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Posts tagged: UN Global Sustainability Goals

May 08, 2019 • #collaboration #community #Congo #Congolese coffee #DRC #gender equality #relationships #sustainability #sustainable coffee #UN Global Sustainability Goals

The Congo Comeback

The “Congo Comeback” showcases how an inclusive, collaborative, and equitable market system translates to stronger, more resilient, and diverse value chains.

Mar 05, 2019 • #collaboration #DRC #sustainability #sustainable coffee #UN Global Sustainability Goals

Sustainability, Part 4: We need to collaborate towards sustainability and development at the same time.

When our values align to transcend competition between specialty coffee importers, roasters, and retailers, collaboration across the supply chain offers benefits that standard isolated markets can’t.

Jan 30, 2019 • #B Corp #coffee farming #Congo #Congolese coffee #cooperatives #direct trade #DRC #gender equality #On the Ground #organic coffee #relationships #sustainability #sustainable coffee #UN Global Sustainability Goals #women farmers

Sustainability, Part 3: Let's Put People First

A circular economic model is the vehicle required for change within the specialty coffee industry. When we operate along a continuous circle across our supply chain, we can build wealth and expertise alongside coffee farmers, rather than in spite of them.

Current leading trends in specialty coffee primarily tie company resources to increasing coffee farm production and quality through capacity building and agricultural inputs. While production and quality investments at coffee origin are necessary components to any "sustainable" trading model in the coffee industry, increasing agricultural support (under the guise of combating climate change) fall grossly short from anything even close to what our coffee-growing friends would call "sustainable."