One Year Report on ‘Project Guatemala’: How Women Make Strides in Sustainable Coffee Cultivation
The UTZ program, Lidl, and CARE partner on a two-year initiative called ‘Project Guatemala’, focusing on gender inclusiveness and women’s empowerment. Our aim is to make coffee production more sustainable while also improving the lives of the women who cultivate it. One year in, it’s time to report on the progress we’ve made.
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People, Planet, Profit – How to Summarize the Impact of Sourcing Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Products
What is the impact of sourcing more sustainably through the Rainforest Alliance certification program? It’s a question that we (and probably our partner companies, too) are often asked. Of course, we could list dozens of benefits for many stakeholders. But we like to keep things simple. Below, we summarize the impact of the Rainforest Alliance […]
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Rainforest Alliance Sustainability Day – Making Coffee Future-Proof
On February 12th, the Rainforest Alliance hosted the second Sustainability Day in partnership with the Africa Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) in Rwanda. The event brought together more than two hundred attendees, including farmers, NGOs, sustainability experts, research institutes, government representatives, companies and other stakeholders. In three sessions we looked at how to address the main […]
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‘Project Guatemala’: how Lidl empowers women and addresses climate change in coffee farming
As part of their commitment to sustainable coffee, Lidl, together with the UTZ program and CARE has launched ‘Project Guatemala’. The project aims at climate change resilience and gender inclusiveness in a coffee cooperative of 92 women-led small coffee farms, as well as improved coffee production, resulting in higher profits.
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Olam anticipates that access to finance, gender bias and climate change resilience will still be major issues beyond 2020 for smallholders
Despite extensive progress being made, smallholder productivity across Africa, Asia and South America will still be massively hindered by lack of access to finance, equality for women and climate change impacts.
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