We have sent a large donation of both instant and ground coffee to The Felix Project to help support vulnerable people at this difficult time.
Homelessness, mental health and addiction are some of the causes that the project helps to fight in London, providing free food to charity partners that are able to feed children and adults in need.
Lavazza has become the first Italian partner of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ Corporate Biofuel Programme.
The scheme is aimed at stimulating usage of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) which can reduce carbon emissions by up to 85% compared to fossil fuels.
Lavazza is committed to enhancing sustainability throughout the supply chain.Aviation is responsible for 2% of global carbon emissions, with this percentage forecast to triple by 2050.
Below: Mario Cerutti of Lavazza and Barry ter Voert of KLM.
There are 25 million coffee farmers in the world, spread across 30 countries. Whilst some countries such as Brazil and Vietnam farm coffee on an industrial scale, other crops come from communities producing small batches from inaccessible locations (for example some of the Central and South American growing countries). The ¡Tierra! Project is one of a number of initiatives Lavazza conducts or participate in to help small farmers. The project started in 2002 and is managed through The Lavazza Foundation, making it the most personal of sustainability initiatives for the Lavazza family. Originally confined to Peru, Honduras and Columbia, the ¡Tierra! Project now extends to working in India, Brazil, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Vietnam. The aims of the ¡Tierra! Project include:...
Marco Lavazza (Vice President of Lavazza Coffee) recently spoke to Global Coffee Report about the company's actions to promote sustainability in the coffee supply chain.In an interview at the Australian Tennis Open (Lavazza has been the coffee partner for this event for five years), in the shadow of the recent fires raging across parts of that country, he recognised the effect that changes to weather patterns were having on coffee growing.What is Lavazza Doing?As a family company, Lavazza has had the freedom to act quickly and decisively to influence sustainable practices. In 2004, The Lavazza Foundation was founded to promote sustainability through spreading best practice. Helping farmers to improve coffee quality by sustainable means, enables them to achieve a higher...
