Sustainability

Lavazza Tierra

Lavazza to host sustainability conference and showcase ¡Tierra! at World of Coffee

On 7 June, Lavazza Chief Sustainability Officer Mario Cerutti will lead a conference focusing on the Italian roaster’s approach to sustainability with a deep dive on two out of the 24 ¡Tierra! projects, managed by Lavazza Foundation. “¡Tierra! is synonymous with projects focused on the improvement and development of coffee farming communities from an economic, social and environmental point of view, as well as a range of premium blends, containing coffee from communities involved in the sustainability projects and grown in Rainforest Alliance certified coffee farms,” Mario says.
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Sydney plastic waste

Sydney businesses take the no plastics pledge

More than 30 New South Wales-based organisations have joined forces with the City of Sydney and pledged to dramatically reduce single-use plastics across their businesses. Industry leaders from the hospitality, accommodation, events, and property sectors signed the Sydney Single-use Pledge with Lord Mayor Clover Moore.
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Fairtrade Fortnight

GlobeScan study finds consumers see Fairtrade as reflection of personal values

A multi-country survey from research and advisory consultancy GlobeScan reveals that a majority of shoppers, including those in Australia and New Zealand, are familiar with Fairtrade and believe it reflects their values. Of consumers who have seen the Fairtrade Mark occasionally or often, a significant proportion, 87 per cent in both Australia and NZ, have trust in the Fairtrade Mark and associate it with providing fair prices, a living income and helping farmers to escape from poverty. Fairtrade says these attributes are crucial to building trust.
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qantas biopak

BioPak and Qantas partner to launch world’s first zero-waste flight

Australian airline Qantas soared to new heights with launch of the world’s first ever zero-waste flight, with the help of environmentally friendly packaging company BioPak. Flying from Sydney to Adelaide on 8 May, the flight is part of Qantas’s wider initiative to remove 100 million single-use plastic items per annum by 2020. “We want to give customers the same level of service they currently enjoy, but without the amount of waste that comes with it,” Qantas Domestic CEO Andrew David said.
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Melbourne Skyfarm

Work begins on Melbourne Skyfarm rooftop farm

A group of Melbourne-based sustainability companies are planning to transform a 2000-square-metre rooftop car park on the edge of the city into a thriving farm with sustainable and contemporary dining, environmental education, and conference spaces. Located in Melbourne’s emerging Seafarer’s precinct, Melbourne Skyfarm directly overlooks the Yarra River, across from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC).
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Stojo

Sto yo’ joe with Stojo

When Jeremy Sargeant walked along Kuta beach in the popular holiday destination of Bali in the early 1990s, he recalls swimming in the pristine water and walking along the beach with nothing but sand between his toes.  Upon returning to the idyllic spot in 2016, he describes a completely different scenario. “I couldn’t swim in the ocean and I couldn’t walk along the beach because of the volume of rubbish,” he says. “There were graders going up and down the beach all day long pushing rubbish into huge piles for collecting, and then dumping the rubbish into bushland. By the time the beach was cleared, the tide would bring in a fresh collection of rubbish.”
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Loring S7 Nighthawk

Loring S7 Nighthawk

The new Loring S7 Nighthawk brings the fuel efficiency, environmental sustainability, and consistency of Loring’s patented single-burner coffee roaster, and offers it in a much smaller 1.4 to seven-kilogram roast capacity. The compact S7 Nighthawk, at two square metres, gives roast masters operating in smaller spaces or with smaller batch sizes the control and efficiency previously only available on larger Loring roasters. An intuitive touchscreen interface and automation software standard to every Loring delivers consistent results, roast after roast, so profiles are accurately repeatable across batch sizes and even from one size roaster to another. Loring’s high-efficiency design saves up to 80 per cent on fuel costs compared to conventional roasters, and requires less time and energy for maintenance. The S7 Nighthawk packs all the efficiency and power of a Loring into its smallest roaster yet, and is available now to roasters worldwide.
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disposable coffee cups

Qantas to ditch disposable coffee cups

The Qantas Group has announced plans to replace its disposable coffee cups with recyclable and compostable options as part of its new waste initiative scheme. As a major environmental push, the Qantas Group – including Qantas, QantasLink, and JetStar – plans to become the first airline to reuse, recycle and compost 75 per cent of its waste by the end of 2021.
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Second state/territory considers coffee cup ban

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government is considering a ban on single-use plastics, including plastic-lined coffee cups. City Services Minister Chris Steel proposed a single-use plastic ban on 19 February, while addressing a review of the government’s plastic shopping bag ban.
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