We’re excited by the growing body of efforts focused on enhancing the wellbeing of commodity farmers around the world — in terms of ensuring both their financial and environmental sustainability. Among the latest: Japan’s Key Coffee is working to develop climate-change-resistant varieties of coffee beans in Indonesia; while The Other Bar, a social experiment by the UNDP and the Fairchain Foundation, gives chocolate lovers a simple way to actively and directly benefit the Ecuadorian farmers who produce it.
BUSINESS
A 100-Year Journey: Achieving Sustainability for All in the Coffee Industry
Global demand for coffee continues to rise, but climate change is expected to shrink suitable land for Arabica coffee beans by 50 percent by 2050. Japan’s Key Coffee is working to protect the future of coffee, starting in Tana Toraja, Indonesia.
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BUSINESS
New, UN-Backed Chocolate Bar Enables Consumers to Directly Impact Farmer Livelihoods
The Other Bar is an experiment in influencing consumer behaviour through quantifiable proof of impact. If it can prove that consumers will buy and be loyal to impactful products, the hope is that bigger brands will want to follow suit, turning their marketing dollars into impact..
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COMMUNICATION
Q&A: Extinction Rebellion’s Andrew Medhurst and the Role of Youth Activists in Shaking Us Awake
Ahead of his upcoming keynote at SB’19 Madrid, we spoke with Andrew Medhurst — a one-time investment banker and now full-time volunteer with Extinction Rebellion — about the moonshot thinking we need to get us out of our current predicament.
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INNOVATION
DuPont-Stella McCartney Partnership Yields World’s First Bio-based Faux Fur
The pioneer in sustainable luxury apparel worked with DuPont Biomaterials and Ecopel to create the next generation of luxurious alternatives to fur, resulting in a sustainable faux fur made with Sorona® bio-based fibers.
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