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This article follows a press event organized by N'Deye N'Débane Sarr, our Communications Manager for West & Central Africa. Yannick Mboba discusses our work supporting cocoa certification, sustainable supply chains and alignment with new deforestation regulations.
There are multiple ways to source certified ingredients for consumer products. When companies keep the ingredients purchased from a certified farm physically separated from non-certified ingredients throughout the whole supply chain, we call it a "segregated model" of sourcing. When companies opt for "mass balance" sourcing, the certified and non-certified ingredients are mixed together somewhere in transit or production of the end product.
While both segregated and mass balance models have their...... Continue Reading
Dive into the 2025 certification data report for the Rainforest Alliance coffee sector.... Continue Reading
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Lavazza's new plastic-free coffee system reflects growing efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of single-serve coffee without sacrificing convenience. The article explores how sustainability is becoming a key area of competition in the coffee sector and notes Nespresso's plans to launch a regenerative agriculture seal with the Rainforest Alliance in 2026.
Rainforest Alliance welcomes the launch of Lavazza’s La Reserva de ¡Tierra! Selection, the first professional coffee sourced from farms certified under the Rainforest Alliance Regenerative Agriculture Standard, marking a major step in bringing regenerative agriculture from ambition to reality.