Friday 02 January 2026
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CATEGORY

Sustainability

Slave labor in your cup

The British newspaper The Guardian published an article this week, “Nestlé admits slave labour risk on Brazil coffee plantations.”  The subtitle sums it up:...

Nestlé, Jde admit possibility of slave labour in their supply chains

MILAN - Nestlé and Jacobs Douwe Egberts (Jde), the two leading coffee companies in the world, admit that beans bought from Brazilian plantations may...

Dealing with another coffee pods problem

By Bob McDonald* Bob McDonald is the host of CBC Radio's award-winning weekly science program, Quirks & Quarks. He is also a science commentator for...

Pollinator extinction threatens coffee supplies, warn experts

A new report from experts and Government around the world addresses threats to animal pollinators such as bees, birds and bats that are vital...

Introducing coffee cups that contain their OWN seeds to plant trees

California company "Reduce. Reuse. Grow" has launched biodegradable coffee cups that contain seeds within their structure. So, what does this mean for you and...

Coffee farming in Indonesia – No longer a last resort

Dugar Lumbagaol, a 62 year-old father of five, started farming coffee fifteen years ago in the North Sumatra village of Hutajulu. Before becoming a...

Finding Right Balance In Sustainable Supply Chain Messaging

by Robert Heavrin* These days it's easier to count the companies that are not taking sustainability action than to count the ones who are. However,...

McDonald’s partners to recycle used coffee grounds, help gardens grow

MESA, Ariz., U.S. – Mesa Community College (MCC) Urban Horticulture and Sustainable Agriculture programs and McDonald’s are partnering in a new coffee grounds recycling...

City of Hamburg to ban coffee capsules

HAMBURG, Germany - Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city, has come up with a series of drastic new regulations concerning “certain polluting products or product...

Using coffee drift as fertilizer good for gardeners and environment

What was once rubbish left after brewing a crater of coffee is now being sole as a chemical-free nitrogen source to vehement gardeners. “They’re...

Coffee’s Invisible Carbon Footprint: All That Milk

Think of the environmental impacts of coffee, and your mind likely goes to mountains of coffee cherries polluting waterways, piles of leftover grounds, nonrecyclable...

Indonesian coffee farmers grapple with climate of uncertainty

by Fitri Hasibuan* Glora Padang, a young farmer in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, learned how to grow coffee from his parents, who five...

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