AsiaReport Says Vietnam’s Robusta Boom Faces a Reckoning
The rise of Vietnam as a coffee-producing powerhouse has been one of the most consequential shifts in the global coffee trade over the past 40 years. What began as a...
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Central HighlandsUK Revives Dormant Anti-Deforestation Plan, Includes Coffee
The UK government announced today that it plans to move forward with mandatory supply chain due diligence rules in Great Britain, requiring businesses to check that certain agricultural goods, including...
AfricaFairtrade Launches Free EUDR Geolocation Tool for Coffee Cooperatives
Fairtrade International is launching a new digital platform called Plot Insights to help coffee and cocoa cooperatives manage and verify geolocation data ahead of the looming EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)...
Central AmericaCosta Rica’s Successes in EUDR Compliance Illuminates the Struggles of Others
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), passed in 2023, will require that traders in several agricultural commodities, including coffee, prove that their products don’t contribute to deforestation. To prepare, Costa...
AirbusMajor Coffee Companies Join Pre-Competitive Initiative to Map World’s Coffee Lands
At least seven major coffee and roasting companies are joining forces with space company Airbus to launch what they describe as a comprehensive, openly accessible map of global coffee production. The...
AirbusMajor Coffee Companies Join Pre-Competitive Initiative to Map World’s Coffee Lands
At least seven major coffee and roasting companies are joining forces with space company Airbus to launch what they describe as a comprehensive, openly accessible map of global coffee production. The...
Climate Arc‘Forest 500’ Report Tracks Coffee Industry Deforestation Commitments
While the looming EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has been nudging corporate behavioral changes in Europe, the coffee industry remains among the weakest performers on several key indicators of deforestation risk,...
agroforestryOpinion: Technical Gap Slowing Agroforestry in Key Colombian Lands
Colombia is the world’s third-largest coffee producer and a main producer of Arabica coffee, which is known worldwide for its quality. The nation began developing commercial production in 1870, which...
AfricaStudy Finds Coffee Accounts for 1% of Agriculture-Driven Global Deforestation
A sweeping new analysis of commodity-driven deforestation published in Nature Food found that coffee accounts for just 1% of global agriculture-driven deforestation, far below beef at 40% and below...
CorporateEuropean Parliament Votes to Delay EUDR
A week after European Union member states adopted a “negotiating mandate” to delay Europe’s new anti-deforestation supply chain law (EUDR), the European Parliament followed suit, voting to push back enforcement...