April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month—a time to listen, to act, and to stand with survivors. We’re honored to partner with the Women’s Resource Center and help amplify the critical work they do every day. WRC shared a powerful truth with us: "To address the wellness of our community, we...
Posts tagged: B Corp
B Corps: Doing Business for a Better World
Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. B Corps are accelerating a global culture shift to redefine success in business and build a more inclusive and sustainable economy. Society’s most challenging...
Cooperative Coffees wins SCA Sustainability Award
We are thrilled to share that the importing cooperative we co-own has been recognized by the Specialty Coffee Association for our sustainability efforts and business model. Below is an edited version of the press release published by Cooperative Coffees last week. // Cooperative Coffees Wins the SCA's Sustainability Award for Sustainable...
Sustainability, Part 3: Let's Put People First
A circular economic model is the vehicle required for change within the specialty coffee industry. When we operate along a continuous circle across our supply chain, we can build wealth and expertise alongside coffee farmers, rather than in spite of them.
Current leading trends in specialty coffee primarily tie company resources to increasing coffee farm production and quality through capacity building and agricultural inputs. While production and quality investments at coffee origin are necessary components to any "sustainable" trading model in the coffee industry, increasing agricultural support (under the guise of combating climate change) fall grossly short from anything even close to what our coffee-growing friends would call "sustainable."
Higher Grounds Recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Business
