Sustainability

Women-Powered Coffee Coalition Launches with Focus on Chiapas, Mexico

The nonprofit Bean Voyage is leading a new five-partner initiative in Chiapas, Mexico, designed to tackle one of specialty coffee’s stubborn stalling points: high-quality coffee that does not reliably translate...

2026.06.26

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UK 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...

2026.06.24

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Fairtrade 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)...

2026.06.17

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Costa 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...

2026.05.25

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Researchers Propose ‘Libex’ Hybrid as Climate Change Accelerates

Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have proposed the formal name Coffea × libex for hybrids of the liberica and excelsa coffee species, arguing that the cross could provide...

2026.05.21

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Costa Rica Study Explores the Social Impact of Biennial Production Cycles

Although a steady fixture in the day-to-day lives of millions of consumers, coffee at the production level can often follow a “boom-and-bust” rhythm, with a larger harvest one year...

2026.05.05

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Seven Certified B Corps Launch a Global Coffee Coalition

Seven Certified B Corporations spanning green coffee production, trading, roasting and retailing have launched the B Corp Coffee Coalition, presenting a shared commitment to improving the coffee sector. The founding...

2026.04.29

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Seven Certified B Corps Launch a Global Coffee Coalition

Seven Certified B Corporations spanning green coffee production, trading, roasting and retailing have launched the B Corp Coffee Coalition, presenting a shared commitment to improving the coffee sector. The founding...

2026.04.29

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Major 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...

2026.04.22

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Major 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...

2026.04.22

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