MILAN — Nominations are now open for the 2024 SCA Sustainability Awards. The deadline to submit a nomination is January 31, 2024. The Sustainability Awards were created in 2004 to promote, encourage and honor the efforts of those serving as role models through sustainable projects in the specialty coffee sector.
Each year, aligned with its Sustainable Coffee Agenda, an ad hoc SCA Sustainability Committee reviews dozens of applications from around the globe.
The deadline to submit an application is January 31, 2024
The 2024 Sustainability Awards will recognize for-profit and non-profit organizations that advance sustainability in the coffee sector while inspiring others to design and initiate similar endeavors innovations.
Nominations for each category below can be submitted at sca.coffee/sustainabilityawards.
Sustainability Award: For-Profit
This award recognizes the role that for-profit companies play in the sustainability of the coffee sector. Please note that this award is for businesses that have been operating for at least three years. Products, projects, and ideas do not qualify for the award.
Sustainability Award: Non-Profit
This award celebrates a non-profit organization (or one of its projects) that advances the coffee sector’s pursuit of sustainability. Please note that this award is only for organizations/projects that have been operating for at least three years. Products, companies, business models, and ideas do not qualify for the award.
A note on the previous category of the Individual Award: The SCA is reevaluating how to best identify and celebrate individuals from across the value chain who have contributed to advancing sustainability in the coffee industry and will pause the Individual Award until further notice.
The deadline to submit an application is January 31, 2024. Finalists will be announced in February of 2024
The Sustainability Committee of the SCA Sustainability Center will review all applications and consider a wide range of applicants, reflecting the depth and breadth of sustainable work being done in all areas across the specialty coffee industry.
If you have any questions on how to complete your application, please contact via email: sustainability@sca.coffee.
