Coffee Organisations and people

Nespresso has recently announced it has passed B-Lab evaluation and achieved B Corp Certification. In attaining this, the company has joined the movement with more than 4,900 companies around the world, and vowed to operate inclusively, equitably, and regeneratively. The CEO of Nespresso, Guillaume Le Cunff, said: “B Corp Certification reflects a 30-year Nespresso commitment to sustainability,

Bazzara takes the culture of Italian coffee overseas: a new partnership with the well-known magazine Bartalks has been signed Bazzara starts a new important collaboration with the independent magazine Bartalks; the Italian coffee culture will be promoted directly by the historic roasting firm based in Trieste through an online column A reason for great pride,

4C describes themselves as an independent third-party certification scheme for the sustainable cultivation, processing and trading of coffee. They have now released their first “Approach & Impact Report” to showcase their development over the last four years, when they transitioned from a verification to certification organisation. As a stakeholder-driven and internationally recognised sustainability standard for

The ICO has issued a point-by-point rebuttal of the Media release, circulated by Uganda after they departed the organisation. When the UCDA issued their statement, it lacked a lot of diplomacy and revealed some clearly deep-seated resentments. But why is Uganda so upset, and is it justified? It’s not unusual for an amount of fogginess

Bloomberg reports that Vanusia Nogueira, who will take over as executive director of the ICO in May, is in talks with Biden’s administration to re-establish the U.S. as an ICO member organisation. Biden has stated that his administration wants to return to normalisation of trade with many of their international partners in a repudiation to

Following the news last week that Uganda would leave the ICO, the country’s regulator The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has issued a Media Release to explain their action. The sentiment of recent comments from an advisor to the President, which we discussed last week, are evident here also in the first and second points.

The International Coffee Organisation has received an official letter, seen by Bartalks of the withdrawal of Uganda from the organisation. The letter states: The Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Depositary for the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) 2007, would like to inform Members and other interested

Italy is seeking Unesco World cultural recognition for Italian espresso, according to The Guardian, a British newspaper. According to the report, 90% of Italians drink coffee daily – presumably that number only counts the adults. Still,  the number seemed a little high, but nevertheless, there is no arguing that the drink is a daily staple

The future of quality coffee is not a foregone conclusion and few know that better than World Coffee Research. A non-profit organisation, they have set themselves the audacious but laudable goal of supporting the development of varieties of coffee that are not only high yielding and climate resilient, but also delicious.  Partnering with Seattle-based drinkware