Commitments
Commitments can be small or large, global or local. No matter the size or scope, commitments help advance sustainability in the coffee sector.
© Conservation International/Lorena Garcia-Bustos
Commitments can be small or large, global or local. No matter the size or scope, commitments help advance sustainability in the coffee sector.
© Conservation International/Lorena Garcia-Bustos
Nearly every major coffee-producing region of the world is under stress. Warming temperatures, drought and changing weather patterns are affecting coffee production and the livelihoods of coffee farmers. Across the globe, companies, governments and organizations are working to address these issues in tangible, meaningful ways. Explore commitments by different actors and geographies.
*Commitments may focus on more than one geographical region.
115 Commitments
From farm to cup
115 Commitments
The year 2030 is a critical year for the coffee industry; climate change impacts are expected to intensify as demand for coffee continues to grow. To make coffee sustainable, everyone has to do their part. The timeline below shows when we anticipate many commitments being achieved.
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Commitments range from transitioning to sustainable coffee sourcing to investing in the renovation of coffee farms, to training farmers on better management practices. The Challenge provides an online space to understand the numerous commitments being made by actors from across the coffee sector. Explore the commitments by topic.
20 Commitments
Gender, Youth + Indigenous People
26 Commitments
Education + Health
26 Commitments
Labor Conditions
42 Commitments
Climate
17 Commitments
Water Access + Conservation
36 Commitments
Forest Conservation + Reforestation
30 Commitments
Technical Assistance
16 Commitments
Renovation
8 Commitments
Access to Inputs
9 Commitments
Access to Finance
5 Commitments
Producer Country Policy
25 Commitments
Standards / Certification
34 Commitments
Sourcing Policies
6 Commitments
Consumer Country Policy
23 Commitments
Consumer Education + Awareness
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Aiming at increasing sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains through analysis of satellite images and biodiversity databases worldwide, 4C...
Target Year 2021
Global
We are commited to only purchasing fully traceable coffee, either directly from source ourselves or through proven supply...
Target Year 2025
Global
By 2020, 100% of Own Brand coffee products are certified to an acceptable standard. Standards currently accepted include...
Target Year 2020
Global
By mid-2020, 100 percent of Albertsons Companies’ O Organics® coffee will be certified sustainable according to the Fair...
Target Year 2020
Global
Source from farms with waste water treatment and initiative to reduce water use.
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
1. Improve life conditions, specially in food security of coffee farmers families. 2. Improvement of coffee farmers practices at...
Target Year 2019
North America, Mexico
The Arbor Day Foundation coffee program is committed to preserving and restoring forests through sourcing, roasting, and distributing...
Target Year 2022
South America, Colombia, Peru
Our NGO Cafe Africa has a 3D approach. We work with coffee producing countries in Africa in order...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Burundi, Cameroon
Our commitment is to give part of the income from the sale of our packaged coffee in our...
Target Year 2021
Europe, Czech Republic, Bulgaria
1. To actively work with universities and colleges, through alliances and partnerships to place equipment and incorporate science-based...
Target Year 2022
North America
We launched our first in-house café in February 2019. All the coffee served at our café is sustainable coffee,...
Target Year 2021
Global, Asia, Japan
By the end of 2021, all Bon Appétit Management Company coffee purchases will be either from a third-party...
Target Year 2021
Global
Boncafé pledges to assist in ensuring the long term well-being of the farm communities, forests and wildlife by...
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
The BCA published its first Sustainability Mission in September 2017, outlining the key objectives that it believes will...
Target Year 2025
Global
We commit to source certified coffee for our most growing item ''Raqwa''. The aim is to improve the...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Ethiopia, South America
The program aims to contribute towards food security, clean & sustainable use of energy and environmental conservation. Thus...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Kenya
To grow 10% year after year our sustainable coffee purchases, in order to duplicate our sustainable coffee sourcing...
Target Year 2025
South America, Brazil, Colombia
The Coffee Research & Education Center aims its efforts to improving education, research and economic growth locally and...
Target Year 2020
North America, Guatemala, USA
Train coffee farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras on climate smart agriculture.
Target Year 2020
North America, El Salvador, Guatemala
Adapt 10 small coffee growers in Matas de Minas by 2025, according to the Rainforest Alliance sustainable agriculture...
Target Year 2025
South America, Brazil
We are committed to GHG Reduction: - At farm level by developing and implementing programs to reduce and...
Target Year 2025
Global
100% of Coffy partners have a policy in place that describes their company’s strategy to ensure that all...
Target Year 2025
Europe, United Kingdom
100% of Coffy retailers will use plastic free and recyclable takeaway items [i.e. cups, lids, napkins] to reduce...
Target Year 2025
Europe, United Kingdom
Coffy will plant 5,000 native trees in Brazil’s South Eastern region where the majority of coffee farms are...
Target Year 2025
South America, Brazil
100% Responsibly Sourced by 2021
Target Year 2021
By 2026, the Sustainable Coffee Challenge has helped stimulate a 25% increase in demand for sustainable coffee and...
Target Year 2026
Global
By the end of 2025, we expect to be carbon neutral and with the capacity to demonstrate how...
Target Year 2025
South America, Peru, North America
We’re committed to directing $0.01/lb of coffee sold into our Seeds fund [amounting to over $25,000 a year]....
Target Year 2021
Global
A percentage of sales from every pound of Original blend coffee beans sold to Dunkin' franchisees for use...
Target Year 2022
Global
The eco.business Development Facility will launch a one year project to support the sustainability of the coffee sector...
Target Year 2020
North America, El Salvador, Nicaragua
Improve farmer livelihoods by investing in water wells for clean water access in Jinotega, Nicaragua.
Target Year 2020
North America, Nicaragua
Ensure the long-term sustainability of coffee in a changing climate by investing a portion of all coffee purchases...
Target Year 2023
Global
By 2020 - ECOTIERRA will have raised 50 million USD for the fund Urapi Sustainable Land Use, which...
Target Year 2020
South America, Colombia, Peru
By 2020, we will source 40% of our volume verified or certified against sustainability standards. By 2025 this...
Target Year 2020
Africa, Ethiopia, South America
By the end of 2020, we will create an online campaign focused at promoting sustainable coffee and acknowledging...
Target Year 2021
Europe, Czech Republic
100% Responsibly Sourced by 2025.
Target Year 2025
Global
Fundacion COHONDUCAFE contributes to the sustainable production of coffee, through different projects that include strengthening the capacities of...
Target Year 2020
North America, Honduras
Support 500 farmers around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with training in sustainable agricultural practices that conserve soil and...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Uganda
We commit to use coffee as a means to restore the rainforests of Gorongosa, both planting native rainforest...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Mozambique
From 2020, Holonic will support children of indigenous workers and the surrounding community near the coffee farm where...
Target Year 2023
North America, Panama
By looking beyond FOB and providing coffee farm-gate prices, we can explore the ways in which the prices...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Africa
Irrigation Technologies is committed to help coffee farmers grow better with less inputs, and will share with partners...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Africa
Working Towards 100% Responsibly Sourced Coffee & Tea by 2025
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Directly Reaching over 500,000 Coffee & Tea Smallholders by 2025
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Investing 10 million Euros over 5 years to Improve Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Finance
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Kauai Coffee Company believes that strong soil is of utmost importance to sustainability; healthy soil provides coffee with...
Target Year 2022
North America
100% Responsibly Sourced Coffee
Target Year 2020
Global
Engage 1 million people in our supply chain to significantly improve their lives.
Target Year 2020
Global
Kroger's Simple Truth brand is committed to sourcing 100% Fair Trade Certified coffee. We are proud to share...
Target Year 2021
Global
Increase the demand and supply of traceable, high-quality coffee by sourcing and by increasing consumer knowledge through education...
Target Year 2022
Global
Mae Fah Luang Foundation’s mission is to ensure a thriving coexistence between man and the environment through our...
Target Year 2021
Asia, Burma, Laos
In the coffee-growing region of Honduras in which our commitment is focused, children oftentimes stop attending school around...
Target Year 2021
North America, Honduras
100% of coffee verified as supporting sustainable production by 2020.
Target Year 2020
Global
We are committed to double the number of farmers supported by our LIFT multi-services Program in all our...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Vietnam
We aim to renovate 20 million coffee trees in Nicaragua by 2025.
Target Year 2025
North America, Nicaragua
Conserve and/or restore 170 hectares of forest habitat working with producer farms.
Target Year 2019
Global
Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (SADER) initiated the Plan for the Care of Coffee in October...
Target Year 2019
North America, Mexico
By 2020, 100% of our coffee from individual estates will be responsibly sourced and marketed based on our...
Target Year 2020
Global
In partnership with CARE Canada we will launch a 5 year project to support the sustainability of the...
Target Year 2022
North America, Honduras
We strive for the best sustainable practices and an ever-growing impact on the local producers and communities. We...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Uganda
Within our FairChain philosophy to add more value in the coffee producing countries, we aim to expand our...
Target Year ON-GOING
Africa, Ethiopia
Develop new high yielding coffee varieties resistant to pests and disease. NAEB has mou with world coffee research...
Target Year 2020
Africa, Rwanda
Increase tree cover in our main coffee sourcing landscapes by providing 500.000 seedlings to be planted on coffee...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Assist 8.000 farmers in optimizing their agroforestry systems in our main coffee sourcing landscapes by 2025.
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
By 2020: 70% of total NESCAFÉ coffee supplies to be responsibly sourced
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2020: NESCAFÉ to improve the quality, quantity and sustainability of its coffee supply chain by distributing 220...
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2020: NESCAFÉ to improve coffee farm economics in at least four coffee sourcing countries
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2020: NESCAFÉ to monitor and improve labour rights in at least two coffee sourcing countries
Target Year 2020
Global
ENSURE THE RESILIENCE OF COFFEE FARMS AND COMMUNITIES by Sourcing towards 100% of our permanent coffees through the AAA...
Target Year 2020
Global
To improve the livelihoods of 300,000 smallholder coffee farmers’ through NKG BLOOM, our sustainable sourcing strategy, by 2030.
Target Year 2030
Asia, Indonesia, Africa
Olam is driven by its corporate purpose to “Re-imagine global agriculture and food systems” to deliver a triple...
Target Year 2025
Asia, East Timor, Indonesia
Share our revenue with our growers to incentivize growing practices that benefit the environment and community. Enable every...
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2019, we aim to have implemented a soil improvement program that will help coffee farmers in the...
Target Year 2019
Africa, Cameroon
Philz commits to supporting World Coffee Research in their effort to combat the impact of climate change on...
Target Year 2024
Global
PUR Projet plants natives trees with its corporate partners in and around coffee parcels in Latin America, Africa...
Target Year 2020
Asia, Indonesia, Thailand
As part of our mission to make sustainable farming the norm, we launch our Sector Partnerships program in...
Target Year 2020
North America, Guatemala, Honduras
Redstart Roasters commits to leverage its foundational software and data analytics background to forge a path into its...
Target Year 2020
North America, USA
In partnership with LIFT, we have committed to support a Cluster of coffee farms in the Lempiras region...
Target Year 2024
South America
As an ongoing part of our Sustainable Cup Program, which we initiated in 2018, we will continue to...
Target Year 2023
North America
Long term viability of coffee supply chains depend on the success of women coffee producers and passing on...
Target Year 2020
South America
Fostering farmworkers' dignity and wellbeing is RGC's commitment. RGC is encouraging a dwindling labor force to actively participate...
Target Year 2020
South America
RGC is committed to join efforts with farmers to tackle adverse effects of climate change, specifically water scarcity...
Target Year 2021
South America
Ritma Green [www.ritma-green.com] is a social enterprise working to introduce and facilitate climate change adaptation and mitigation technologies...
Target Year 2030
Asia, Indonesia
S&D supports the production of 150 million lbs. of sustainable coffee via its sustainable sourcing platform RAIZ, while...
Target Year 2020
South America, Brazil, Colombia
88% of our customers are regular customers. Therefore, the coffee bean package should be recycled and we have been...
Target Year 2026
Asia
The Government of San Martin commits to enact a protocol that will establish the legal framework to grant...
Target Year 2019
South America, Peru
Enroll at least 4 farms in 2018 in our “Taking Flight” program to support farms in transition to...
Target Year 2019
Global
Consult challenge participants on native and naturalized tree, shrub, vine and herbaceous species that coffee farmers can use...
Target Year 2019
Global
Begin the transition of at least one full-sun or poorly-shaded farm to Bird Friendly agroforest standards.
Target Year 2020
Global
Begin to systematically monitor the economic benefit of the certification for producers and capture their attitudes linked to...
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
Better understand agroforestry’s role in biomass/carbon sequestration in order to be able to recommend courses of action to...
Target Year 2020
Global
Partner with at least one organization or initiative assisting farmers in climate change adaptation and promote the use...
Target Year 2019
Global
Conduct and analyze research investigating different land use models, especially as they relate to conservation and certification standards....
Target Year 2021
Global, South America, Colombia
Assist at least one farm in reclaiming degraded lands like pastures and supporting their ecological restoration. This technique...
Target Year 2019
Global
The Coffee Agroforestry and Forest Enhancement for REDD+ [CAFÉ-REDD] aims to establish and develop a public-private-producer partnership [4P]...
Target Year 2021
Asia, Vietnam
Aspretto and Chapter & Verse always have and always will serve coffee from responsible sources. All other proprietary...
Target Year 2021
According to the best practise models Solarcafé (Germany) and Café Solar (Honduras) Solar Lifestyle GmbH is on the...
Target Year 2020
Europe, Austria, Germany
By 2020, Solidaridad has supported, in collaboration with its sector partners, over 100.000 farmers and farm workers globally...
Target Year 2020
Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya
By 2020, invest $50 million in our Global Farmer Fund to provide affordable access to credit to coffee...
Target Year 2020
Global
Ensure 100% of our coffee is ethically sourced through C.A.F.E. Practices or another externally audited system. C.A.F.E. Practices...
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
Through the One Tree for Every Bag Program, donations of funds to plant more than 25 million trees...
Target Year 2025
North America, El Salvador, Guatemala
75% of the world’s poor are small farmers making the transition from subsistence to successful commercial farming. They...
Target Year 2021
North America, Guatemala
Streamliners goal is to support the coffee growers producing the coffee we brew and retail by creating a...
Target Year 2021
North America, Nicaragua
At SUPRACAFÉ we aim to be leaders and a point of reference in a responsible and committed high-quality...
Target Year 2020
South America, Colombia
By 2022, 100 percent of Good & Gather coffee in both bags and pods will be certified sustainable according to...
Target Year 2022
Global
By 2020, The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) will be supporting global retailers in the deployment of supplier sustainability surveys...
Target Year 2020
Global
Sourcing: Touton aims to achieve a 10% year on year increase of its sustainably sourced volumes up till...
Target Year 2025
Global
Consciously transition to more environmentally friendly packaging.
Target Year 2022
North America
The University of Montana will continue our policy of procuring coffee from vendors who have a demonstrated commitment...
Target Year 2019
Global
To become the leading force in sustainable coffee efforts.
Target Year 2023
South America, Colombia
By 2025, Walmart will expand and enhance sustainable sourcing to cover 20 key commodities, including bananas, grapes, coffee,...
Target Year 2025
Global
Convert a specialty line of products to Fair Trade Certified products
Target Year 2020
Global
By the end of 2020, all Whole Foods Market and 365 by Whole Foods Market packaged coffee will...
Target Year 2020
All Williams Sonoma branded coffee will be Fair Trade Certified™ by the beginning of 2020, which we hope...
Target Year 2020
Global
Expand access to improved varieties for coffee producers around the world.
Target Year 2027
Global