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Lavazza and Paris Baguette partner on new blend
This collaboration will introduce Paris Baguette’s first-ever packaged coffee available for in-café purchase and builds upon the existing alliance between the two brands.
The quest to certify sustainability
Certifications are an important part of consumers’ purchasing decisions and how organisations’ convey the initiatives they are undertaking. But as the demand grows, so does the competition. By Kathryn Brand
Nescafé Plan 2030 Progress Report published
Nescafé has published its first Nescafé Plan 2030 Progress Report (pdf, 12Mb), conducted in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance, from 2018 to 2022.
Paris Baguette forms partnership with Lavazza
Paris Baguette has announced a partnership with coffee company, Lavazza, to serve a variety of high-quality coffee blends at its 100-plus locations nationwide.
Tea sustainability perspectives and certifications
The final installment in a three-part series that has highlighted key findings from T&CTJ and Firsd Tea’s ‘first of its kind’ tea survey.
Market Report: Italy – Traditions blend with innovations in the Italian coffee market
Preserving hundred-year-old traditions of coffee consumption, Italy is also actively embracing new market trends swinging towards specialty coffee, single-serve coffees and blockchain.
Vanúsia Maria Carneiro Nogueira first woman to be appointed as executive director of the ICO
With more than twenty years of professional experience in the coffee sector, Nogueira is the first woman to be elected to the position in ICO’s history.
The Rainforest Alliance names Santiago Gowland its new CEO
Santiago Gowland has joined the Rainforest Alliance as chief executive officer (CEO).
Dunkin’ continues commitments to coffee sustainability in 2021
Dunkin’ has shared some of the latest ways it is continuing its commitment to coffee sustainability in 2021, furthering ongoing efforts to make a meaningful difference in the lives and livelihoods of coffee farmers and producers.
Nescafé to improve more lives through the power of coffee
Nestlé has pledged to increase its sustainability efforts in relation to the Nescafé brand, with just one of the goals being to make Nescafé coffee 100% responsibly sourced by 2025.
The coffee partnership driving landscape-level sustainability in Mexico
The partnership between Olam Coffee, part of Olam Food Ingredients, and the Rainforest Alliance in Mexico is part of the Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets, funded by USAID, which is working to conserve biodiversity and provide sustainable farmer livelihoods in the biological corridor of the La Frailescana region of Chiapas.
Rainforest Alliance announces enhanced certification programme and standard
The new programme consists of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard with requirements for farms and supply chains, along with a new assurance system and a suite of tools to measure progress towards sustainability objectives.
Nestlé expands use of blockchain technology to Zoégas coffee brand
Nestlé has expanded its use of the IBM Food Trust blockchain technology platform to its Zoégas coffee brand; consumers will now be able to trace their coffee back to its origins.
All Walmart US private label coffee is certified sustainable
Walmart announced that all coffee sourced for Walmart US private brands is certified sustainable through third-party groups Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance Certified or UTZ.