MILAN, Italy – With COP coming up and predictions of a 3.5C global average temperature increase Coffee Knowledge Hub looks at the issue of sustainability. Here are 3 items, focusing on sustainability, from the Coffee Knowledge Hub community to boost knowledge, build network and grow career.
Learn
Listen to the podcast on sustainability and learn from Micah Scherer of Skylark Coffee in a conversation with Nora Burkey of The Chain Collaborative how your coffee company can create its own impactful sustainability report.
Learn how a well crafted sustainability report can be good for increasing revenue, your staff, your customers and the planet.
If you’re ready to dive deeper into the topic, Coffee Knowledge Hub has got a whole course to help you create a sustainability report developed by The Chain Collaborative for the Coffee Knowledge Hub.
Connect
This is a dynamic industry and while many forces drive change like increased labour costs, and global warming, innovation is also a driver of change and new trends. A lot of innovation will be needed to make the industry sustainable.
Competitions are a force for positive change in the industry. We are launching Time!, a new space for everyone competing in competitions. You will get exclusive access to live sessions with champions and direct mentoring from Daniele Ricci, runner up in the 2023 world barista championships in Athens.Â
This new space will be for subscribers only. For 10 € a month, you’ll benefit from direct access to Daniele Ricci for all things competition and live webinars with other experts.
The sessions will be:
1) 9 or 12/12/24 – 4pm CETÂ Trent Rollings:Â @simpler.coffee
“Competitions from a judge’s P.O.V.”
2) 13 or 14/01/25Â – Boram Um:Â @boramum
“What happens after winning a WBC?”
There are more sessions in the pipeline with leading producers, coaches, competitors and judges.
Discover
The WOC lecture no sustainability without gender equity, led by Dr Erika Koss, highlights that sustainability cannot happen without taking care of the social pillar and that women in coffee are critical to achieving sustainability. This upbeat presentation suggests key solutions in a panel discussion with two owners and directors of coffee estates in Western Kenya, Dr. Rosebella Langat of Chepsangor Coffee and Gloria Wamaiwa Gummerus of Sakami Coffee.
They also have a new set of courses from Dr Erika Koss on gender, so checkout the free lecture and you can go much deeper with this here.Â