Sustainability

Amid Anti-Greenwashing Directives, EU Coffee Industry Group Provides Guidance

The European Coffee Federation just published the “Shadow Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules” (Shadow PEFCR), a technical document designed to help coffee companies prepare for emerging anti-greenwashing laws. The ECF,...

2025.09.18

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30th ASIC Conference on Coffee Science Heads to Lisbon this October

Some of the world’s brightest minds around coffee are preparing to convene in Lisbon this October as the Association for the Science and Information on Coffee (ASIC) celebrates its...

2025.09.18

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New Research Shows Promise for Stenophylla Breeding

As the climate-sensitive arabica coffee species continues to face long-term existential threats, research from Sierra Leone sheds new light on the breeding potential of another species, stenophylla. Published Aug....

2025.09.11

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Rainforest Alliance Launching Regenerative Agriculture Certification for Coffee

Rainforest Alliance just announced the launch of a new standard and certification for regenerative agriculture in coffee, with a distinct “regenerative” seal expected to land on consumer coffee bags...

2025.09.09

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GCP Publishes RegenCoffee, Proposes Common Language for Regenerative Agriculture

Following a six-month collaborative effort, the Global Coffee Platform just published RegenCoffee, a guidance document designed to provide shared language and resources surrounding regenerative agriculture in the coffee sector. ...

2025.09.03

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How Europe’s Deforestation Law Could Change the Global Coffee Trade

If your morning can’t begin without coffee, you’re in good company. The world drinks about 2 billion cups of coffee a day. However, a European Union law might soon affect your...

2025.09.02

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The 2024 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide is Here

The 2024 edition of the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide recently came online, offering buyers and sellers of unroasted specialty coffee a data-backed resource for pricing discovery. Data from 100,000+ Contracts...

2025.02.19

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The Price of Coffee is All Over the News, But What Is the Price of Coffee?

The relatively high price of coffee is the stuff of headlines in financial, mainstream and trade publications these days, which begs one fundamental question: What is the price of coffee? For...

2025.02.07

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Regeneratively Farmed is the New Buzz Label on Supermarket Shelves – But What Does it Actually Mean?

Have you noticed “regenerative” popping up on food labels or in marketing ads? It sounds promising — farming that heals the soil and helps stop climate change. So, what does it...

2025.02.06

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Brazil Rescued 200+ Coffee Workers from ‘Slave-Like’ Conditions in 2024

More than one in 10 of the people rescued from what the Brazilian government described as “slave-like” and “degrading” working conditions last year were coffee workers. In total, Brazil’s Ministry...

2025.02.04

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