Sustainability
PGE Launches its Project Methodology to Accelerate Gender Equity
The Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) recently launched its third tool designed to enable industry allies to more effectively engage in gender equity.
Soma Launches On-the-Go “Brew Bottle”
Soma, a company known for sustainable water filtration, has launched its first coffee and tea product, the Brew Bottle.
Demand for Plastic Free Tea Bags Affects Packaging Changes
Tea is the leading beverage consumed worldwide – after water – but the tea bag format has historically not been environmentally friendly.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö Invests €28m in its Beverage & Casing Business
Ahlstrom-Munksjö reinforces its market position in the tea and coffee industry and modernizes its production platform in its Beverage & Casing business by purchasing a second-hand Voith paper-making line.
RTD Coffee’s Global Appeal Continues, But Some Markets Resist
In many parts of the world, it’s summer, and for a lot of us, it’s been a particularly hot and humid one, which has been quite beneficial for ready-to-drink coffee (RTD) — be it cold brew or iced coffee (including iced cappuccinos and espressos).
Louis Dreyfus & Jacobs Douwe Egberts Launch Sustainability Project in Vietnam
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is launching a new coffee sustainability project to benefit 3,000 farmers in Vietnam’s Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Gia Lai provinces, in the country’s coffee-producing Central Highlands region.
Teapigs Is One Steep Ahead of the Crowd
While aiming to become the world’s greenest tea company, Teapigs is also on a mission to improve the tea experience for consumers around the world by focusing on simplicity, sustainability and ethical sourcing.
Starbucks to Eliminate Plastic Straws Globally by 2020
Today, Starbucks Coffee Company announced it will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its more than 28,000 company-operated and licensed stores by making a straw-less lid or alternative-material straw options available, around the world by 2020.
Canton Tea Partners with The Wolseley
Canton Tea, a wholesale supplier to the premium hospitality sector, announced it has partnered with The Wolseley, one of London’s best loved restaurants from Corbin & King, to offer an exclusive range of teas.
Extract Coffee Roasters Opens Training Facility Made from Landfill
Bristol, England-based Extract Coffee Roasters has opened a new barista training facility in London made from recycled materials destined for landfill.
Flo Collaborates with NatureWorks for New Coffee Capsules
European food packaging producer Flo has announced the launch of an industrially compostable coffee capsule created in partnership with NatureWorks.
Panama Canal Authority Opens Coffee Processing Plant
The Panama Canal Authority helped open the first coffee processing plant in Las Gaitas, Capira, Panama as part of its Environmental Economic Incentives Program (PIEA), a land-titling programme supporting communities in the Canal watershed.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging
Mother Parkers Embarks on the Adventure of Single Serve
Mother Parkers’ desire to enter the single serve market with a sustainable, cost effective capsule, led to the development of the EcoCup.
Colombia Named Official Portrait Country at World of Coffee 2018
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced Colombia as this year’s official Portrait Country at World of Coffee Amsterdam (WOC).