Sustainability

Lavazza tierra

Lavazza begins the reign of ¡Tierra!

Lavazza’s locally roasted ¡Tierra! Brazil and Colombia blends represent the roaster’s commitment to sustainability at origin. When Marco Lavazza, Vice Chairman of the Lavazza Group, touched down in Melbourne in January for the 2019 Australian Open, it was not just to celebrate Lavazza’s third year of partnering with the tennis grand slam. The roaster had decided that the competition was the perfect platform to launch a first for the company: coffee roasted outside of Italy.
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Minas Hill

Minas Hill to present at Social Good Summit Australia

Marcelo Brussi of green bean trader Minas Hill will present details of Bom Jesus farm’s Gima project at Social Good Summit Australia on 10 August in New South Wales. At the conference, 13 speakers will present their projects or insights on how to make the world a better place by 2030, connecting to the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals.
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coca-cola new zealand

Coca-Cola announces major increase in recycled plastic use in New Zealand

Coca-Cola Oceania and Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand have announced a major increase in their use of recycled plastic as part of a global commitment to help solve the growing packaging problem. By the end of 2019, all Coca-Cola Amatil plastic bottles smaller than one litre and water bottles across all sizes will be made from entirely recycled plastic in NZ.
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Project Origin gives back to farmers

Project Origin is working with coffee farmers in Nicaragua to promote social sustainability by asking producers “what can we do to help?” Sasa Sestic, Founder of green bean trader Project Origin, has been working closely on a farm called El Árbol in, Dipilto, Nicaragua with co-owners Tim Willems and Claudia Lovo for more than three years to improve its coffee and the livelihood of the farming community.  Read More
HuskeeSwap

HuskeeSwap and go

Huskee has established HuskeeSwap, a reusable cup system where cafés and consumers don’t have to compromise on efficiency or aesthetics. For coffee cup manufacturer Huskee, sustainability is a principle that extends beyond single-use plastic waste to how a café can prosper long term. “We believe sustainability is multi-dimensional. It’s more than just a product. It needs to be addressed across the ecosystem of takeaway coffee as a whole, which includes cafés operating in a way that doesn’t cost them in efficiencies or profitability,” General Manager Nicole Barnes says. 
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London calls for non-recyclable coffee cup ban

The London Assembly has called on the Mayor to lobby the British government to introduce a tax on single-use plastics and ban single-use, non-recyclable hot drinks cups. The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London. The Assembly Member who proposed the motion, Léonie Cooper, says “with plastic polluting our rivers and oceans, causing terrible consequences for wildlife and our environment, we need urgent action”.
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CLark Street Coffee

Clark Street Coffee releases compostable coffee packaging

Melbourne-based Clark Street Coffee has begun using redesigned compostable packaging to package and distribute its coffee. “We’ve got a strong focus throughout our company on sustainability,” Clark Street Coffee Founder Melissa Floreani says. “Clark Street Coffee wants to provide or customers with an aesthetically pleasing bag to put on display in their stores, and it’s also 100 per cent compostable”
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