
An uncensored and unscripted coffee talk about the global coffee supply chain, “sustainable” coffee, consumer empowerment, and actions that can help lower the coffee carbon footprint today …
Synonyms: Restorative Coffee, Sustainable Coffee, Climate Ready Coffee.
Simply transitioning a coffee brand/business to zero carbon footprint is not enough to qualify. A true “Climate Change Coffee” must prove its impact within its own supply chain by:
First, recognizing that coffee (as it is grown, processed, traded and consumed today) is not sustainable since all of it contributes (in some way) to our number one world issue: climate change.
Then, choosing to act by engaging in ALL of the following:
Note: This is a working definition established by Merchants of Green Coffee that will expand with more detail as it aims to accurately reflect the various and changing priorities of the current climate emergency, coffee growers and coffee-producing regions; while accounting for the latest science and innovations in sustainable development.
Source: Information collected and summarized by Merchants of Green Coffee Inc. from our own corporate documents, in addition to those of our Cafe Solar® partners at the Mesoamerican Development Institute (MDI). Together, we have been working in coffee sustainability for more than 25 years.