt around the world.

Blending, roasting & processing, Business

Perspectives on price risk management & evolving strategies

As coffee prices have remained at levels below the cost of production for many producers and risk became a very real crisis, industry organisations are taking step to broaden the tools available to mitigate risk along the supply chain.

Brazilian coffee market is an attractive environment for new investments

Coffee consumption in Brazil has continued to rise in recent years, despite the slow economy, according to a report by Rabobank.

Business, Origins

Sustainable quality at scale in Brazil and Colombia

Coffee quality and sustainability are sometimes seen as opposing goals, that to achieve high quality means eschewing ecological awareness and that an environmental approach to coffee production does not leave room for additional quality standards. But, as farms in Brazil and Colombia prove, large scale coffee production can leverage its size to achieve both cup quality and overall sustainability in tandem. By Rachel Northrop

Key drivers of OOH coffee identified

Research from Rabobank has identified three key drivers of change for the out of home (OOH) coffee market.

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