Our purpose is to contribute to building relationships between our clients and coffee communities based on trust, loyalty, and respect so that together we can work towards the well-being and happiness of all the people and a thriving and resilient environment that ensures a prosperous future in coffee
Our 2025 Sustainability Goals Dashboard
1- 100% coffee sourced with a demonstratable sustainability initiative – 74% reached
2- 40 000 people impacted by sustainability projects- 20 800 reached
3- The Coffee Source Net Zero – Starting carbon emission inventory 2023
Our Impact Areas
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Community - Well-being for all
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Description
Co-creating initiatives that focus on overcoming unsatisfied basic needs that are inclusive and available to most people in the community to achieve the overall well-being of people and their environment.
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Subtopics
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a. Childcare
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b. Health
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c. Women Empowerment
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d. Infrastructure
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SDG -Sustainable Development Goals
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Environment - A thriving and resilient environment
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Description
Working on the conservation, improvement, and resilience of the multiple environmental components that make coffee possible, understanding there is no future in coffee if a healthy and prosperous environment does not exist.
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Subtopics
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a. Climate change adaptation
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b. Biodiversity conservation
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c. Water resources and sanitation
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d. Waste treatment
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e. Carbon Footprint
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SDG -Sustainable Development Goals
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Education - Accelerating progress and opportunity
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Description
Investing in education as a way of ensuring sustainability in the long term and providing the necessary tools and information people need to build and improve their own futures as well as their communities. Not only is education a human right but is a key to progress and overcoming the challenges coffee is facing.
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Subtopics
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a. Access to education
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b. Next generation
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c. Coffee skills to increase quality
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d. Professionalizing farmers
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SDG -Sustainable Development Goals
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Improving coffee production - Better production, better future
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Description
Focusing on farm level -as the most vulnerable in the value chain- to improve coffee production through the empowerment and access to resources of coffee farmers that can increase productivity, profitability, and quality.
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Subtopics
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a. Good agronomical practices
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b. Productivity & profitability
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c. Technology and innovation
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d. Farm renovation
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e. Research and development
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SDG -Sustainable Development Goals
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Our Projects
Our Projects
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Colombia
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Scholarship program for youth in coffee communities of Risaralda
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Impact area:
Education: Accelerating progress and opportunity
Specific topic: Next generation & Professionalizing farmers
Region: Risaralda, Colombia
Communities impacted: 6
People impacted: 54 directly and more than 200 indirectly.
Project Description: 3-year scholarship program in Agroindustry and
Logistics at the University of Caldas, for 54 young adults of coffee
communities. Support also includes training in soft skills and leadership.
SDGs: Goal 1: No Poverty + Goal 4: Quality Education +
Goal 5: Gender Equality
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Wastewater improvement in coffee communities of Florencia and Manizales
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Impact area:
A thriving and prosperous environment
Specific topic: Water resources and sanitation
Region: Florencia and Manizales, Colombia
Communities impacted: 2 approx.
People impacted: 300 approx.
Project Description: Treating wastewater from homes and mills in
Florencia and Manizales, to decrease the environmental impact and improve the
health conditions of the communities and the quality of coffee.
SDGs: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Training Women in farming, milling, and gender equality and providing water filters in Tolima
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all +
Education: Accelerating progress and opportunity + A thriving and
prosperous environment
Specific topic: Women empowerment + Coffee skills to increase quality +
Water resources and sanitation
Region: Ortega and Chaparral, Tolima, Colombia
Communities impacted: 2 approx.
People impacted: 51 approx.
Project Description: Training 51 women of Asogratol and Amucaflome in
first aid practices, gender equality and empowerment, coffee quality, farm
administration, and good agronomical practices. In addition, providing 8
electricity generators in the community and water filters for each woman in the
project.
SDGs: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation + Goals 5: Gender
Equality + Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
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Coffee for Peace & Producers to Markets Alliance
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Impact area:
Improving Coffee Production: Better Future, Better Coffee
Specific topic: Good Agronomical practices, productivity, and
profitability
Region: Bolivar, Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, Huila, Caquetá and Meta,
Colombia
Communities impacted: 27 approx.
People impacted: 3325 approx.
Project Description: Improving the competitiveness of rural farmers in
response to new and growing market opportunities. Through a methodology called
“micro-processors”, farmers are trained in 17 good agronomical practices that
have a direct impact on the quality of the coffee and strengthen their
commercialization skills.
SDGs: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth + Goal 9:
Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Supporting coffee quality and access to electricity in Planadas and Río Blanco
- Impact area: Community: Well-being for all Specific topic: Infrastructure Region: Planadas and Río Blanco, Colombia Communities impacted: 2 approx. People impacted: 77 approx. Project Description: Supporting coffee quality at the mill level by providing electricity generators in Planadas and Río Blanco where electricity is scarce and constantly affects the process. The project also includes training in good milling practices and reforestation in the region. SDGs: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Farmer training in Colombia to increase economic and environmental sustainability
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Impact area: Better production, better future
Specific topic: Productivity & Profitability, Good Agronomical Practices
Region: Risaralda, Colombia
Communities impacted: 31
People impacted: 225 approx.
Project Description: Provide good agronomical practices training to
smallholder farmers focused on increasing economic sustainability and actions
supporting the environment.
SDGs:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth + Goal 15: Life on Land
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Costa Rica
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Doka and La Hilda Daycare for children of coffee pickers during harvest
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all
Specific topic: Childcare
Region: Poas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Communities impacted: 2
People impacted: 100 approx.
Project Description: Provide childcare for children of coffee pickers
with meals, medical and dental assistance, and activities while parents are on
the farm working, avoiding child labor.
SDGs:
Goal 2: Zero Hunger + Goal 3: Good health and well-being + Goal
5: Gender equality
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Casas de la Alegría – Childcare for children of coffee pickers
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all
Specific topic: Childcare
Region: Tarrazu, Costa Rica
Communities impacted: 9
People impacted: 400 approx.
Project Description: Provide childcare for children of coffee pickers
with meals, medical and dental assistance, and activities while parents are on
the farm working, avoiding child labor.
SDGs:
Goal 2: Zero Hunger + Goal 3: Good health and well-being + Goal
5: Gender equality
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Mobile Medical Clinic
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all
Specific topic: Health
Region: Poas, Costa Rica
Communities impacted: 1
People impacted: 100 approx.
Project Description: Temporary Health Clinic in La Hilda Estate to
provide permanent and temporary workers with healthcare, considering the large
percentage of the migrant population and focusing on both preventive and
curative health measures. In 2021, a component of women’s health was included as
well.
SDGs:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being + Goal 5: Gender equality
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Research and training for farmers in integrated weed management
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Impact area:
Better production, better future
Specific topic: Research and development + Good agronomical practices
Region: Costa Rica
Communities impacted: + 50 approx.
People impacted: 2500 approx.
Project Description: Research and trial plots for alternatives of
agrochemicals for weed management treatment in coffee farms, and training in
integrated weed management to decrease negative environmental impact and improve
quality of life.
SDGs:
Goal 15: Life on land + Goal 9: Industry, innovation, and
infrastructure
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Guatemala
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Coffee Camp and Kindergarten
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all
Specific topic: Childcare
Region: Acatenango, Guatemala
Communities impacted: 1
People impacted: 100 approx.
Project Description: Provide childcare for children of coffee pickers
with meals and activities while parents are on the farm working, avoiding child
labor.
SDGs:
Goal 2: Zero Hunger + Goal 3: Good health and well-being + Goal
5: Gender equality
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Mobile Medical and dental clinic in Acatenango
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all
Specific topic: Health
Region: Acatenango, Guatemala
Communities impacted: 1
People impacted: 450 approx.
Project Description: Provide medical and dental attention to children and
adults in the community of Acatenango, which has little access to quality health
services.
SDGs:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being + Goal 5: Gender equality
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Nicaragua
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School construction and improvement in Nicaragua
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all +
Education: Accelerating progress and opportunity
Specific topic: Infrastructure + access to education
Region: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Communities impacted: 6
People impacted: 3000 approx.
Project Description: Construction and improvement of school
infrastructure in different communities in Matagalpa, Nicaragua to improve
livelihood, safety, and health of students and increase attendance.
SDGs:
Goal 1: No Poverty + Goal 4: Quality Education + Goal 5:
Gender Equality
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Honduras
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Improving infrastructure in schools of Honduras
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Impact area:
Community: Well-being for all +
Education: Accelerating progress and opportunity
Specific topic: Infrastructure + access to education
Region: Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Communities impacted: 2
People impacted: 200 approx.
Project Description: Construction and improvement of school
infrastructure in different communities in La Paz, Honduras, to improve
livelihood, safety, and health of students and increase attendance.
SDGs:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being + Goal 1: No Poverty + Goal
4: Quality Education
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