Committed to 100% Responsibly Sourced Coffee

We believe truly great coffee should promote the greater good.
Part of this belief is our commitment to responsibly sourced coffee.

Responsibly sourced means the coffee we purchase is grown and sold in adherence to a credible sourcing program that aligns with our company Supplier Code of Conduct.

PROUD PARTNERSHIPS

We are proud to partner with these organizations that are supporting our efforts to source our coffee responsibly. These organizations provide independent and credible certification and verification programs that allow companies to make smarter and more responsible purchasing decisions and create positive, lasting impact for farmers.

Our Criteria for Responsible Coffee Sourcing Programs

We are a member of the Global Coffee Platform (GCP), a multi-stakeholder association. Between 2021 and 2023, the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) updated its Coffee Sustainability Reference Code (Coffee SR Code), which lays out a global set of “primary principles of sustainable coffee production”. GCP also created the “Equivalence Mechanism”, a standardized process for benchmarking responsible sourcing programs with respect to the Coffee SR Code and other operating criteria. No certification or verification program can guarantee there are no challenges with human rights or other risks in a supply chain. However, programs that meet the Equivalence Mechanism have demonstrated credible and effective systems for implementation, remediation of issues identified and continuous improvement over time.

More detail on the Equivalence Mechanism can be found here

We aligned with the GCP to support their efforts to bring a common focus to the major sustainability challenges that face the coffee industry, and shared recognition of programs that advance baseline sustainability practices in a credible and effective manner./p>

Going forward from 2023, we accept programs that meet the following criteria:

1. The Program has been deemed as equivalent under the GCP Equivalence Mechanism 2.0.

2. The Program includes an independent audit of the farm-level practices of a representative sample of the producer group(s) supplying coffee to us in accordance with a set of key requirements.*
*The industry standard sampling approach is to take the square root of the total number of farms as the baseline starting number to receive an audit, and then to adjust that number up or down based on risk. Each program will approach this differently and the GCP equivalence process ensures that each program has a robust management system in place for the sampling that is fit-for-purpose.

3. The Program provides a set of standardized data that is requested of all our certification and verification partner programs.

We support coffee farmers
that grow and sell their
coffee in a way that
fosters environmental responsibility;

ensures all people are
treated with fairness,
dignity, and respect;

and protects the
high quality coffee
we know and love.

Learn more about our commitment to farmers here.

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