Sustainable coffee is the coffee that is being produced and sold with the importance to protect the environment and the people involved in producing the coffee. It’s coffee that is grown in a way to conserve nature and provide better livelihoods for the people who grow and process it.
How do you know if coffee is sustainable?
- Suspiciously low prices
- Straight to source
- Traceability and transparency
- Recyclable packaging
- Go beyond the label
- Look for brands that shout about their ethical mission
Most sustainable coffees
- Larry’s Coffee
- Ethical Bean
- Café Mam
- Higher Ground Roasters
- Conscious Coffees
- Salt Spring Coffee
- Cafédirect
- Grumpy Mule
There are a few ways that coffee production can be made more sustainable. This includes better crop-management and water use practices, using pheromone boxes to ward away insects, composting coffee bean waste to use as fertilizer, and using coffee hulls as fuel instead of cutting down eucalyptus trees.
Because coffee is so valuable, the people whose land produces the coffee crop do not have access to it. It is important to have sustainable practices to ensure that the workers are compensated fairly. Coffee is a commodity crop and is traded by people with power.
Question: What does it mean when coffee is sustainably sourced?
In general, sustainable coffee is coffee that is grown in a way that is environmentally friendly and provides a good standard of living for the farmers and workers who produce it.
The report stated that Dunkin’ Brands is making progress toward its goals of cage-free eggs by 2025, gestation crate-free pork by 2022, and the reduction of energy consumption in US locations by 20%.
In 2020, according to Mintel Global New Products Database, 48% of coffee launches made at least one sustainable claim.
Nestlé has committed to sourcing 100% of its coffee from responsible sources by 2025. This means that the coffee can be traced back to an identified farmer group and verified or certified by independent organizations.
How do production be sustainable
- Avoidance of harmful emissions into the environment
- efficient use of energy and resources
- Switching to renewable energies.
- Use of sustainably produced resources
- Waste avoidance and creation of material cycles & recycling
Nespresso machines use the precise amount of coffee, water, and energy needed to brew each and every cup of coffee, which can reduce waste and minimize our carbon footprint. Since 2009, our machines turn off within 9 minutes to avoid wasting electricity.
Citations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_coffee
https://www.livekindly.co/everything-about-sustainable-coffee/