Ethical Coffee Sourcing

Making coffee the world s first sustainable product to improve the lives of at least 1 million people in coffee communities around the world.

Ethical coffee sourcing. We take a comprehensive approach to ethical sourcing including economic social and environmental standards. Needmore coffee has four fair trade coffees cowles bog nicaragua jinotega peru and sycamore land trust and two direct trade varieties honduras 18 rabbit and el salvador santa elena. The cornerstone of our ethical sourcing approach to buying coffee is coffee and farmer equity c a f e practices which was one of the coffee industry s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004. Ethical sourcing we ve always believed in buying and serving the best coffee possible.

Best buys are the double certified brands. Our customers value this approach and are like minded in the way that things should be done but for our working relationships to be effective it is essential that our customers understand exactly what we mean by ethical coffee. Cafédirect instant ground beans equal exchange ground beans café rebelde zapatista ground beans suma ground beans bird wild ground beans revolver ground beans source climate change ground beans. This is an investment in our supply chain and in the livelihoods of the farmers and suppliers with whom we work as well as in their communities.

100 ethically sourced tea by 2020. 100 ethically sourced cocoa by 2020 for all starbucks cocoa based beverages. Coffee is grown in some of the most delicate and diverse places on the planet. Whether it s coffee tea cocoa or manufactured goods we re committed to offering ethically sourced high quality products.

Starbucks is dedicated to helping farmers overcome the challenges facing coffee communities. Ethical sourcing our success as a company has always been linked to the success of the thousands of farmers and suppliers who grow and produce our products. And it s our goal for all of our coffee to be grown under the highest standards of quality using ethical trading and responsible growing practices. And it s our goal for all of our coffee to be grown under the highest standards of quality using ethical trading and responsible growing practices.

And community development programs. Coffee making coffee the world s first sustainable product to improve the lives of at least 1 million people in coffee communities around the world. The 4 biggest problems of conventional coffee and how ethical bean solves them.