BASILDON, Essex, UK – UK Coffee shop chain Costa is inaugurating today (March 13) a state-of –the art coffee roastery, a facility which the company claims is "one of the most sustainable industrial buildings in the world" as well as “Europe’s biggest coffee roastery”. The new plant in Basildon, Essex ...
LONDON, UK – The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the damage being caused by disposable drinks packaging – particularly the impact of plastic bottles and coffee cups. The inquiry will look at what actions are being undertaken by industry and Government to reduce waste generated by ...
BOGOTA, Colombia – As a result of its contributions to the global coffee industry, the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) was invited to visit the Global Seed Vault. Located in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, 980 km from the North Pole, the vault seeks to guarantee the conservation and availability of a wide variety ...
CHINCHINÁ, Caldas – The collective construction of the code of conduct that will articulate the Café de Colombia sustainability standard is on its way. Representatives of the National Coffee Research Center (Cenicafé), Almacafé, Buencafé, Procafecol, the Manuel Mejía Foundation, the Extension Service ...
LOS ANGELES, U.S. – The friendly folks at BioLite (makers of innovative battery-powered lighting, solar charging batteries, and other cool field gear) sent me a BioLite CookStove to try out. Imagine a tin can that holds burning sticks. And attached to that can is a battery pack with a fan that blows air into the can, which makes the sticks ...
MOTUEKA, New Zealand – Steph Fry is starting a revolution against "revolting" disposable coffee cups. The Motueka businesswoman is determined to make the town, west of ...
PHOENIX, U.S. — BioNovelus, Inc. is proud to announce that it has acquired all certifications and licensures it believes necessary to sell and distribute products from newly established Guatemalan Subsidiary: BioNovelus-Guatemala S.A. in Guatemala. Anacafé, the Guatemalan Coffee Association reports positive results for ...
MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. However, recent changes in both the tropical Pacific Ocean and atmosphere, and climate model outlooks surveyed by the Bureau, suggest the likelihood of El Niño forming in 2017 has risen.
MILAN – Leading-edge companies striving for carbon neutrality often turn to carbon offsets to deal with the hardest-to-reduce emissions, such as those created by employee travel, according to a new study issued by Forest Trends.
OAKLAND, Calif., U.S. – Fair Trade USA, the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in North America, and the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), today release new data indicating that 67 percent of consumers now recognize the Fair Trade Certified seal.
DUBAI, UAE – At Gulfood 2017, Lavazza is launching its new product, the "¡Tierra! Selection!", which is aimed at the foodservice industry.
The new premium...