“Bufumbo Organic Coffee Farmers association, for example, decided to join NUCAFE and use the profiling database while applying for organic and UTZ certification – a program and label for sustainable farming. The association received both certificates and has, since the beginning of 2018, entered a deal with Caffè River in Italy to supply 19.8 of coffee annually.”
“Caffè River achieves and demonstrates the financial viability of the double bottom line – people and profit. Customers are drawn to its socially responsible product, and employees find greater meaning in their work through performing a service to society.”
“The unlikely partnership between these companies, and the faith Caffè River placed in NUCAFE, led to a new name: The Omukwano Partnership (Omukwano means “friendship” in Luganda). Since 2017, part of the proceeds from sales of green coffee (USD 0.05/pound of Arabica and USD 50/metric ton of Robusta) have been used by farmers’ associations on projects that benefit coffee-growing communities.”
“When Caffè River first agreed to support the NUCAFE model, they did not know if they would get their initial investment back due to the lack of precedent. But Caffè River had invested as much in their mission, NUCAFE’s track record, and Joseph’s determination and talent as a strategist and leader as they did in an assured financial return. The partnership worked because of their shared mindset that social responsibility is a complex, multi-layered investment that requires a forward-thinking, creative business strategy that leads rather than follows.”
“Thanks to its commitment, Caffè River was able to ensure a sustainable structure for the sale, distribution, and promotion of Jamao coffee in harmony with the goals of the project.”
“Caffè River continues to amaze us with the determination and ability with which the company carries out its project of continuous research to improve the quality of its production in full accordance with an economic policy that manages to merge the social emancipation of the farmers of the raw material and concrete support to the development of backward areas of the third world.”
“The heart is located in Arezzo, Piero Gobetti Street, while the vision is international. Caffè River, founded in 1958, proposes itself not as a simple roasting company, but as a “compendium” of solutions for espresso coffee.”
“In addition to quality and innovation, Caffè River has been committed for years to social responsibility, a basic sensitivity towards certain issues, such as awareness of our social role that we play, participation in projects to improve the living conditions of coffee farmers, participation and registration in the fair trade system, installation of a solar PV system on the roof, the purchase of green energy to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.”
“The constant, slow, and enduring action of Caffè River has, in fact, allowed – thanks also to the mediation of an NGO that has been present in the area for years (Ucodep in fact) – to give life to the Coscafè consortium. It is a cooperative of coffee farmers who, thanks to the guaranteed sales to Caffè River in Italy, have come together “bypassing” the traditional sales circuits (intermediaries) of coffee, improving not only their production standards, skills, and quality of coffee, but also the quality of life of the farmers involved in this project.”
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