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RESPONSIBLE SOURCING AND SUSTAINABLE SOURCING: KEY DIFFERENCES

Brief synopsis: In their simplest forms, Responsible Sourcing requires meeting or complying with accepted levels of ethical or responsible practices in areas such as human rights or pollution, whereas Sustainable Sourcing goes beyond compliance to engage and improve the conditions of sustainability that can include areas such as dignified livelihoods or climate-smart practices. Responsible Sourcing […]

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MEXICO AND RWANDA TAKE THE LEAD IN TRANSFORMING THEIR COFFEE DATA

Leave a Comment / Coffee, Coffee Farming and agriculture / By Nick Baskett

A process emerges to systemically address barriers to sustainability. By now, most of us have learned that to effectively engage in farming sustainability solutions, we must first listen to the farmer’s own priorities and concerns. For most farmers, the economics have to work out above all else. That is why we must fundamentally understand the

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GET READY: HOW SUSTAINABILITY DATA IS CHANGING

Leave a Comment / Coffee, Coffee Sustainability and Deforestation / By Nick Baskett

Emmanuel Faber, former chairman of Danone, and other experts think coming changes in sustainability data will benefit nearly everyone with clarity and lower costs. Work on new standardization of data is accelerating fast as the finance and insurance sectors are demanding data to assess sustainability and risks; they want it to be as readily standardized

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BEYOND ESG REPORTING: THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY IS PERFORMANCE

1 Comment / Cocoa, Cocoa Sustainability and Deforestation, Coffee, Coffee Sustainability and Deforestation / By Nick Baskett

A large Harris Poll survey 1 of global corporate CEOs for Google finds that fully two-thirds of them question how genuine or effective their sustainability efforts are. Most admit they do not even have realistic sustainability metrics or tools in place. The value of ESG scores has always been limited. Many can be ambiguously interpreted

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