On 28, October 2020, The International Coffee Council (ICC) held its 128th International Coffee Council ‘Special Session’ meeting with leading CEO’s and global leaders in the industry setting a vision and road map of new commitments towards achieving a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive coffee sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The International Coffee Council is the governing body of the International Coffee Association<\/a> (ICO) , bringing together Governments from countries which export and import coffee. The Council meets twice a year to discuss wide-ranging issues with the aim of promoting a sustainable coffee sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shared vision and Road Map contained in a joint Communiqu\u00e9 were developed and recommended by the Coffee Public-Private Task Force<\/a> which is composed of \u201cSherpas\u201d from ICO coffee exporting and importing Members and leading members of the private sector with the support of civil society and development partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the first time in the history of coffee, key coffee public and private decision-makers aligned their views to decide on joint actions to achieve a more sustainable and prosperous coffee sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The ICO worked with its membership and leading coffee industry partners to gather all coffee stakeholders, the third sector and development partners to work together on this common goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its shared visions main focus is the livelihood of coffee farmers and the sustainability of the sector. Particularly the ambitious concept of working towards a prosperous income and building upon the living income methodology that is already being applied by other commodity and agribusiness sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jos\u00e9 Sette, Executive Director of the ICO said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n