carbon emissions

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

Expocacer releases sustainability impact report

With a focus on socio-environmental initiatives and goals for the future, the Cerrado Coffee Growers’ Cooperative (Expocacer) is launching the “Impact Initiatives 2023” report.

Business, Sustainability

Nescafé Plan 2030 Progress Report published

Nescafé has published its first Nescafé Plan 2030 Progress Report (pdf, 12Mb), conducted in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance, from 2018 to 2022.

Business, Sustainability

Net zero is no longer enough

Although slow-moving and difficult, the path towards regenerative agriculture is paving the way towards net positive. By Anne-Marie Hardie.

Nescafé to improve more lives through the power of coffee

Nestlé has pledged to increase its sustainability efforts in relation to the Nescafé brand, with just one of the goals being to make Nescafé coffee 100% responsibly sourced by 2025.

Sustainable Coffee Challenge commits to ambitious climate goals

Sustainable Coffee Challenge members have announced a commitment to avoid at least 1.5 gigatons (GT) of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 by increasing production on existing coffee lands.

Starbucks joins industry leaders to accelerate progress towards a net zero future

Starbucks is collaborating with eight other global companies to launch Microsoft’s Transform to Net Zero initiative.

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