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.
94 Commitments
From farm to cup
94 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.
On-Going
1998
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
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.
10 Commitments
Gender, Youth + Indigenous People
16 Commitments
Education + Health
23 Commitments
Labor Conditions
29 Commitments
Climate
14 Commitments
Water Access + Conservation
23 Commitments
Forest Conservation + Reforestation
27 Commitments
Technical Assistance
11 Commitments
Renovation
6 Commitments
Access to Inputs
6 Commitments
Access to Finance
2 Commitments
Producer Country Policy
20 Commitments
Standards / Certification
33 Commitments
Sourcing Policies
2 Commitments
Consumer Country Policy
14 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
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 and coops that protect the ecosystem and biodiversity/use shade and soil protection
Target Year 2018
Global
Incentivize the improvement of working conditions at the farm (Housing, wages, access to health services).
Target Year 2018
Source only from farms free of forced labor, child labor, withholding ID, physical, verbal or sexual abuse, unsafe...
Target Year 2018
Global
Source from farms with waste water treatment and initiative to reduce water use.
Target Year 2018
Global
Make sure farms from which we source pay at least the minimum wage.
Target Year 2018
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 1998
South America, Colombia, Peru
ASU commits to annually involve undergraduate and graduate students in classroom and research projects involving sustainable coffee
Target Year 2017
North America, USA
Our NGO Cafe Africa has a 3D approach. We work with coffee producing countries in Africa in order...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Burundi, Cameroon
Staff and client education about the value of Fairtrade-certified coffee.
Target Year 2018
Global
We launched our first in-house café in February 2019. All the coffee served at our café is sustainable coffee,...
Target Year 2021
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...
Reduce the amount of water used to benefit coffee through the implementation of infrastructure
Target Year 2018
South America, Colombia
Implement water treatment systems at farm level in order to treat the coffee wastewater from the wet milling...
Target Year 2018
South America, Colombia
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
By 2026, the Sustainable Coffee Challenge has helped stimulate a 25% increase in demand for sustainable coffee and...
Target Year 2026
Global
A percentage of sales from every pound of Original blend coffee beans sold to Dunkin' franchisees for use...
Target Year 2022
Global
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 Canopy Sustainable Land Use Fund, 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
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
From 2020, Holonic will support children of indigenous workers and the surrounding community near the coffee farm where...
Target Year 2023
Panama
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
Source 100% of our green coffee according to the established Keurig Green Mountain Responsible Sourcing Guidelines.
Target Year 2020
Global
Engage 1 million people in our supply chain to 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
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, South America, Brazil
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 Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) initiated the Plan for the Care of...
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
Within our FairChain philosophy to add more value in the coffee producing countries, we aim to expand our...
Target Year 2020
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
Increasing the area under coffee: new coffee tree area being developed in supporting farmers - It is projected...
Target Year 2017
Africa, Rwanda
Improving the quality of coffee through the increase of fully washed coffee: 80% of the total coffee produced...
Target Year 2018
Africa, Rwanda
NCBA CLUSA is committed to the increased production and the sustainability of the coffee sector which will contribute...
Target Year 2018
North America, El Salvador
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
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
By 2017, improve the education provided by the St. Clara school in Matagalpa, Nicaragua by supporting the rebuilding...
Target Year 2017
North America, Nicaragua
PUR Projet plants natives trees with its corporate partners in and around coffee parcels in Latin America, Africa...
Target Year 2020
Asia, Indonesia, Thailand
Redstart Roasters commits to leverage its foundational software and data analytics background to forge a path into its...
Target Year 2020
North America, USA
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
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 2019
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
Vietnam
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
The aim of this project is: 1) to produce an additional stream of income for coffee farmers to...
Global
Globally coffee farmers are fighting battles alone without the proper support. Their voices have been muffled by the...
Target Year 2018
Global, Asia, China
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 Target’s Archer Farms 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
TreeHouse pledges to work with our Employees, our Customers, and our Roaster Partners to support sustainably sourced coffee...
The University of Montana will continue our policy of procuring coffee from vendors who have a demonstrated commitment...
Target Year 2019
Global
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
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
Expand access to improved varieties for coffee producers around the world.
Target Year 2027
Global