by Jesko Johannsen | Sep 10, 2018 | Coffee, Conference, Sustainability, Youth
Shaping the future of coffee cultivation is not only a question of marketing for the coffee value chain. A whole generation of rural youth in coffee producing regions is depending on that. That’s why we are happy that our Managing Director Michael Opitz is...
by Jan von Enden | Jun 5, 2018 | Coffee, Sustainability
People working in the coffee sector have a funny habit. We talk and think about coffee farmers as a monolithic group: how do changing prices affect “farmers”? Will “farmers” be able to change growing practices in response to climate change? Which beans are “farmers”...
by Jesko Johannsen | May 9, 2018 | Podcast, Sustainability
Our team member Jan von Enden got the opportunity to talk about Sustainability in the coffee sector in the “Sustainability Dialogues”-Podcast produced by the Sustainable Agriculture Network – SAN. Topics were the challenges and trends of the coffee...
by Michael Opitz | Apr 17, 2018 | Climate, Gender, Sustainability
One of the most impactful ways to promote sustainable development in coffee households and producer communities is to drive change for women! Strengthening their rights, supporting their participation in household decision-making, incorporating them into farmer...
by Adrian Bolliger | Apr 3, 2018 | Climate, Deforestation, Forest, Indonesia, Origin, Sustainability
In partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society and together with leading global and domestic coffee companies, NGOs, local farmer groups and local government representatives, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung formally signed an agreement declaring our willingness to...
by Michael Opitz | Mar 21, 2018 | Coffee, Deforestation, Forest, Sustainability
About one third of the world’s land, more than four billion hectares, is forests. Every year, this area decreases by an average of 13 million hectares which corresponds to around 35 football fields per minute. The largest losses are observed in Africa and South...
