Commitments
Commitments can be small or large, global or local. No matter the size or scope, commitments help advance sustainability in the coffee sector.
© Conservation International/Lorena Garcia-Bustos
Commitments can be small or large, global or local. No matter the size or scope, commitments help advance sustainability in the coffee sector.
© Conservation International/Lorena Garcia-Bustos
Nearly every major coffee-producing region of the world is under stress. Warming temperatures, drought and changing weather patterns are affecting coffee production and the livelihoods of coffee farmers. Across the globe, companies, governments and organizations are working to address these issues in tangible, meaningful ways. Explore commitments by different actors and geographies.
*Commitments may focus on more than one geographical region.
169 Commitments
From farm to cup
169 Commitments
The year 2030 is a critical year for the coffee industry; climate change impacts are expected to intensify as demand for coffee continues to grow. To make coffee sustainable, everyone has to do their part. The timeline below shows when we anticipate many commitments being achieved.
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Commitments range from transitioning to sustainable coffee sourcing to investing in the renovation of coffee farms, to training farmers on better management practices. The Challenge provides an online space to understand the numerous commitments being made by actors from across the coffee sector. Explore the commitments by topic.
40 Commitments
Gender, Youth + Indigenous People
46 Commitments
Education + Health
40 Commitments
Labor Conditions
67 Commitments
Climate
28 Commitments
Water Access + Conservation
59 Commitments
Forest Conservation + Reforestation
39 Commitments
Technical Assistance
23 Commitments
Renovation
10 Commitments
Access to Inputs
13 Commitments
Access to Finance
6 Commitments
Producer Country Policy
33 Commitments
Standards / Certification
44 Commitments
Sourcing Policies
7 Commitments
Consumer Country Policy
26 Commitments
Consumer Education + Awareness
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Aiming at increasing sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains through analysis of satellite images and biodiversity databases worldwide, 4C...
Target Year 2021
Global
Diving deeper into specific pressing sustainability issues and aiming at how to better address them, sharing and promoting...
Target Year 2021
Global
We are commited to only purchasing fully traceable coffee, either directly from source ourselves or through proven supply...
Target Year 2025
Global
By 2025, 100% of Own Brand coffee products are certified to an acceptable standard. Standards currently accepted include...
Target Year 2025
Global
By mid-2020, 100 percent of Albertsons Companies’ O Organics® coffee will be certified sustainable according to the Fair...
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2025, the ALDI SOUTH Group* will increase their share of certified** coffee products*** above 75% [originally 50%;...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Australia
The ALDI SOUTH Group is partnering with Olam Food Ingredients’ [“OFI”] coffee business on a four-year project in...
Target Year 2024
North America, Honduras
Source from farms with waste water treatment and initiative to reduce water use.
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
1. Improve life conditions, specially in food security of coffee farmers families. 2. Improvement of coffee farmers practices at...
Target Year 2019
North America, Mexico
The Arbor Day Foundation coffee program is committed to preserving and restoring forests through sourcing, roasting, and distributing...
Target Year 2022
South America, Colombia, Peru
Our NGO Cafe Africa has a 3D approach. We work with coffee producing countries in Africa in order...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Burundi, Cameroon
We will organize cinema evenings on sustainable coffee themes in our coffee shop. The films will be made...
Target Year 2024
Europe, Bulgaria
Our commitment is to give part of the income from the sale of our packaged coffee in our...
Target Year 2021
Europe, Czech Republic, Bulgaria
Barrie House, a long time purchaser of Fair Trade Certified coffee, pledges a full commitment to the Sustainable...
Target Year 2024
Asia, Indonesia, Africa
1. To actively work with universities and colleges, through alliances and partnerships to place equipment and incorporate science-based...
Target Year 2022
North America
By the end of 2021, all Bon Appétit Management Company coffee purchases will be either from a third-party...
Target Year 2021
Global
Boncafé pledges to assist in ensuring the long term well-being of the farm communities, forests and wildlife by...
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
The BCA published its first Sustainability Mission in September 2017, outlining the key objectives that it believes will...
Target Year 2025
Global
Buna Qela applies sustainable livelihood approaches that provide framework for addressing poverty and vulnerability in both development and...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Ethiopia
We commit to source certified coffee for our most growing item ''Raqwa''. The aim is to improve the...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Ethiopia, South America
The program aims to contribute towards food security, clean & sustainable use of energy and environmental conservation. Thus...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Kenya
To grow 10% year after year our sustainable coffee purchases, in order to duplicate our sustainable coffee sourcing...
Target Year 2025
South America, Brazil, Colombia
At CARICO, we will maintain our innovation culture and build on our global first of using blockchain in...
Target Year 2025
Global
CARICO Café will work with and encourage smallholding farmers to develop / return to agro-forestry practices using enhanced...
Target Year 2022
Africa, Uganda
The Coffee Research & Education Center aims its efforts to improving education, research and economic growth locally and...
Target Year 2020
North America, Guatemala, USA
Train coffee farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras on climate smart agriculture.
Target Year 2020
North America, El Salvador, Guatemala
Adapt 10 small coffee growers in Matas de Minas by 2025, according to the Rainforest Alliance sustainable agriculture...
Target Year 2025
South America, Brazil
We will purchase Smithsonian Certified Bird Friendly coffees and design our program to promote the sale of these...
Target Year 2022
Africa, Ethiopia, North America
We are committed to GHG Reduction: - At farm level by developing and implementing programs to reduce and...
Target Year 2025
Global
Coffee Friend commits to contributing financially to coffee-related foundations and organizations that seek to decrease the impact of...
Target Year 2023
Global
Our company, Combat Project, remains committed to sustainability. Our coffee company seeks to align its operations in accordance...
Target Year 2022
South America, Brazil, Colombia
100% Responsibly Sourced by 2021
Target Year 2021
By 2026, the Sustainable Coffee Challenge has helped stimulate a 25% increase in demand for sustainable coffee and...
Target Year 2026
Global
By the end of 2025, we expect to be carbon neutral and with the capacity to demonstrate how...
Target Year 2025
South America, Peru, North America
We’re committed to directing $0.01/lb of coffee sold into our Seeds fund [amounting to over $25,000 a year]....
Target Year 2021
Global
A percentage of sales from every pound of Original blend coffee beans sold to Dunkin' franchisees for use...
Target Year 2022
Global
Through a $200,000 donation from Dunkin’, by the end of 2021, One Tree Planted will plant a total...
Target Year 2022
Global, North America, Guatemala
The eco.business Development Facility will launch a one year project to support the sustainability of the coffee sector...
Target Year 2020
North America, El Salvador, Nicaragua
Improve farmer livelihoods by investing in water wells for clean water access in Jinotega, Nicaragua.
Target Year 2020
North America, Nicaragua
Ensure the long-term sustainability of coffee in a changing climate by investing a portion of all coffee purchases...
Target Year 2023
Global
By 2020 - ECOTIERRA will have raised 50 million USD for the fund Urapi Sustainable Land Use, which...
Target Year 2020
South America, Colombia, Peru
By 2020, we will source 40% of our volume verified or certified against sustainability standards. By 2025 this...
Target Year 2020
Africa, Ethiopia, South America
By the end of 2020, we will create an online campaign focused at promoting sustainable coffee and acknowledging...
Target Year 2021
Europe, Czech Republic
By 2022, Enveritas will apply geospatial machine learning to develop a new AI model to detect deforestation in...
Target Year 2022
Global
Develop an assessment tool for extension service providers measuring internal capacity to reach and benefit women with agricultural...
Target Year 2027
Asia, Indonesia, Vietnam
Time calls for transparency and traceability. As a business, knowing where your products come from and who was...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Uganda, North America
In collaboration with our affiliated producer networks, national offices and industry allies, we will support the transition of...
Target Year 2030
Asia, Indonesia, Vietnam
We believe in being accountable for the impact our work has on the environment. We aim to measure...
Target Year 2024
Global
100% Responsibly Sourced by 2025.
Target Year 2025
Global
At Farmers Trade Coffee Company we are devoted to supporting the future of an industry that supports so...
Target Year 2025
Global
Fundacion COHONDUCAFE contributes to the sustainable production of coffee, through different projects that include strengthening the capacities of...
Target Year 2020
North America, Honduras
Support 500 farmers around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with training in sustainable agricultural practices that conserve soil and...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Uganda
We commit to use coffee as a means to restore the rainforests of Gorongosa, both planting native rainforest...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Mozambique
From 2020, Holonic will support children of indigenous workers and the surrounding community near the coffee farm where...
Target Year 2023
North America, Panama
The ICO Coffee Public-Private Task Force [CPPTF] will establish Living Income Benchmarks and implement Living-Prosperous Income pilot projects...
Target Year 2030
Global
The ICO Coffee Public-Private Task Force [CPPTF] will commit to establishing public-private partnerships on Resilient Coffee Landscapes Interventions...
Target Year 2030
Global
By looking beyond FOB and providing coffee farm-gate prices, we can explore the ways in which the prices...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Africa
Irrigation Technologies is committed to help coffee farmers grow better with less inputs, and will share with partners...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Africa
Working Towards 100% Responsibly Sourced Coffee & Tea by 2025
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Directly Reaching over 500,000 Coffee & Tea Smallholders by 2025
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Investing 10 million Euros over 5 years to Improve Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Finance
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Kauai Coffee Company believes that strong soil is of utmost importance to sustainability; healthy soil provides coffee with...
Target Year 2023
North America
Responsibly source 100% of our priority inputs.
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
Support regenerative agriculture or conservation on 250K acres of land by 2030. This effort will focus on KDP’s...
Target Year 2030
Global
Responsibly source 100% of our coffee.
Target Year 2020
Global
Sustaining Happy and Easy Lifestyle without any worries to hunger and global climate disaster. Maintaining coffee morning to...
Target Year 2035
Asia, Indonesia
Kroger's Simple Truth brand is committed to sourcing 100% Fair Trade Certified coffee. We are proud to share...
Target Year 2021
Global
Kroger's Private Selection brand is committed to sourcing 100% Fair Trade Certified coffee from international growing regions by...
Target Year 2022
Asia, Africa, South America
Increase the demand and supply of traceable, high-quality coffee by sourcing and by increasing consumer knowledge through education...
Target Year 2022
Global
By 2025, source 70% of all the coffee purchased from suppliers who agreed to the 2020 version of...
Target Year 2025
Global
Mae Fah Luang Foundation’s mission is to ensure a thriving coexistence between man and the environment through our...
Target Year 2021
Asia, Burma, Laos
In the coffee-growing region of Honduras in which our commitment is focused, children oftentimes stop attending school around...
Target Year 2021
North America, Honduras
100% of coffee verified as supporting sustainable production by 2020.
Target Year 2020
Global
We want to purchase 100% certified or sustainable verified green coffee by 2022 through yearly increments of 20%....
Target Year 2022
Global
We are committed to double the number of farmers supported by our LIFT multi-services Program in all our...
Target Year 2025
Global, Asia, Vietnam
We aim to renovate 20 million coffee trees in Nicaragua by 2025.
Target Year 2025
North America, Nicaragua
Conserve and/or restore 170 hectares of forest habitat working with producer farms.
Target Year 2019
Global
Reduce deforestation of high altitude forest due to expanding coffee cultivation surrounding Pico Pijol National Park, thereby helping...
Target Year 2021
North America, Honduras
Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (SADER) initiated the Plan for the Care of Coffee in October...
Target Year 2019
North America, Mexico
By 2020, 100% of our coffee from individual estates will be responsibly sourced and marketed based on our...
Target Year 2020
Global
In partnership with CARE Canada we will launch a 5 year project to support the sustainability of the...
Target Year 2022
North America, Honduras
Plant 1 Million Trees in Coffee and Tea growing regions by 2025
Target Year 2025
Asia, India, North America
We strive for the best sustainable practices and an ever-growing impact on the local producers and communities. We...
Target Year 2023
Africa, Uganda
Within our FairChain philosophy to add more value in the coffee producing countries, we aim to expand our...
Target Year ON-GOING
Africa, Ethiopia
Develop new high yielding coffee varieties resistant to pests and disease. NAEB has mou with world coffee research...
Target Year 2020
Africa, Rwanda
By 2020: 70% of total NESCAFÉ coffee supplies to be responsibly sourced
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2020: NESCAFÉ to improve the quality, quantity and sustainability of its coffee supply chain by distributing 220...
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2020: NESCAFÉ to improve coffee farm economics in at least four coffee sourcing countries
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2020: NESCAFÉ to monitor and improve labour rights in at least two coffee sourcing countries
Target Year 2020
Global
ENSURE THE RESILIENCE OF COFFEE FARMS AND COMMUNITIES by Sourcing towards 100% of our permanent coffees through the AAA...
Target Year 2020
Global
To improve the livelihoods of 300,000 smallholder coffee farmers’ through NKG BLOOM, our sustainable sourcing strategy, by 2030.
Target Year 2030
Asia, Indonesia, Africa
To Reduce on-farm untreated coffee wastewater effluent by 50%.
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, Laos
To plant 5 million non-coffee trees.
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, Laos
To save 1 million m3 of water annually in coffee cultivation and processing.
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, Laos
To enhance the livelihoods of 200,000 coffee households through access to higher value markets and technical assistance to...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, Laos
Promote opportunities for vocational training in agriculture to 10,000 children and youth.
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, Laos
To Reduce greenhouse gas [GHG] emission intensity in our supply chains by 15% through improved land-use management, farming...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, Laos
Share our revenue with our growers to incentivize growing practices that benefit the environment and community. Enable every...
Target Year 2020
Global
By 2019, we aim to have implemented a soil improvement program that will help coffee farmers in the...
Target Year 2019
Africa, Cameroon
100% of the Pelican Rouge coffee from our roasting facility will be sustainably certified by 2023 [either RFA,...
Target Year 2023
Asia, Africa, South America
Pelican Rouge Coffee Roasters commits to be net zero, from farm to cup. For scope 1 and 2...
Target Year 2030
Asia, Africa, Europe
100% of the CO2 emissions related to the coffee supply chain of Pelican Rouge Coffee Brand will be...
Target Year 2035
Asia, Africa, Europe
100% use of recyclable packaging at Pelican Rouge by 2025
Target Year 2025
Europe
Philz commits to supporting World Coffee Research in their effort to combat the impact of climate change on...
Target Year 2024
Global
Philz commits to investing $25K to support clean water for coffee farming families in our Honduras coffee supply...
Target Year 2021
North America, Honduras
At Progreso Foundation we believe that there are ways to secure an honest income for coffee farmers and...
Target Year 2025
Global
PUR Projet plants natives trees with its corporate partners in and around coffee parcels in Latin America, Africa...
Target Year 2020
Asia, Indonesia, Thailand
PUR Projet commits to plant 15,5M trees in the period 2021-2025 within coffee landscape and in connection with...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, China
Rainforest Alliance will improve the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard through innovations that: [1] Protect farmers' and workers'...
Target Year 2025
Global
As part of our mission to make sustainable farming the norm, we launch our Sector Partnerships program in...
Target Year 2020
North America, Guatemala, Honduras
Redstart Roasters commits to leverage its foundational software and data analytics background to forge a path into its...
Target Year 2020
North America, USA
In partnership with LIFT, we have committed to support a Cluster of coffee farms in the Lempiras region...
Target Year 2024
South America
As an ongoing part of our Sustainable Cup Program, which we initiated in 2018, we will continue to...
Target Year 2023
North America
Long term viability of coffee supply chains depend on the success of women coffee producers and passing on...
Target Year 2020
South America
Fostering farmworkers' dignity and wellbeing is RGC's commitment. RGC is encouraging a dwindling labor force to actively participate...
Target Year 2020
South America
RGC is committed to join efforts with farmers to tackle adverse effects of climate change, specifically water scarcity...
Target Year 2021
South America
Fostering prosperity and wellbeing of producers using family-centric approach to provide scalable solutions that will support the aspirations,...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Vietnam, Africa
Fostering farmworkers wellbeing and dignity identifying alternatives to make employment within the coffee industry more socially viable.
Target Year 2025
South America, Colombia
Supporting farmers to restore native ecosystems, conserve water and manage their environmental footprint.
Target Year 2025
South America, Colombia, Peru
Ritma Green [www.ritma-green.com] is a social enterprise working to introduce and facilitate climate change adaptation and mitigation technologies...
Target Year 2030
Asia, Indonesia
Sustainable direct sourcing of Arabica and Robusta coffee produced with climate change adaptation and mitigation practices. Our commitment is...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia
88% of our customers are regular customers. Therefore, the coffee bean package should be recycled and we have been...
Target Year 2026
Asia
The Government of San Martin commits to enact a protocol that will establish the legal framework to grant...
Target Year 2019
South America, Peru
We are committed to support >2,500 farmer families directly and more than 15.000 indirectly through the Selecta Coffee...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Vietnam, Africa
100% of our own Pelican Rouge branded coffees are certified by Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance, recognized sustainability standards.
Target Year 2023
Asia, Africa, South America
Selecta commits to be net zero, from farm to cup. For Scope 1 and 2 emissions, our goal...
Target Year 2030
Asia, Vietnam, Africa
Enroll at least 4 farms in 2018 in our “Taking Flight” program to support farms in transition to...
Target Year 2019
Global
Consult challenge participants on native and naturalized tree, shrub, vine and herbaceous species that coffee farmers can use...
Target Year 2019
Global
Begin the transition of at least one full-sun or poorly-shaded farm to Bird Friendly agroforest standards.
Target Year 2020
Global
Begin to systematically monitor the economic benefit of the certification for producers and capture their attitudes linked to...
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
Better understand agroforestry’s role in biomass/carbon sequestration in order to be able to recommend courses of action to...
Target Year 2020
Global
Partner with at least one organization or initiative assisting farmers in climate change adaptation and promote the use...
Target Year 2019
Global
Conduct and analyze research investigating different land use models, especially as they relate to conservation and certification standards....
Target Year 2021
Global, South America, Colombia
Assist at least one farm in reclaiming degraded lands like pastures and supporting their ecological restoration. This technique...
Target Year 2019
Global
The Coffee Agroforestry and Forest Enhancement for REDD+ [CAFÉ-REDD] aims to establish and develop a public-private-producer partnership [4P]...
Target Year 2021
Asia, Vietnam
The project aims to support the implementation of Vietnam’s NDC and NRAP by developing and applying approaches to...
Target Year 2024
Asia, Vietnam
Aspretto and Chapter & Verse always have and always will serve coffee from responsible sources. All other proprietary...
Target Year 2021
According to the best practise models Solarcafé (Germany) and Café Solar (Honduras) Solar Lifestyle GmbH is on the...
Target Year 2020
Europe, Austria, Germany
By 2020, Solidaridad has supported, in collaboration with its sector partners, over 100.000 farmers and farm workers globally...
Target Year 2020
Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya
By 2025, invest $100 million in our Global Farmer Fund to provide affordable access to credit to coffee...
Target Year 2025
Global
Ensure 100% of our coffee is ethically sourced through C.A.F.E. Practices or another externally audited system. C.A.F.E. Practices...
Target Year ON-GOING
Global
Through the One Tree for Every Bag Program, donations of funds to plant more than 25 million trees...
Target Year 2025
North America, El Salvador, Guatemala
Carbon Neutral Green Coffee by 2030Starbucks will work to meet its 2030 target of carbon neutral green coffee,...
Target Year 2030
Global
Conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50% by 2030. Starbucks will achieve 50% conservation in water...
Target Year 2030
Global
75% of the world’s poor are small farmers making the transition from subsistence to successful commercial farming. They...
Target Year 2021
North America, Guatemala
Streamliners goal is to support the coffee growers producing the coffee we brew and retail by creating a...
Target Year 2021
North America, Nicaragua
Conduct living income benchmarks for 5 origins by 2025
Target Year 2025
Africa, Kenya, Rwanda
Develop our own sustainable sourcing program, aligned with The Global Coffee Platform's Reference Code through an equivalence mechanism,...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Indonesia, China
Increase tree cover in our main coffee sourcing landscapes by providing 500.000 seedlings to be planted on coffee...
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Assist 8.000 farmers in optimizing their agroforestry systems in our main coffee sourcing landscapes by 2025.
Target Year 2025
Asia, Africa, South America
Involve at least 5,000 farmers in income-diversification projects.
Target Year 2025
Global
Increase the share of certified and/or verified coffee in our trade, to achieve 50% in 2025.
Target Year 2025
Global
Summit Coffee Co. has created its own Relationship Coffee practice which applies to about 70% of our coffees....
Target Year 2024
Africa, Ethiopia, Rwanda
We commit to improved livelihoods, equity, and environmental sustainability by: - Designing and launching a new digital sustainability intelligence...
Target Year 2030
Global
By 2022, 100 percent of Good & Gather coffee in both bags and pods will be certified sustainable according to...
Target Year 2022
Global
By June 2023, we will be investing in 5 Change Leader partners from 5 coffee-growing regions so that...
Target Year 2025
Africa, Rwanda, Uganda
We are commited with sourcing 100% of coffee with a sustainability scheme by 2025. This can include coffee...
Target Year 2025
South America, North America
By 2020, The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) will be supporting global retailers in the deployment of supplier sustainability surveys...
Target Year 2020
Global
Sourcing: Touton aims to achieve a 10% year on year increase of its sustainably sourced volumes up till...
Target Year 2025
Global
Consciously transition to more environmentally friendly packaging.
Target Year 2022
North America
The University of Montana will continue our policy of procuring coffee from vendors who have a demonstrated commitment...
Target Year 2019
Global
To become the leading force in sustainable coffee efforts.
Target Year 2023
South America, Colombia
By 2025, Walmart will expand and enhance sustainable sourcing to cover 20 key commodities, including bananas, grapes, coffee,...
Target Year 2025
Global
100% Responsibly sourced by 2025 Our definition of responsible sourcing is: Coffee is purchased and processed in a manner...
Target Year 2025
Global
S&D supports the production of 150 million lbs. of sustainable coffee via its sustainable sourcing platform RAIZ, while...
Target Year 2020
South America, Brazil, Colombia
Convert a specialty line of products to Fair Trade Certified products.
Target Year 2020
Global
By the end of 2020, all Whole Foods Market and 365 by Whole Foods Market packaged coffee will...
Target Year 2020
All Williams Sonoma branded coffee will be Fair Trade Certified™ by the beginning of 2020, which we hope...
Target Year 2020
Global
Expand access to improved varieties for coffee producers around the world.
Target Year 2027
Global